Zoe Konstantopoulou

Watching lawmakers in the Greek parliament speak about the required reforms they have to vote for in order for Greece to start negotiations for the third bailout package is like watching an absurd tragicomedy. It would have been hilarious if...

Greek Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou said that Greek democracy is being strangled. Konstantopoulou addressed the 10th World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association (WHIA) conference on Tuesday and spoke about the events that have followed Greece’s agreement with international creditors on July 13. WHIA is an...

The decision for a government reshuffle is taken by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who is prepared to replace cabinet members who will vote against the new bailout deal for Greece. According to sources close to the prime minister, Tsipras is...

Tasos Koronakis, Secretary of the Political Commitee of SYRIZA, joined the group of dissidents in the Greek government who oppose the new bailout deal Pime Minister Alexis Tsipras has signed. The meeting of the SYRIZA Political Secretariat that took place...

The stance of Greek Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou remains a mystery as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will bring the new agreement to be voted in parliament on Tuesday. Konstantopoulou voted "present" in the critical vote for the Greek bailout proposals...

Greek main opposition New Democracy accused Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou of pursuing “personal objectives” after a parliamentary panel decided to summon Greece’s central banker Yiannis Stournaras on Friday. “New Democracy will not contribute to the tension pursued by the Parliament...

Bank of Greece (BoG) Governor Yannis Stournaras was asked to appear before a parliamentary committee on Monday but sent a letter to Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou, informing her that he wouldn’t be able to attend before July 6, due to prior...

The Greek Parliament's Public Debt Committee aims at assisting Greece’s sustainable path within the Eurozone, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday as he received the Committee’s report by Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou at the Presidential Mansion. “The work and...

The debt imposed on Greece and its residents by creditors directly infringes the human rights of Greeks and is "illegal, illegitimate and odious," according to the preliminary report issued on Wednesday by the Audit Committee on Public Debt. The Greek Parliament earlier...

House Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou called the yearly Bank of Greece report on fiscal policy "unacceptable" and accused the bank governor of "uninhibited interventionism" as she returned it. Earlier today (Wednesday) the Bank of Greece 2015-2015 fiscal report was made public. It...