Alekos Flambouraris
Greece
Greek Gov't Optimistic About Maintaining Majority on Crucial Vote
Top SYRIZA officials believe that the coalition government will eventually pass the controversial bills, despite the weak majority and the opposition's unwillingness to vote in favor.
Scenarios abound that some SYRIZA lawmakers will dissent and abstain from the vote, protesting...
Economy
Meeting Between Greek Economic Staff and Institutions' Representatives Concluded
A meeting between Greece's economic staff and the representatives of the institutions on the implementation of the prior actions for the disbursement of the 2 billion euro sub-tranche was completed.
On the Greek side, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and State...
Greece
Meeting Between Greek Economic Staff and Creditors' Reps Underway
A meeting between Greece's economic staff and creditors' representatives on the implementation of the prior actions required by the bailout program is underway.
On the Greek side, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and State Minister Alekos Flambouraris participated in meetings on...
Greece
Shadow Falls Over Two Greek Ministers Who Allegedly Failed to Declare Assets
State Minister Alekos Flambouraris admitted that he was shareholder in a construction company in 2014, but sold his shares right before he was sworn in.
Flambouraris is one of the two cabinet members who were allegedly probed by the previous...
Economy
Govt's Econ Team Meet New Head of Commission's New EU Task Force
The leadership of the government's economic affairs team, including Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis and Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis, on Wednesday met with the new head of the European Commission's Structural Reform Support Service...
Economy
SYRIZA Minister Allegedly Involved in €3.9 Million Construction Scandal
SYRIZA candidate and former minister of state Alekos Flambouraris is allegedly involved in a 3.9-million-euro construction scandal, according to a protothema.gr report.
As of 2010, Flambouraris is the owner of 50 percent of construction company DIATMISI ATE which he claimed...
Greece
Greek President Asks for EU Summit on Refugees and Migration
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos stressed on Wednesday the need for an EU Summit for the migration issue during his meeting with "To Potami" leader Stavros Theodorakis.
"It is strange that Europe and the UN have not yet taken decisions on...
Greece
No More Migrant Suffering in Athens Park
Greek Minister of State for Coordinating Government Operations Alekos Flambouraris convened an emergency meeting of ministers and other officials on Saturday to discuss the worrisome refugee influx that hat has left a great number of people stranded in areas, such as...
Economy
SYRIZA Political Secretariat: Creditors' Proposals are 'Absurd'
The institutions' latest proposals are "absurd" and exceed the limits of Greek society's endurance, the SYRIZA Political Secretariat concluded on Wednesday after a sweeping discussion on the proposals and the next moves for the Greek government and the party.
Sources at the meeting...
Economy
Greek State Minister: Wherever the IMF Goes, Harsh Austerity Is Imposed
Greek Minister of State for Coordinating Government Operations Alekos Flambouraris left insinuations over the International Monetary Fund's stance and referred to "games on IMF's part" speaking to Greece's public broadcaster ERT on Friday.
He also proposed the IMF's withdrawal from the negotiations and...