Lawmakers across the political spectrum condemned Ilias Kasidiaris's release and political comeback bid, with one constitutional law expert insisting the law flatly bars him from running for office
As pupils returned to their classrooms for the first time after the summer holidays, political leaders made their customary visits to schools. The prime minister visited a renovated school in Ano Liosia, while the leader of PASOK visited a school in Thessaloniki
Party leaders debate the findings of a five-month inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm subsidy scandal, with sharp divisions over whether former ministers Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis should face a criminal investigation.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) asks the Ministry of Culture for digital copies of 12 historic photographs documenting the execution of 200 partisans by Nazi forces in Kaisariani, aiming to preserve historical memory and honor the victims
The joint statement asserts that the Greek government has neither the political nor moral grounds to justify or support what the opposition characterizes as war crimes.
An extrapolation of the results gives the center-right party 30% of respondents’ preference, compared to 16% for socialist/social democrat PASOK
Since the elections, almost two dozen members of the Greek parliament have left or been removed from the parties they were elected with.
Beyond the 11.1%-point gap, previously radical leftist SYRIZA, the main opposition party, falls to thrid place with 8.5% in the MRD poll (10.9% extrapolated)
In his first comment after an announcement on Tuesday, PASOK party leader Nikos Androulakis referred to a 'wire-tap and cover-up scandal'