Dimitris Kammenos

The decision by the board of the maximum security prison Korydalos to grant a 2-day leave to Dimitris Koufontinas, one of the key figures of the notorious extreme left terrorist group “November 17”, which was responsible for a string of high profile assassinations of politicians, diplomatic attaches and businessmen, has caused a political firestorm with the leader of major opposition party New

A leading MP of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has said he will not back a bill on gender identity recognition that has stoked the ire of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Despite the backlash caused by the refusal of the Greek government to take part in a conference on August 23 in Estonia focusing on crimes committed by communist regimes in the 21st Century titled “The Heritage in 21st Century Europe of the Crimes Committed by Communist Regimes”, leftist SYRIZA party doubled down on the decision praising Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis for his stance.

Lawmakers from the ruling leftist SYRIZA party and their coalition partners Independent Greeks (ANEL) have passed a controversial bill aimed at overhauling Greek universities and technical colleges.

A large number of leftist SYRIZA MPs silently expressed their opposition on Wednesday to the approval of right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Dimitris Kammenos, who is known for his anti-Semitic and homophobic statements, as a deputy speaker of the House.

Revelations by the vice-President of the parliamentary committee on media and political financing, and ANEL MP Dimitris Kammenos that “an invisible hand” had tampered with the committee’s finding to present newspaper “Proto Thema” in a bad light, has caused a political storm, with

“There was an invisible hand because there are differences between the drafts – ‘Proto Thema’ is paying its loans, is a good customer of the banks, there is no evidence of mismanagement of its loans – The Themos Anastasiades case has nothing to do with what this Committee is investigating”

A ministerial decision allowing citizens unable to accept an inheritance for tax reasons to cede property instead of paying inheritance taxes was expected to be announced in the near future, the ANA-MPA news agency reported on Thursday.

Greek Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas released a press statement, Monday, attempting to quell an uproar regarding the possibility that his decision to designate a 10,000 acre area as a protected archaeological site in the region of  Afantou in Rhodes would jeopardise a large tourist investment on the island.

The already tense relations between the two coalition partners in the Greek government, left SYRIZA and right populist ANEL are on shakier grounds than ever.