Pavlos Polakis

Verbal bullying, chest-thumping, crass populism veiled as blunt honesty, and divisive poison: Former alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis pulled out every weapon in the arsenal that defined his time in government.

The Parliament's plenary on Wednesday decided to lift the immunity of former alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis from prosecution.

Lawmakers of SYRIZA opposition have walked out of a parliamentary debate on lifting the immunity of former alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis from prosecution.

Greek Parliament was on Wednesday debating lifting former alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis' immunity from prosecution to pave the way for a judicial inquiry into accusations made by Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras that he recorded a private telephone conversation between the pair without his consent, as well as a charge of slander made by the head of the workers' union of Gree

Parliament's ethics committee has recommended the lifting of former alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis' immunity from prosecution to pave the way for a judicial inquiry into accusations made by Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras that he recorded a private telephone conversation between the pair without his consent, as well as a charge of slander made by the head of the workers' uni

Parliament's ethics committee is on Wednesday summoning former alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis to discuss calls for his immunity to be lifted after Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras accused him of recording a private telephone conversation between the two men without his consent as well as accusations of slander by the head of the workers' union of Greece's Center for Disease C

The Novartis bribery case did not make the big bang some people had wished for, as it became quickly apparent that the political part of the affair was nothing more than a badly designed setup that seems to have already been forgotten.

The markets are factoring in a political change after Greece's national election in early July. The interest rates on Greek bonds are retreating. European press reports foresee a shift toward reforms. Even the social climate appears to be changing, following the recent European and local elections.

The reasons that led to ruling SYRIZA's big defeat in the European and local elections are numerous.

Hours after Greece's outspoken Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis attacked Paris-based historian Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler for criticizing the flaws of the Greek left, Ahrweiler stood her ground over her remarks.