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Eva Kaili, the MEP charged over her involvement in the Qatargate scandal, will not attend the plenary session of European Parliament in Strasbourg this week, for "personal, objective reasons which cannot be made public," her lawyers said in a statement on Monday. 

Greek MEP Eva Kaili, one the main suspects in a cash-for-influence corruption probe at the European Parliament, will seek to return to her parliamentary duties next week, her lawyer has said.

On Thursday, Belgian authorities announced that Kaili was no longer under house arrest and was not required to wear an ankle bracelet.

Greek MEP Eva Kaili, a suspect in connection with the "Qatargate" scandal, has been released from house arrest, AFP reported.

Belgian authorities have released two suspects in the Qatargate corruption scandal from house arrest on conditions.

MEP Eva Kaili, who has been indicted over her involvement in the "Qatargate" corruption scandal, has denied claims made in a Politico report that she is also facing another criminal investigation into fraudulent payments involving four former assistants in the European Parliament from 2014 to 2020. 

Eva Kaili, the former European Parliament vice president accused of corruption, has been released from custody in Belgium to house arrest.

Former MEP Eva Kaili has reiterated her claim to innocence following Thursday's decision by the pre-trial council in Brussels that she will remain in custody over her involvement in the Qatargate scandal.

A Belgian court has rejected an application from Greek MEP Eva Kaili to be released from pre-trial custody, following a hearing before the Court of First Instance in Brussels.

She can appeal the decision to keep her detained, the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.

MEP Eva Kaili, who has been detained in Belgium over her alleged role in the Qatargate scandal, met with her two-year-old daughter on Friday.

At 5.20 p.m. Alexandros Kailis, the father of Eva, accompanied the child on her visit to the Haren Prison near Brussels.

The defense team of Kaili had asked the Belgian authorities to meet with her daughter, something they accepted.

The main article of French daily Le Soir focuses on the Belgian MEP Marie Arena, in the investigation it is conducting on Qatargate. The MEP who belongs to the Socialist group has been in the press on other occasions for her possible involvement in the Qatargate scandal, however she is not included among the MEPs for whom the lifting of immunity was requested.