Hellenic Parliament

The Hellenic Parliament Foundation and the Acropolis Museum have organized an interdisciplinary conference titled "Art and Democracy," taking place at the museum from Thursday, December 7, to Saturday, December 9, with free admission.

A parcel addressed to Labor Minister Effie Achtsioglou that was discovered in the courtyard area of Parliament, and initially deemed suspicious, was found to contain books, authorities said on Tuesday.

The discovery of the package behind an auxiliary building used by the Vouli television station initially threw Parliament security into high alert.

Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras and main opposition ND party leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a heated debate on Friday morning in the Parliament over security issues and criminality in the country.

The totality of the bill on gender reassignment is in doubt after the government refused to withdraw the provision that allows the sex change for teenagers at 15, a clause included in article 3 that also covers sex change for adults.

Following the Greek parliament’s competent committee passing of the bill related to gender transition and choice, 30-year old Andromeda Psarou, who was born a male named Vangelis Psaros, wants to legally change her identity to Andromeda Psarou by correcting the birth registry and baptism papers.

The Greek Police will in the coming weeks be conducting a training exercise in the center of Athens to test the emergency response to terrorists, Kathimerini has learned.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis said on Tuesday that Greece is working consistently for the promotion of strategic cooperation between the European Union and China for the benefits of the two sides.

The Greek parliamentary plenum is scheduled to vote on the erection of the Islamic mosque, as part of a larger bill on education, Thursday night. The discussion started with the parties’ rapporteurs presenting their positions on the bill.

Despite a barrage of widespread and harsh criticism by all opposition parties in parliament the new memorandum was approved on principle by the competent parliamentary committees with the support of the government coalition deputies of SYRIZA and ANEL.

The Greek Parliament voted Tuesday night to set up a special preliminary committee to investigate the possible involvement of former Greek Defence Minister Yiannos Papantoniou regarding kickbacks in military procurement during his tenure. Out of the 268 MPs, 252 were in favour of the proposal, 3 voted against and 4 voted present.