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The 2024 budget tabled in Parliament on Monday shows that Greece's economy is projected to grow at a faster pace next year, rising by 3.0 percent compared to a 2.3 percent expansion this year. According to the draft budget, Greece...

Oscar-winning actress and former MP Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, her agent has said. Jackson became an international star in the 1970s, winning Oscars for Women In Love and A Touch of Class, and receiving two...

Greece’s President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has issued the Presidential Decree officially announcing a second national election to be held on June 25. As stated in the Decree, the exploratory mandates given to the leaders of the first, second and third parties...

Eva Kaili, the key suspect at the heart of the bribery scandal rocking the EU’s Parliament was freed from jail and placed under house arrest in Brussels. In her first comments, as she arrived at her home in the Belgian...

Former Greek PM Kostas Karamanlis announced on Tuesday he will stand down from Parliament and he will not seek his re-election at the general elections to be held in April. The 67-year-old, who served as the Prime Minister of Greece...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA announced on Tuesday that it will boycott the Greek Parliament, a move slammed by the government which accused its leader Alexis Tsipras of "undermining parliamentary democracy." Tsipras accused the conservative New Democracy government of being “morally...

The Greek government survived a censure motion tabled by main opposition SYRIZA over the wiretapping scandal on Friday. 156 MPs voted against the motion and 143 in favor. A total of 299 MPs participated in the roll-call vote following a...

Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras tabled a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday and called on PM Mistotakis to resign over the phone tapping scandal. The leader of SYRIZA said that prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis cannot continue in his...

The European Union Council has issued a final approval on a mandatory USB-C common charger for electronic devices by early 2024. According to the European Parliament, all mobile phones, tablets, game consoles, digital cameras, headphones and loudspeakers, wireless mice and...

One of the most beautiful and impressive Parliament buildings anywhere in Europe is in the Austrian capital of Vienna, which has a distinct Greek flavor. Standing in the city's center since the nineteenth century, the Austrian Parliament impresses visitors to...