Nikos Filis

The "I am more leftist than thou" game between Greek cabinet members continues as new Education Minister Nikos Filis tries to outdo his predecessor in refusing the importance of the Pontic Genocide. There is no other reason to explain Filis'...

The Greek government is under fire for its attitude toward the Pontic Genocide after the Education Minister's comments were followed by revelations that high school students in Greece are no longer being taught about the genocide. New Democracy MP Miltiadis Varvitsiotis...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Archbishop Ieronymos at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday to reaffirm the close relationship between the State and Greece. Greek Education Minister, Nikos Filis, who has been under fire for his comments about the Pontic...

Greece's Education Minister Nikos Filis is under relentless fire by opposition MPs and the whole Pontic population after expressing the opinion that the slaughtering of 350,000 Pontian Greeks by the Turkish army was not a genocide. When asked about the...

Greece's Education Minister Nikos Filis rejected the notion that the slaughter of Pontian Greeks by the Turks was a genocide. The leftist minister appeared on Star television late on Monday night in an interview and debate with the audience. Specifically, Filis...

The Greek government announced a new proposed legislation that would impose VAT taxation on private education institutions. The Governmental Council on Economic Policy and the Governmental Council for Social Policy met on Tuesday to discuss a number of priorities for the government,...

Education Minister Nikos Filis and Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece met on Tuesday to discuss the controversy created over the exemption from religious education of non-Christian Orthodox students. The meeting came after Alternate Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou...

SYRIZA Central Committee Secretary General Tassos Koronakis submitted his resignation on Monday. Koronakis resigned during the meeting of the SYRIZA Political Secretariat. He stated that he will remain a party member and will continue to serve. According to sources, Koronakis will...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis may face criminal prosecution after senior state prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani ordered Greece's Parliament to examine several complaints against him. So far, Varoufakis is slapped with five separate lawsuits, with serious charges of "treason, violation of privacy data, breach...

The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce President Vasilis Korkidis said that 60,000 companies have submitted requests to move their headquarters to Bulgaria due to the capital controls that have been imposed in Greece since June 28. During an interview with SKAI TV, Korkidis stated that the Greek government has been unable to...