Angelos Syrigos

An Athens appeals court on Tuesday upheld the initial conviction of one of two men in their early 20s involved in an attack seven years ago on Angelos Syrigos, a Panteion University professor, bringing legal procedures to a close after six trial postponements.

New Democracy MP Angelos Syrigos announced on Wednesday that he will abstain from voting on the government's same-sex marriage bill, which has faced objections from more conservative MPs and the influential Greek Orthodox Church.

Everyone agrees that the country needs a strong opposition, even the government and even the government spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis, who said as much after the election of Stefanos Kasselakis to the leadership of SYRIZA.

The controversy that followed New Democracy MP Angelos Syrigos' claim that some articles of the Lausanne Treaty - notably the one on the extent of the military presence on the eastern Aegean islands - were out of date, has brought attention to the uncertainty surrounding the text of the 1923 agreement that established the borders of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis backed New Democracy lawmaker Angelos Syrigos who was criticized by the main opposition for saying that the Treaty of Lausanne, a 1923 peace accord which, among other things, forged modern Greece and Turkey's borders, is mostly "outdated."

Despite mounting complaints to judicial authorities, plagiarism rackets that have been organized around Greek universities are reportedly continuing their activities unabated, writing students' PhD theses, postgraduate dissertations and papers, for a fee.

Many Greek parents don't believe their children will receive the required knowledge and skills at state-run schools and instead resort to private lessons, according to a report published on Wednesday by the General Confederation of Greek Workers' Center for the Development of Educational Policy (KANEP-GSEE).

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will brief representatives of the opposition parties on Thursday on the recent defense and foreign policy cooperation agreement and the Joint Declaration of Strategic Partnership signed by Greece and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week.

The meeting is part of the regular briefing of parliamentary parties on current foreign policy issues.

Mired in battles in Idlib where over 30 Turkish troops were killed by Russian-backed Syrian, at loggerheads with Russia and asking US President Donald Trump for assistance on the ground, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the Greek government in a tailspin and a virtual defensive war footing by announcing that he will no longer abide by the EU-Turkey Statement of March 2016 which severe

The diplomatic note sent by the former Yugoslv Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to Greece compounds an already problematic name deal, says Angelos Syrigos, associated Professor of International Law and Foreign Policy at Athens' Panteion University.