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Greek Parliament Concludes Constitutional Revision with Nine Articles Amended

After a marathon session, the Greek Parliament finally agreed on Monday afternoon on which new Constitutional amendments will be approved by the House. The Parliament finalized the Constitutional revision procedures which began back in 2016 upon the conclusion of the...

Greek Parliament To Vote on Constitutional Revisions This Week

Greek M.P.'s will be voting on a series of Constitutional revisions later this week, according to the schedule released by Parliament on Monday. The two-day debate in Parliament on constitutional revisions began on Tuesday, at 10:00 AM local time (08:00 GMT). The...

PM Tsipras on Constitutional Revision

The participation of the citizens will determine the success of the debate on the Constitutional revision, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday said during his speech at the Parliament's committee on the constitutional revision. Tsipras described the committee on...

Constitutional Amendment for Expat Greek Vote Brought Before Parliament

Greek Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos presented the final bill concerning the right of Greeks living abroad to vote at the plenary session of Parliament on Thursday evening. The text, which included improvements on the original draft, was presented at the...

New Democracy to Table Changes for Greek Constitution Revision [Video]

Institutional changes for the revision of the Greek Constitution were proposed by the ruling New Democracy party, with most important those regarding the restoring of the role of the President of the Hellenic Republic and the depletion of the...

Greek PM Samaras Proposes Constitutional Changes

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras proposed amendments to the Greek Constitution at a Wednesday event organized by the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation. The main points presented comprised the direct election of the Greek President by the people, and giving the president greater supervisory powers, as well...

Greek PM Mitsotakis Scraps Plan to Loosen State – Church Ties

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis assured Archbishop Ieronymos on Tuesday that his government will not implement the agreement forced through by the previous leftist administration which sought to loosen relations between the state and the Orthodox Church. Mitsotakis said that...

Greek Parliament Votes to Amend The Country's Constitution

The Greek Parliament conducted a series of votes on Thursday for the final decision on which of the forty-three articles of the Constitution that were selected for possible revision will be actually revised by the next parliamentary session. The point...

Greece the Only Western Country Which Bans Private Universities

The issue of the establishment of private universities in Greece is on the hotseat now that discussion on related constitutional amendments is taking place in the Greek Parliament. The SYRIZA administration is strongly against giving the green light to private higher...

Orthodox Priests to Remain on Greek State Payroll

The Greek government announced on Tuesday that an agreement has been reached between the state and the Orthodox church which keeps priests on the civil service payroll. Clerics were in an uproar following a provisional plan agreed to in principle...

FYROM Parliament Debates Name Change

FYROM PM Zoran Zaev. Photo: AMNA The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Sunday moved closer to changing the country's name to The Republic of North Macedonia. Sixty-seven MP's in the 120-member Parliament voted in favor of a second...

Greek PM – Archbishop Verbal Deal has Little Substance

The deal reached between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece Ieronymos on Tuesday has little substance and raises suspicions that it is more of a ploy than a substantial change in the...

Greeks May Face Triple Election Next May

Political developments, the 'North Macedonia' issue and the next day after the completion of Greece's third bailout program all point to the likelihood that Greeks may face a triple election next May. In May 2019 Greeks will be called to vote...

Greek Opposition Rejects 'Republic of Ilinden Macedonia' Proposal

Greece's opposition parties have unanimously rejected the proposal tabled by Skopje to adopt the name "Republic of Ilinden Macedonia" as a compromise solution to the decades-old naming dispute. As premier Alexis Tsipras made a round of calls on Saturday to...

FYROM Proposes 'Republic of Ilinden Macedonia' in Naming Dispute

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has apparently put a new name for the country on the negotiating table with Greece. Media in Skopje quoting government sources claim that during Thursday's meeting with Greek premier Alexis Tsipras, the country's...