Sophia Voultepsi
Economy
Eurogroup Decides Two-Month Extension of Greek Program, Presidential Election on December 17
On December 17, two months ahead of schedule, will finally be held the first ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, government spokeswoman Sophia Voultepsi announced earlier today.
According to Voultepsi's written announcement, Greek Prime...
Greece
Botsis Foundation Honors 17 Greek Journalists
The “Athanassios Botsis” Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism presented its prestigious annual awards to 17 Greek journalists yesterday at the Old Parliament House in downtown Athens, Greece . The ceremony was attended amongst others by the President of the Hellenic...
Greece
Samaras-Erdogan Meeting In Negative Climate
The meeting between Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held in Newport, Wales, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit, was completed in early afternoon on Friday after lasting 40 minutes, in a rather “negative...
Greece
Independent Greeks MP's Immunity Lifted
Greece’s Parliament decided on Wednesday January 22, to lift the immunity of the Independent Greek MPVassilis Kapernaros, but not of the deputies Miltiadis Varvitsiotis and Argyris Dinopoulos.
According to Christos Markogiannakis, who presided at the voting, about 230 deputies took...