Nikos Voutsis

Greece's Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis has called for the release of two Greek soldiers who have been in Turkish prison since they strayed over the border in early March, describing their detention as illegal.

Andreas Lykourentzos, a former health minister who was named in a prosecutor's report as one of 10 politicians who had allegedly received kickbacks from Swiss pharma giant Novartis, has written to Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis asking for the creation of a special committee to examine the charges against him.

Greek Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on May 16 visited two Greek soldiers who have been detained in Turkey since March. 

The two Greek servicemen who have been held in Edirne since accidentally crossing into Turkish territory while on patrol in northeastern Greece on March 1, said their "morale is high," during a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis who visited them in prison.

Greece's Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis was on Wednesday scheduled to visit the two Greek soldiers that are being detained in Turkey since March after accidentally crossing a borderline between the two countries.

Voutsis, currently in Istanbul for a summit of parliament speakers, was expected to arrive at Edirne prison at 5 p.m.

Greece's ruling SYRIZA party on Tuesday appeared conflicted during a debate in Parliament over events in Gaza on Monday, where dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire.

Lawmakers struggled to take into account diplomatic exigencies and at the same time satisfy SYRIZA voters.

The leader of the centrist Movement for Change, Fofi Gennimata, wrote to Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on Wednesday calling for snap elections before Greece signs an agreement for an exit from the country's third international bailout program.

The leader of centrist Movement for Change, Fofi Gennimata, on Wednesday wrote to Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis, calling for snap elections before Greece signs an agreement for an exit from the country's third international bailout.

The Greek parliament announced on Friday it will support financially the family of 34-year-old Greek Air Force pilot Giorgos Baltadoros who died when his fighter jet plunged into the sea in the central Aegean on Thursday.

House Speaker Nikos Voutsis's decision to appoint a senior official of the ruling SYRIZA party as the the coordinator of the Parliament's budget office (PBO) has sparked an uproar among lawmakers, with opposition parties accusing the government of compromising the notions of meritocracy and legality.