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It is a dishonour for any politician to invoke a law that protects ministers from prosecution by requiring that Parliament lift his or her parliamentary immunity.

Members of the health ministry’s committee for the evaluation of medicines will be examined in order to determine whether they made decisions which illegally benefited Novartis

Tsipras’ intervention at yesterday’s extraordinary EU summit on Brexit was revealed in a report by Bloomberg, which underlined that the Greek PM flipped the result of the referendum in July, 2015,

In democratic countries attempts to manufacture guilty parties do not go unpunished. Those responsible are held to account by the justice system.

The political consensus needed to wage the anti-corruption battle is being destroyed, and that in itself is a first-class scandal.

'Human rights cannot be placed in a hierarchy. They are at the same level and are protected equally when they are violated,' said outgoing Commission president Yorgos Stavropoulos.

The so-called “Bridge” initiative to bring together SYRIZA and the centre-left failed because the bridge builders were people who were linked to SYRIZA.

Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has already sent a judicial assistance request to authorities in the Republic of Cyprus in an effort to uncover a possible money trail and the possible use of offshore companies.

Fresh data that show that 83,000 families had their electricity cut off in 2017 alone due to delinquent debt to the Public Power Corporation.

Who is forcing SYRIZA today to place on its European Parliament ticket a person whose name is inextricably tied with vested interests and state-funded entrepreneurship?

It is inconceivable in a democracy for a government to label all those who disagree with it mindless or fascists, especially when the disagreement involves a national issue.

New Democracy cited a Bloomberg report saying Novartis in an internal audit found no kickbacks to Greek officials. ND for over a year has argued that the whole affair is a conspiracy.

Left-wing and right-wing populism do not differ much. as they are based on the same type of rhetoric and lies and they deceive citizens in the same manner.

The centre-left owes a debt of gratitude to SYRIZA because its attempts to pillage it ended up rallying it together.

Since its days in the opposition, SYRIZA confronted the economy with the sole objective of reaping partisan benefits.

What is impeding the PM’s plan for a progressive front is the stance of Movement for Change leader Fofi Gennimata and of To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis

There is a double minefield on Greece’s path. The economy remains shackled by austerity policies and the danger of fiscal derailment is ever-present.

Do the bridge-builders really believe that SYRIZA has rid itself of the odd alliance with its erstwhile partner, Panos Kammenos’  Independent Greeks party?

The Finance Minister said the estimated cost of New Democracy’s announcements so far is 5bn euros in the first year and another 4bn over the next four years and that ND has not said where the money will come from.

One cannot but agree that the manner in which certaing Pasok cadres moved to SYRIZA creates the impression that the PM is in panic

SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks party experienced their joint rule as a romance. Now, we are witnessing a rupture the characteristics of which transcend politics.

Creditors also bear responsibility as they turned a blind eye to the debt problem and believed that austerity could remedy the ills of a country with the peculiarities of Greece.

This government systematically attempted to manipulate democratic institutions, including the judiciary.

According to Greek Parliamentary rules, for a political party to be recognised as a parliamentary group it must have five MPs elected on its ticket.

Might there be something else beyond their ideological kinship that links SYRIZA to the Maduros regime?

There were 153 yeas, 146 nays, and one MP who declared himself present. The 145 MPs of ruling SYRIZA were joined by eight independent MPs and some from smaller parties.

Asked if they approve of the government “with all that you know and your experience with SYRIZA”, 71.4 percent said they were very or rather dissatisfied.

The ruling SYRIZA party should explain why after failing to create its Utopia it cannot check the excessive zeal that is often exhibited by police.

Tsipras also accused New Democracy of tolerating the attacks and death threats issued by ND cadres and sent to MPs who plan to support the government.

Βιάζονται όσοι σπεύδουν τώρα να κατηγορήσουν τον Σπύρο Δανέλλη για τις επιλογές του

Kammenos has been replaced by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Kammenos has been replaced as defence minister by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

At a crucial meeting on 11 January, junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will make clear whether he and his party will continue to be part of the government’s parliamentary majority

'The dark face of the Tsipras administration casts a heavy shadow on our democracy because when the judiciary is used as a tool for political prosecution democracy is imperiled'.

Minority governments can function effectively in countries in which there is a climate of consensus and in which political culture is not betrayed by divisive rhetoric.

There are concerns in Greece that MPs who have declared their support may switch at the last moment, so as to ensure their political survival in the general election.