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The Greek government is considering a merger between the Citizens’ Protection Ministry and the Justice Ministry in order to avoid instances where civil rights and public order conflict with each other. The issue came up after a group of anarchists...

A group of anti-establishment protesters managed to enter the premises of the Greek Parliament for several minutes earlier today protesting for the abolition of maximum security prisons (the so-called «Type-C» prisons). The group was asking for the release of former...

Greek main opposition leader Antonis Samaras said on Monday that his party will support the government but will not adopt any measures presented. Speaking in parliament, the New Democracy leader criticised Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not properly briefing...

The Greek Parliament was briefed minutes ago by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras regarding the country's negotiation with its creditors and the developments with the proposed reforms list. The discussion started at around 8.00 p.m. at the plenary of the Parliament on a...

Totally clear to what Greece should do to receive the financial aid appeared today German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's spokesperson Martin Jaeger. As he said, the Greek side has not yet submitted a complete list of proposals to the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked to inform the Parliament plenum about the progress of ongoing negotiations. The session will take place on Monday, March 30, at 8:00 pm. Tsipras has already submitted a request to Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou who is...

Extreme-right Golden Dawn MP Christos Pappas was released from jail on Sunday, as the 18-month limit of pretrial detention has expired. Pappas, one of several Golden Dawn MPs being tried on charges of participating in a criminal organization, was released on...

The Greek government on Thursday presented to Parliament the document on the reasons why the extension of the loan agreement between Greece and the European Financial Stability Fund does not need to be voted in Parliament. The document was signed...

The Greek government will bring to Parliament for discussion the extension of the loan contract signed by Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, government sources said. “It will be shown that there is no commitment undertaken and that simply more time...

The Greek Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy announced on Sunday it is cancelling the increases in the special duty for the reduction of gas emissions (ETMEAR), which had been decided by Greece’s power regulator RAE, with an...