Kammenos

The Parliamentary Assembly voted against lifting the parliamentary immunity of ANEL leader Panos Kammenos, who is being sued by fellow MP Adonis Georgiadis and the Skai TV director Aris Portosallte for defamation. Of the 207 MPs who were present in the vote for the first case, 155 voted against the motion, 39 in favor, 12 […]

The government Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos addressed the naming dispute with FYROM in Parliament and claimed that the former Yugoslav republic was not respecting international law. Mr. Venizelos argued that FYROM “has no goodwill intentions to participate in talks, does not respect international law and does not respect the moderate, […]

In his annual New Year message to the Greek people, the President of Democracy Karolos Papoulias expressed his hope that 2014 would be a better year for everyone and took an aggressive stance against corruption, calling for “heads to roll”. Despite his congratulations to the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary for the efforts in […]