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Multiple parties are preparing to submit motions this week for a parliamentary inquiry into former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis, following the fatal 2023 Tempi train crash that claimed 57 lives.

Greek Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias firmly rejected allegations of a government-led cover-up in the investigation of the Tempi train disaster during a parliamentary session on Tuesday.

Greece’s Parliament faces tough choices as ex-minister Karamanlis may face charges over the 2023 Tempi train crash that killed 57 and sparked mass protests.

The file includes testimonies and evidence that mention former ministers, including ex-Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis.

Police have cordoned off a major avenue in downtown Athens after a bomb threat call at the Hellenic Parliament. Authorities are currently evacuating the building and conducting thorough security checks as the situation unfolds. Police forces have cordoned off Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, the main road in front of the Parliament. A bomb disposal unit and […]

A tense and politically charged debate is unfolding today in the Greek Parliament as lawmakers consider the findings of a pre-investigation committee concerning former Deputy Minister Christos Triantopoulos.

Yannis Maniatis, the Vice President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament, highlighted the systematic and centrally organized effort to exterminate Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks of Asia Minor and Pontus by the Ottoman Empire, addressing the European Parliament on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. In […]

Four opposition tabled the motion and triggered a three-day debate, in the wake of massive protest rallies last Friday on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of the Tempi rail disaster

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government’s actions and criticized the opposition for what he described as a "shameful attempt to exploit the disaster for political gain."

After a heated debate in the Greek Parliament on Tuesday over the Tempi train crash regarding a PASOK proposal to establish a parliamentary inquiry committee into Deputy Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Triantopoulos, who resigned earlier in the day, 277 MPs voted for the motion, while 12 voted against it Deputies of […]

With protests still growing and opposition parties becoming increasingly confrontational, Serbia faces a deepening political crisis

Greece's main opposition parties are assessing their next steps following Friday’s Tempi protests, where hundreds of thousands of citizens mobilized to express their anger over New Democracy’s handling of the rail disaster.

Tensions flared in the Greek Parliament Friday as barbs were exchanged between Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of the Course for Freedom party, and Government Spokesperson, Pavlos Marinakis.

Government spokesman on debate and opposition's focus, insistence over disappearance, death of top prosecutor's son: there needs to be a limit to this vulgarity

Tensions ran high in the Greek Parliament over the the recent death of Vassilis Kalogirou, son of the head of the Larissa Appeals Prosecutor's Office.

Sunday’s elections seem poised to yield either a coalition government or a political crisis

PASOK demands a parliamentary investigation into Deputy Minister Christos Triantopoulos over allegations of evidence tampering in Greece’s deadliest rail disaster.

The Greek Parliament is poised to vote on a Ministry of Education bill this Wednesday regarding the establishment of Onassis Public Schools.

Spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis stated on Monday that the government would accept the debate, adding that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had never shied away from answering questions

None of the four candidates for president managed to secure the required 200 votes, and the process is set to continue in the coming days.