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The Greek Parliament was illuminated on Tuesday evening to honor the 25th centennial of the Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis. A logo saying ‘Thermopylae and Salamis- 2020’ was illuminated on the facade of the historical building at Syntagma Square. The Battles...

Greek MPs in the early hours of Friday approved a government bill aimed at easing pressure on the Aegean islands by speeding up asylum procedures and returns of migrants to Turkey, despite warnings by rights organizations describing it as...

Speaker of the House Constantinos Tasoulas announced on Thursday morning that thirty MPs from the governing New Democracy (ND) Party had submitted a proposal to initiate procedures for a special Parliamentary investigative committee against the former Deputy Minister of...

Greece's Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, admitted that he is unhappy with the small number of women in Cabinet, during a BBC interview on Thursday. With a Cabinet of 22 people consisting of only two women, Mitsotakis claims that he wants...

Syntagma Square has literally been the very heart of Athens ever since the city became the capital of the modern Greek state. With the Greek Parliament and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier looming over it, it is rich...

Following a meeting between the Speakers of the House in the Greek Parliament, the debate regarding a confidence vote in the government will begin on Wednesday. It was also announced on Monday that the final vote will be held...

The President of the New Democracy party and leader of the Greek opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview on Wednesday, announcing that he will sponsor a bill which will halt the already-voted upon reduction of the country's tax-free threshold. Speaking...

The Greek Parliament approved on Friday the new Primary Residence Protection bill which came up for discussion in the Parliament on Wednesday. Out of 231 MPs who participated in the vote, 194 voted in favor of Article 68, which incorporated...

The issue of the establishment of private universities in Greece is on the hotseat now that discussion on related constitutional amendments is taking place in the Greek Parliament. The SYRIZA administration is strongly against giving the green light to private higher...

Greek M.P.'s will be voting on a series of Constitutional revisions later this week, according to the schedule released by Parliament on Monday. The two-day debate in Parliament on constitutional revisions began on Tuesday, at 10:00 AM local time (08:00 GMT). The...