Philippos Petsalnikos
Greece
Former Speaker of the House Filippos Petsalnikos Dies at 70
One of Greece's most prominent politicians and former Speaker of the House, Filippos Petsalnikos died on Friday at the age of 70.
There is still no official information about the reason for his death, but he had reportedly been facing...
Cyprus
Greek Parliament President Meets With Greek-Cypriot Delegation from Karpass
The President of the Hellenic Parliament, Mr. Philippos Petsalnikos, met with representatives from the Coordinating Committee of the Turkish occupied Karpass in Cyprus today. The delegation was accompanied by the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Athens, Mr....
Greece
Venizelos: More Politicians and Relatives Took Their Money Abroad
The statement by the head of the authority to combat "black money", Panagiotis Nikoloudis, that a Greek MP took one million euros abroad in May 2011 was only the beginning, as Evangelos Venizelos said the information systems department of...
Economy
Lawmakers Approve Committee To Examine Statistics Office
Greek lawmakers approved Thursday a proposal to set up an examining committee to assess whether the country's statistics service used methods that exaggerated the country's debt woes to justify the bloc's demands for austerity measures.
The proposal was approved by...
Europe
Greece and Serbia Sign Memorandum of Cooperation in Belgrade
The President of the Greek Parliament, Philippos Petsalnikos, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with his Serb counterpart, Slavica Jukic-Dejanovic, on Monday in Belgrade.
The Memorandum establishes the continuance of the cooperation between the Greek and the Serbian Parliament, and also...