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Greece needs to implement responsible economic policy after bailout exit

August 8, 2018 Economy 1

The Greek government must continue implementing a responsible economic policy after the country’s exit from the bail out agreement, the Parliament’s State Budget Office said in a report released on Wednesday. Frangiskos Koutentakis, head of the State Budget Office, presenting the report on the second quarter of 2018, said that …

Gov’t takes first steps for Greek expats to vote in elections

July 6, 2018 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Gov’t takes first steps for Greek expats to vote in elections

Interior Minister Panos Skourletis submitted an amendment to the Greek Palriament on Friday calling for the establishment of a 12-member committee to explore the voting options for Greeks living abroad. The committee will have to record and evaluate the situation regarding Greek voters living abroad as well as parameters (institutional, …

Popular singer Dionysiou, Parliament employee arrested for trying to violate security measures

January 31, 2018 Very Mix 2

Popular singer Stelios Dionysiouand one Parliament employee have been arrested in the last 24 hours in downtown Athens for trying to pass through streets police had closed to traffic. Reason for the temporary closure were security measures due to the visit of the Israeli president in Athens. Stelios Dionysiou was …

Austerity package approved by Parliamentary Committee despite strong reactions

May 16, 2017 Greece, Politics 3

Lawmakers from the coalition SYRIZA-ANEL government approved in principle the new austerity package 2018-2021. The package was debated at the relevant parliamentary committee before coming for a roll-call vote in the Plenary on Thursday evening, May 18 2017. The measures of the competent parliamentary committees were approved in principle with …

Greece to probe corruption in health sector worth €85billion

April 13, 2017 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Greece to probe corruption in health sector worth €85billion

Greece’s parliament on Wednesday voted to open an investigation into alleged health scandals and corruption going back two decades, involving bribes and inflated prices for medical equipment and medicine. A broad majority of 187 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament approved a government proposal to look into suspected mismanagement between 1997 …

Twelve British MPs submit bill for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

July 11, 2016 Culture 3

British lawmakers will submit a bill asking the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Campaigners for the return of the famous marbles are 12 MPs belonging to several political parties. The “Return of the Parthenon Marbles” Bill proposes that the Parliament should annul what it did 200 years ago, …

PM Tsipras: I ordered Varoufakis to prepare a contingency plan

July 31, 2015 Economy 12

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave full coverage to former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and said that he ordered the ex FinMin to work out an emergency contingency plan but not a Grexit plan. Speaking to the Greek Parliament after a question posed by PASOK leader Fofi Gennimatas, Tsipras said among …

Athens: Protesters clash with riot police as lawmakers vote strictest austerity of all times (picts, videos)

July 15, 2015 Society 2

Molotov cocktails and stones were hurled, tear gas and flares were fired: it needed a group of anti-authoritarians and just ten minutes to turn the area around the Parliament and Syntagma Square into a battle field. Vehicles and garbage bins were set on fire, shop windows and ATMs were smashed. …

Ex FinMin Papaconstantinou to face felony charges over Lagarde List

June 7, 2013 Politics Comments Off on Ex FinMin Papaconstantinou to face felony charges over Lagarde List

234 lawmakers voted in favor of widen charges against former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou. He is to face charges like breach of trust, that are a felony. Papaconstantinou is accused of failing to record the receipt of a CD containing the name sof 2,200 potential tax evaders with bank accounts …

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