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Departing Greek Dep Min Admits Owning Undeclared Offshore Company

Departing deputy social security minister Pavlos Chaikalis leaves his seat while admitting that he owned a company in Cyprus that he has failed to declare to tax authorities. Chaikalis, MP of junior coalition partner ANEL, was forced to answer questions under parliamentary scrutiny after the insistence of New Democracy lawmaker Lefteris Avgenakis. The former deputy

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Greek Parliament President Konstantopoulou Meets with Panagiotis Lafazanis

Greek Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou met with Panayiotis Lafazanis, leader of the newly-formed political party Popular Unity, on August 22 in her office. The two politicians had a conversation in front of the reporters waiting outside the office ...

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Parliament President Slams Government for Criticizing her Stance During Exploratory Process

Greek Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou has been described as “pathetic and provocative” and the government spokeswoman on Friday, said that the government is in no position to make these criticizing statements. “It’s pathetic and provocative for the recently-resigned government which passed four emergency austerity draft bills to talk of ‘ridiculing the institutions, contempt for democracy

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Greek parliament speaker objects to government formation process

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament speaker objected on Friday to the procedure followed by the country's president in handing out a mandate to the opposition to form a government, saying it was handled with an "unconstitutional rush". A statement from Zoe Konstantopoulou's office said Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos had clearly sidestepped her constitutional responsibility to verify each parliamentary party's standing before assigning mandates. ...

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Alexis Tsipras announces his cabinet's resignation

ATHENS, August 20. /TASS/. Greek cabinet of ministers led by Alexis Tsipras is resigning, the prime minister said in a televised address to the nation.

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Alexis Tsipras announces his cabinet's resignation

ATHENS, August 20. /TASS/. Greek cabinet of ministers led by Alexis Tsipras is resigning, the prime minister said in a televised address to the nation.

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Alexis Tsipras announces his cabinet's resignation

ATHENS, August 20. /TASS/. Greek cabinet of ministers led by Alexis Tsipras is resigning, the prime minister said in a televised address to the nation.

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French Finance Minister: Third Support Package to Greece is an Act of Solidarity

“We are here today to decide on the implementation of the third support package to Greece,” stated French Finance Minister Michel Sapin upon his arrival to the Eurogroup on Friday. Sapin underlined that a very important work and preparation from the Greek government and the institutions’ representatives has been done, adding that the decision for the third

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Greek lawmakers to discuss bailout bill in Parliament

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers are to discuss the country's critical third bailout in Parliamentary committees before the draft bill proceeds to a full assembly debate and vote ahead of a Eurozone finance ministers' meeting Friday.

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Greek Parliament President Delays Bailout Agreement Voting Procedure

Greek Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou delays the emergency voting procedure for the country’s bailout agreement by scheduling the party leaders’ meeting at 9:30 pm on Wednesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried to expedite the ratification of the draft deal for financial aid by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) for the implementation of the funding agreement through

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Greek PM seeks parliament approval of bailout by Thursday

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked parliament to convene to ensure a bailout agreement worth about 85 billion euros is approved by Thursday, the government said on Tuesday. In a letter sent to the parliament speaker, Tsipras said he wanted to have the draft law on the bailout submitted later on Tuesday so it can be distributed to lawmakers and then discussed in parliamentary committee on Wednesday before being voted on Thursday. "The crucial nature of the situation requires the immediate convening of parliament to proceed with the deal's approval and allow the disbursement of the first instalment," Tsipras said in the letter published by his government.

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House Speaker Konstantopoulou Insists Greece Should Default

House Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou said that Greece should default on its sovereign debt payments while indirectly accusing the prime minister and certain cabinet members for not utilizing the findings of her committee on the debt. The Parliament President gave a press conference to review her work after six months in government. She spoke a lot

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LETTER: Sweeney wants to put Jersey on road to Greece

State Senate President Stephen Sweeney's recent pleas for a federal bailout of the pension program is astonishing. As John McEnroe often says, “You ...

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Greek Parliament approves creditors’ bill, rift in SYRIZA remains

With overwhelming majority the Greek Parliament approved the second bill of “prior actions” demanded by the country’s creditors. The Bill was approved with 230 votes. Against the bill voted 63 lawmakers among them also 31 from Tsipras’ SYRIZA. Another 5 SYRIZA lawmakers voted “present”. Voting result: YES 230 SYRIZA, Independent […]

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Greek Parliament approves key reforms needed to unlock huge international bailout funds: Protesters hurl petrol bombs during chaotic demonstrations outside as decision is made ...

Greece's parliament has passed legislation on a second batch of reforms needed to help unlock a huge international bailout for the country's stricken economy. The bill, which includes civil justice reforms, a bank deposit protection scheme and measures to ...

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Greek PM wins parliament backing for bailout reforms package

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced down a revolt by rebels in his leftists Syriza party to win parliament's backing on Thursday for a second package of reforms required to start talks on a financial rescue deal. The bill - containing judicial and banking reforms - easily passed with the support of 230 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament thanks to the support of pro-euro opposition parties.

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Greek parliament passes second crucial bailout bill

Greece's parliament on Thursday passed legislation on a second batch of reforms needed to help unlock a huge international bailout for the country's stricken economy.

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2nd bill of EU law submitted to Greek Parliament

Greek Parliament to vote on second round of laws for more money from its creditors

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EU ministers postpone decision on migrant allocation

EU interior ministers have failed to agree on how to redistribute 40,000 migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece. Instead they've decided to…

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