Konstantinos Bogdanos

Another right-wing party barred from election

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 17:45

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Patrida party of Afroditi Latinopoulou cannot contest the upcoming elections due to issues with its name.

In a unanimous decision, the court upheld a complaint from outgoing MP Konstantinos Bogdanos, whose Patriotic Force for Change party is commonly known by its abbreviation Patrida, about the name of Latinopoulou's organization.

Supreme Court excludes Bogdanos party from general election

Published by Kathimerini on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 18:28

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Patriotic Union party of outgoing MP Konstantinos Bogdanos and Prodromos Emfietzoglou cannot contest the upcoming elections due to issues with its name and logo.

It is understood that a party called Patriotic Union-Greek Popular Coalition complained that Bogdanos and Emfietzoglou had appropriated its name.

Mitsotakis expels ultra-right MP Konstantinos Bogdanos from ND’s parliamentary group

Published by To Vima on Tue, 10/05/2021 - 22:51

By George Gilson

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has expelled ultra-right MP Konstantinos Bogdanos from ruling New Democracy's parliamentary group after his vitriolic, Civil War-style attacks on the Greek communists and his extremely intense row with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, the most popular minister in the latest opinion poll.

Blasts damage MP’s home, car

Published by Kathimerini on Tue, 02/02/2021 - 20:32

Gas canisters exploded Tuesday in an attack that damaged the entrance of the home of New Democracy lawmaker and ex-journalist Konstantinos Bogdanos and his car parked outside.

According to initial reports, the incident occurred at 7.45 p.m. in the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia. 

His wife's car was also damaged by the blaze created by the explosion.

Athens takes its case to Berlin for burden-sharing in new EU migration pact

Published by To Vima on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 22:40

Just weeks before the EU is scheduled to begin thrashing out a new migration and asylum pact, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis will hold talks with German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer in Berlin on 20 February and will present Athens' proposals for a swift processing of asylum applications and an equitable EU-wide burden-sharing plan.

SYRIZA politician Rachel Makri and another 59 Greeks all naked for AIDS (pics)

Published by Protothema on Mon, 12/14/2015 - 08:22

60 Greek celebrities from various fields stripped off as part of a AIDS awareness campaign aftr an initiative by Down Town magazine. The annual was organized by the magazine from 2006 onwards and stopped during its temporary closure in 2012. Now the magazine is back with a vengeance as dozens of naked celebrities bare all for AIDS.