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Mixed messages from Mitsotakis, New Democracy MPs on snap elections

The first thing PMs do when they are planning early elections is to deny it, and that is precisely what Prime Minister Kyriakos has been doing feverishly for many months, insisting that he intends to serve out his full term, which ends in July, 2023, in order to implement major reforms that were in New Democracy's electoral platform, incuding a sweeping reform of the educational system,

Parliament lifts immunity for three MPs

Greek lawmakers on Thursday voted to lift the immunity of three MPs in separate cases previously discussed in the Parliament's Ethics Committee.

A total of 224 MPs in a total of 225 agreed to lift the immunity of former health minister Andreas Loverdos, as regards the ongoing investigation into the handling of the Novartis case.

Prison leave to November 17 terrorist group member Koufontinas causes uproar

The decision by the board of the maximum security prison Korydalos to grant a 2-day leave to Dimitris Koufontinas, one of the key figures of the notorious extreme left terrorist group “November 17”, which was responsible for a string of high profile assassinations of politicians, diplomatic attaches and businessmen, has caused a political firestorm with the leader of major opposition party New

Citizens' protection minister: French authorities say IMF parcel bomb sent from Greece

Greece's Citizens' Protection Minister Nikos Toskas told ANT1 television channel on Thursday that French authorities said a parcel bomb that arrived at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday and left an employee with minor injuries when it exploded, had been sent from Greece.

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