Zoi Konstantopoulou
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras in St. Petersburg on 18-20 June
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will participate in the St. Petersburg Economic Forum to be held in the last half of June, confirmed Greek parliament president Zoi Konstantopoulou to Russian News Agency TASS.
"The prime minister informed me that we...
Greece
Greek Parliament President to Visit Moscow for Victory Day
Leaders from 30 countries have confirmed that they will be participating in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary since the Allied forces’ victory over Nazi Germany, scheduled to take place in Moscow between May 8 and 10. In addition,...
Greece
New Bill on Violence in Sports Passed by Greek Parliament
Greece’s Parliament passed the new bill about implementing urgent measures to tackle violence in sports. However, according to Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis a few changes had to be made to Article 15 which finally passed with a strong...
Greece
Siemens, 'Lagarde list' Cases to Be Given Priority Treatment in Greek Parliament
Two ongoing corruption cases sent to Greek Parliament -- one relating to the Siemens scandal and one to the so-called 'Lagarde list' -- are to be "bumped up" the queue of cases pending and examined as a priority in...
Greece
Greece's Parliament Releases Videos on Greek Debt Saying 'Check it, Erase it'
After forming a 'truth' committee to investigate Greece's bailout agreements with its lenders and perform a public debt audit, parliament head Zoi Konstantopoulou released two videos saying 'Check it, Erase it,' referring to the country's accumulated debt.
Zoi Konstantopoulou, the...
Economy
State Ministers Hold Meeting with Swiss State Secretary on Tax Evasion
The fight against international tax evasion dominated a meeting at Maximos Mansion between Greek State Minister Nikos Pappas and State Minister for Combating Corruption Panagiotis Nikoloudis with Swiss State Secretary for International Financial Markets Jacques de Watteville.
The meeting, which...
Greece
Greek Parliament to Decide On Committee for German Reparations
The Greek Parliament plenum on Tuesday will hold a debate and a voting on a proposal submitted by Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou for the re-establishment, reassembly and upgrading of the Parliament’s Cross-Party Committee to claim the German reparations and...
Greece
Greek Parliament Speaker Questions Validity of Past Bill Voting
Tabling bills under emergency procedures -- a practice abused in the last parliamentary period -- will not be repeated in this Parliament, nor can the practice of attaching amendments to entirely unrelated bills, Greece 's Parliament president Zoi Konstantopoulou...
Economy
Greek State Min: There Will Not Be a Credit Event
Greek State Minister for Coordinating Government Operations Alekos Flambouraris on Thursday in statements to Mega TV appeared reassuring on the liquidity issue.
“There is a liquidity issue but we believe that in the immediate future, with the measures we will...
Greece
Anti-racism Bill Deliberated in Parliament
New Democracy, PASOK and DIMAR are in favor of the anti-racism bill. Those who are opposed to it are SYRIZA, KKE and Golden Dawn, while the Independent Greek party remains skeptical on their stance.
Τhe MP of SYRIZA Zoi Konstantopoulou...