Greece

SYRIZA MP Nikos Voutsis was elected the new Greek Parliament President on Sunday morning. 181 out of 300 MPs voted in favor of Voutsis taking over the 17th Greek Parliament's reigns. Following the confirmation of his appointment the SYRIZA MP addressed...

The 2019-2020 measures included in the second review of the Greek programme are expected to be voted in the Greek parliament by May 19 under urgent procedures, stated parliament president Nikos Voutsis on Wednesday. Voutsis, who is visiting Brussels...

The government and SYRIZA delayed to have direct contact with the people, parliament president and SYRIZA deputy Nikos Voutsis said in an interview with Efimerida ton Syntakton adding that the campaign policy is very useful and has nothing to...

Greek Parliament President Nikos Voutsis is examining a 10% cut in the main wages of lawmakers which will be included in the parliamentary budget currently being drafted and will be implemented from January 2016. Voutsis said that this measure is...

Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis on Friday, speaking to private ANT1 TV, said that all possibilities are open in the negotiation. "The outcome largely depends on the way our partners will face the Greek issue," the minister said and...

SYRIZA member Nikos Voutsis spoke about a referendum in case of a failed attempt to renegotiate the memorandum from a possible SYRIZA government. That proposal frustrated many pro-memorandum party members who rushed to accuse him of bringing chaos to...

Right our from the starting blocks, the very first month of 2019 proved to be a turbulent time for Greece. The deal struck between then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras with his Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) counterpart to name...

The city of Mytilini on Lesvos island paid tribute on Friday to Kyriakos Papadopoulos, a Coast Guard officer who saved thousands of refugees at sea between 2015 and 2016 before dying of heart failure nearly a year ago. The local...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has reneged on his promise to initiate the process for general elections in Greece immediately after the second round of the local and regional elections held last weekend. Government sources now say that Tsipras will visit...

Anarchists vandalized the Parliament building in Athens by splashing red paint on the outer walls on Tuesday early afternoon. The attack caught the parliamentary police force off guard. The incident occurred in broad daylight, shortly after 2 PM, and the...

The Greek parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a motion which demands that Germany pay more than 300 billion euros in reparations for World War I and World War II. A large majority of Greek lawmakers supported giving...

The Greek parliament will vote on Friday the protocol which paves the way for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) accession to NATO, it was announced on Tuesday. The ratification of the protocol will signal that Greece concurs with...

When Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to push the Prespa Agreement through the House by "borrowing" lawmakers from other parties, the repercussions end up turning parliamentary rules upside down. Small parties were dismantled, others struggled to keep the minimum...

Parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis announced on Friday that Greek lawmakers will be voting on ratifying the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the end of next week. Coming out of a meeting of the ruling SYRIZA...

The Greek parliament will open a confidence debate on Tuesday morning, with the vote expected to occur on Wednesday night, parliamentary officials decided on Monday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras initiated the confidence-vote process on Sunday, sending a letter to the...