Popi Tsapanidou

SYRIZA lawmaker Othon Iliopoulos on Thursday refuted rumors that he was planning to give up his seat in Parliament due to his professional obligations.

Popi Tsapanidou resigned as the press spokesperson for SYRIZA on Thursday. 

The former journalist, who assumed the position in late December replacing Nasos Iliopoulos, was unsuccessful in securing a parliamentary seat during the elections on June 25. 

Government spokesman Akis Skertos has ruled out the possibility of New Democracy joining forces with PASOK to form a coalition government after the elections on May 21, blaming Socialist leader Nikos Androulakis for keeping a hardline stance.

SYRIZA has unveiled its state-wide list for the upcoming elections on May 21, the composition of which is equally balanced between male and female candidates.

A member of the European Parliament for SYRIZA has resigned from the main opposition party after parliamentary authorities received a request to lift his immunity as an MEP as part of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse dating back to three years ago.

SYRIZA press spokeswoman Popi Tsapanidou has taken aim at the government over a recent US State Department report on the human rights situation in Greece.

Popi Tsapanidou, SYRIZA's new spokesperson, was admitted to hospital on New Year's Eve after contracting pneumonia.

Her condition is reportedly not a cause for concern and she has remained in hospital mainly for precautionary reasons.

According to state broadcaster ERT, she is expected to be discharged on Thursday.