Nikos Androulakis
Upcoming vote on private uni bill a headache for the opposition
Despite widespread public approval for founding non-state universities, the government must deal with strong reactions on the left, including occupations of campuses, and the fear of violent incidents.
Opposition says government measures to combat high prices inadequate
Greece's opposition parties blasted the ruling New Democracy government of not doing enough to curb soaring prices and that the measures announced earlier on Wednesday are inadequate.
Istanbul’s orthodox church holds traditional cross retrieval ceremony
The Fener Greek Patriarchate, based in Balat-Istanbul, has held the traditional ceremony of pulling the cross from the sea at the Golden Horn in Istanbul succeeding the mass.
Funeral service held for police officer killed by flare
The funeral service for 31-year-old riot police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis, who lost his life after being injured by a naval flare fired by an Olympiakos hooligan outside a volleyball arena on December 7, took place in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Friday.
PASOK to launch campaign against ‘golden visas’
PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis pledged on Friday to launch a campaign against the residence-permit-for-property-buys scheme of the government, widely known as the golden visa, claiming that this renders the Greek economy less Greek.
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Icebreaker government
Stefanos Kasselakis may assert confidently that SYRIZA will finish first in the upcoming European Parliament elections; however, polling data suggest that the conservative New Democracy party continues to dominate the country's political scene as shaped after the parliamentary elections.
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Androulakis: Our goal is to beat ND, not overtake SYRIZA
On Friday PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis reacted to Thursday's public survey that showed the once-dominant socialists have surpassed the main SYRIZA opposition, saying that the main aim is to take on ruling New Democracy.
PASOK requests creation of parliamentary committee for Tempi fatal train collision
PASOK requested the creation of a parliamentary committee that would carry out a preliminary investigation into the fatal Tempi train collision that occurred in central Greece earlier this year.
The 20-page document, signed by party leader Nikos Androulakis and PASOK's entire parliamentary group, was sent to Parliament President Constantine Tassoulas.
Simitis honored at Athens event
The era of modernization, almost 20 years after the end of the eight-year term of former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, was revived on Monday evening in the Antigone Hall of the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center, at an event held in his honor.
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Kasselakis and Androulakis hold their first one-on-one meeting
SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis met with PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis on Monday. The first one-on-one meeting of the two opposition party leaders was held at Kasselakis' initiative, at Androulakis' office in Parliament.