Panagiotis Kouroublis

ND proposal for probe into 3 former health ministers being debated in Parliament

A proposal by conservative New Democracy for a parliamentary inquiry into whether former health ministers Panagiotis Kouroublis and Andreas Xanthos, as well as alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, are guilty of breaches of faith was being discussed in the Greek Parliament on Thursday.

ND wants preliminary inquiry into Kouroublis, Xanthos and Polakis

Greece's conservative opposition was to submit on Tuesday a proposal for the formation of an investigative committee to conduct a preliminary inquiry into whether former health ministers Panagiotis Kouroublis and Andreas Xanthos, as well as alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, are guilty of breaches of faith.

Shipping Minister Kouroublis admits name is in FBI document accompanying Novartis case file

Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroublis admitted on Friday that his name is mentioned in the FBI document accompanying the Novartis case file though did not indicate that he has any involvement in alleged illicit practices.

"I am the P.K. referred to in the FBI document," he told ANT1 television channel, adding that the same document refers to other Greek politicians.

Minister says resignation offer was 'wordplay,' as furor grows over oil spill

Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroublis on Thursday sought to play down an earlier statement that his resignation over an oil spill that has sullied the Saronic Gulf's coastlines "is at the prime minister's disposal," as the main opposition called for him to step down.

Minister seeks 'growth' program to help islands hit by refugee crisis

As residents and business groups on islands of the Aegean plan to ratchet up their protests against the scheduled revocation of a value-added tax discount next month, Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroublis called for a European "growth" program to boost the islands' economies, which have been dealt a double blow by the economic and refugee crises.

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