MEP
Art
Greek Kafeneion Products Take Center Stage in Brussels
The history of Greek cafes captured through the lens of George Pittas is featured at the Theorem Gallery in Brussels. The display marks the start of events organized by MEP Stelios Kouloglou on June 27-28 to promote Greek products...
Greece
Manolis Glezos to Run for Euro Parliament on SYRIZA ticket
Greece’s main opposition party, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), announced on Thursday that the its candidates for May’s European parliamentary elections would include historic resistance fighter and national MP Manolis Glezos.
Continuing with the internal restructuring of the party’s candidates...
Greece
New Greek Voting System for Upcoming Elections
The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of PASOK Evangelos Venizelos have agreed to promote a new voting system for the upcoming European Parliament elections, held all over Europe in May.
During their meeting...
Europe
Farmakonisi Incident Triggers Talks in Europarl
The recent incident that took place off the coast of the Greek island of Farmakonisi and led to the tragic death of illegal immigrants, seems to have triggered talks in the European Parliament, with MEP’s demanding an explanation from...
Economy
Greek FinMin: Troika Made Many Mistakes
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras was very critical of the Troika during his meeting with members of the European parliament, who are monitoring the activities of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) task force operating in EU...
Greece
Mistake Averts Political Storm between MEP Karas and SYRIZA
During a meeting held on Wednesday in a committee of the Greek Parliament between the vice president of the European parliament, MEP Othmar Karas, and Greek MP’s, a major political outbreak was prevented, as an intriguing part of the...
Europe
Koumoutsakos Wins MEP Of Year
A Member of the European Parliament from New Democracy, Georgios Koumoutsakos was among the 18 lawmakers at the European Parliament to win MEP of the Year honors from The Parliament Magazine.
Born in Athens in 1961, Koumoutsakos was recognized for...
Greece
Young Greeks Won't Vote For MEP's
Showing how deep the disaffection with politics has become, with 64 percent of those under 25 unemployed because of crushing austerity measures, 47 percent of Greece's young said they won't even vote anymore and won't go to the polls...