Alekos Flambouraris

The group of 87 members has resigned from the Political Secretariat of SYRIZA.

Former SYRIZA minister Alekos Flambouraris was hospitalised on Sunday after suffering a heart attack, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Monday.

The 85-year-old veteran politician is said to have undergone coronary angioplasty and is soon expected to be transferred from the ICU to a high-dependency unit as his health is deemed satisfactory.

The internal conflict within SYRIZA continues to escalate, involving MPs, party members, family members, and trolls. Supporters of SYRIZA’s president, Stefanos Kasselakis, are describing recent actions as a “coup.”

With judicial investigations regarding the Folli Follie scandal in full swing, the case file is being forwarded to Parliament, as two former ministers of the then SYRIZA government, Alekos Flambouraris and Alexandros Haritsis, have been implicated.

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The windows of a car belonging SYRIZA MP Alekos Flambouraris were smashed by unknown assailants in central Athens on Monday.

The former minister of state's car was parked outside his home in the downtown neighborhood of Exarchia.

While the government has been scrambling to have the necessary ministerial decisions issued for the Elliniko development, State Minister Alekos Flambouraris on Thursday lashed out at contractor Lamda Development, accusing it of delaying the project's implementation.

When Deputy Labour Minister Tasos Petropoulos announced the prospect of handing out an Easter bonus to pensioners and civil servants (holiday bonuses were abolished by the bailout memorandums), Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to hastened to nip the idea in the bud.

State Minister Alekos Flambouraris, representatives of the Hellenic Bank Association, and the CEO's of Greece's four systemic banks finalised details of the new framework for the protection of debtors' primary residence from foreclosure.

The Greek government and the country's bankers are expected to reach an agreement on the protection of debtors' primary residences next week, according to government sources cited by state-run news agency ANA-MPA on Monday afternoon, after a meeting at the prime minister's office.

Police have released 19 suspects detained following a firebomb attack on security officers outside the residence of State Minister Alekos Flambouraris on Tuesday evening.

One officer was slightly injured during the incident which involved some 20 assailants.