Petros Tatsopoulos

Potamos Publications presents the Greek edition of "Voices of the Lost Children of Greece," a collection of essays from Greek-born adoptees from Greece to the USA and the Netherlands in the years of the Cold War, at the Epi Lexi bookstore (32 Akadimias) at 7 p.m. on November 22.

A prominent writer and outspoken critic of the Church of Greece was arrested on Monday after a candidate with the Christian nationalist Greek Solution party sued him for defamation and accused him of violating his religious freedom.

By Nikos Hasapopoulos

Christos Pappas of the now defunct far-right Golden Dawn party was no run of the mill cadre of former party leader Nikos Michaloliakos.

He was the self-styled "theoretician" of the group. Even "his own" people referred to him as [top Nazi Hermann] Goering and his parliamentary presence was marked by his outrageous audacity.

With local authority elections looming next May, both main parties are said to be seeking to broaden their appeal, reaching out to candidates from other parts of the political spectrum and public life.

Greek male model-cum-TV actor Yiannis Spaliaras who boasted that he made love with 4,000 women fueled the attention of social media. No sooner did he utter his tally during an interview with lifestyle magazine,”EGO! Weekly”, that social media was abuzz with memes and other jokes…

Former SYRIZA MP Petros Tatsopoulos and Democratic Left (DIMAR) lawmaker Grigoris Psarianos are expected to join the recently formed centrist party To Potami after being named among the 60 non-party members that will take part in a “committee for dialogue” set up by the new movement.

 SYRIZA, DIMAR, KKE and others attend founding congress of centrist newcomer

Stavros Theodorakis, the leader of centrist To Potami (The River) which has gained unexpected popularity among jaded voters in just a few months, appeared to draw broad interest from across the political spectrum at the party’s founding congress over the weekend.

Former Olympic weightlifting champion Pyrros Dimas, now a PASOK MP, said Thursday he was undeterred by threats from Golden Dawn after he intervened in Parliament to prevent a lawmaker from the far-right party assaulting independent deputy Petros Tatsopoulos on Wednesday.