European Parliament Vice and MEP Eva Kaili is reported to be among the four people arrested over the weekend over corruption charges, Belgian media and French news agency AFP report early Sunday afternoon. #UPDATE Four suspects have been charged and remanded in custody in a Belgian investigation into alleged corruption …

+++Socialist MEP and Vice President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili has been arrested by Belgian authorities on corruption suspicion related to Qatar, Belgian media,, French AFP and Greek state-run news agency amna report late on Friday. Citing a source with knowledge of the case AFP reported Kaili’s arrest after …

Movement for Change (KINAL) MEP Eva Kaili was on Tuesday elected Vice-President of the European Parliament as a candidate of the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) party. Kaili  gathered 454 of the 690 votes total, thus securing her elected position as one of 14 European Parliament VPs in the first round …

The U.S. State Department “Greece 2022: Human Rights Report” describes with gloomy colors the situation in our country and gives a sound slap to the face of conservative Mitsotakis government. Wiretapping, corruption, lack of transparency, police brutality, refugees push-backs, freedom of expression, are some of the features listed by the …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched an urgent inquiry into her 26 commissioners’ links to former EU migration chief Dimitris Avramopoulos, who has been caught up in spiraling corruption allegations about Qatari influence in Brussels. Commissioners have half a day to respond to von der Leyen, until 10:30 …

Ruling New Democracy on Friday suspended the party membership of MEP Maria Spyraki amid an ongoing fraud investigation. Spyraki will not be able to run in next year’s nationwide elections until her status has been restored, a statement stressed. Reacting to the news Friday morning, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described …

The European Chief Prosecutor has requested the lifting of immunity of two Greek Members of the European Parliament. The request for lifting of immunity of Maria Spyraki (ND/EPP) and Eva Kaili (PASOK/S&D) is due to a suspicion of fraud detrimental to the EU budget, in relation to the management of …

Greece may want to push for sanctions against Turkey at the EU Summit on Thursday but Germany is determined to have her “liebling” ally Recep Tayyip Erdogan prevail with his aggressive and expansion policies. Greece has made clear that with Oruc Reis operating in Greek continental shelf, there can be …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis to visit Hagia Sophia, following the decision to convert it from a museum into a mosque. According to spokesman for the Turkish presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, Turkey has invited everyone to the mosque, including Pope Francis. …

The European Parliament has approved an EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) aid worth 4.5 million euros for restoration of flood damages in western Crete last February. The idea was first proposed by Greek MEP Eva Kaili (PASOK)  and was ultimately passed by majority vote. Crete’s flash flooding from the winter storm …

“I am a Macedonian,” FYROM Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said during a hearing at the European Parliament foreign affairs committee in Brussels on Wednesday. Dimitrov had responded to a question posed by New Democracy MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis who asked how his people are going to call themselves after the Prespes/Macedonia …

Fifteen Greek MEPs are calling on the Turkish government to swiftly release two Greek soldiers who are held in the city of Edirne, Turkey, after they accidentally crossed into the country’s territory during a border patrol two weeks ago.  In the joint statement, an initiative of SYRIZA MEP Kostas Chrysogonos, …

With excessive sarcasm, two Greek female politicians replied to the sexist comments of Eurogroup head, Jeroen Dijsselbloem that the countries of the European South wasted the aid money in “drinks and women.” Maybe Dijsselbloem has not resigned, but sexist comments cost the job of a Greek from New Democracy. Member …

These are the final results from European Parliament voting by 100% of polling stations counted:     SYRIZA 26.58% – 6 MEPS (Glezos, Sakorafa, Papadimoulis, Kouneva, Katroygalos, Chrysogonos) ND  22.71%  –  5 MEPS (Vozenberg, Kefaloyiannis, Spyraki, Zagorakis, Kyrtsos) GOLDEN DAWN 9.40%  – 3  MEPS (Synadinos, Fountoulis, Epitideios) ELIA/PASOK 8.02% – …

By 98% of the polling stations counted, the results form the voting for the European Parliament are:     SYRIZA 26.58% – 6 MEPS (Glezos, Sakorafa, Papadimoulis, Kouneva, Katroygalos, Chrysogonos) ND           22.74%  –  5 MEPS (Kefaloyiannis, Spyraki, Zagorakis, Vozenberg, Kyrtsos) GOLDEN DAWN 9.39%  – 3 MEPS (Synadinos, Fountoulis, Epitideios) ELIA/PASOK …

Greece is in uproar after French President Nicholas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel imposed the date and the referendum question and froze the 6th aid tranche of 8 billion euro until Greeks say YES to referendum. It was short after midnight when Merkel and Sarkozy announced the referendum conditions …

The atmosphere within Greece’s governing party PASOK seems to be extremeley thick and Ministers come now and openly oppose the referendum or distance themselves after the fierce reactions by opposition parties and public. It looks as if PM Papandreou had not informed the cabinet on this decision, but just a few …