Nikos Pappas

The Council of State's plenary session has published the decision of the court which found that the law on which the government auction for the television licenses was based contravenes Greece's Constitution.

According to the decision, the law, brought by former State Minister Nikos Pappas, was against Article 15 of the Constitution.

"The German finance minister never wanted the Greek program to succeed," Telecoms & Media Minister Nikos Pappas said on Saturday referring to Wolfgang Schaeuble, one of Athens's staunchest critics.

Fifteen New Democracy MPs submitted a question in Parliament Tuesday asking whether the Venezuelan government provided funding to any parties, political organizations or Greek citizens.

The question was addressed to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas and State Minister Christoforos Vernadakis.

New Democracy on Monday reacted to comments made by Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas earlier in the day in which he accused the conservative opposition of serving the interests of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

A statement by ND on Monday accused Pappas, a key aide of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, of engaging in "Goebbelsian propaganda."

Α senior official of Greece's left-led government on Monday criticized New Democracy opposition over its stance on a recent decision to give pensioners a one-off Christmas bonus.

The plan has triggered reactions from the country's foreign creditors, particularly Germany.

The agreement between the Greek government and opposition parties during the session of the parliamentary Presidents’ council on the composition of the new National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV), Thursday evening, has paved the way for a solution regarding the media landscape in Greece.

After several failed attempts, representatives of the various political parties on Thursday agreed on the composition of the National Broadcasting Council (ESR), a key step toward breaking an impasse that followed a top court's declaration of a government auction of television licenses as being unconstitutional.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis is to chair a fresh session of House and deputy speakers Monday to discuss the matter of convening the National Broadcasting Council (ESR) in a bid to break a deadlock that followed a court decision deeming the government's recent auction of television licenses unconstitutional.

The new Greek government was announced by spokesperson Olga Gerovasili, Friday at 10pm. Minister of Education Nikos Filis was left out of the new government, paying the price for his open disagreement with the head the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos.

The political gridlock over the formation of the new National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) will be transferred to a plenary session of the Greek parliament, Thursday, where the Greek government will be presenting an new amendment suspending article 2A of the previous TV law, which was ruled unconstitutional by the county’s supreme administrative court, the Council of Stat