Yiannis Mouzalas

SYRIZA MP Tryfonas Alexiadis, 60, was rushed to an Athens hospital on Tuesday after fainting during a meeting of his party's parliamentary group in a House chamber.

Alexiadis, who served as alternate finance minister in the SYRIZA government under Alexis Tsipras, was given first aid at the scene by lawmakers Pavlos Polakis and Yiannis Mouzalas, who are physicians.

Amid mounting concerns about growing numbers of irregular migrants arriving on the Aegean islands from the Turkish coast, Alternate Minister for Migration Giorgos Koumoutsakos told Parliament on Friday that Greece faces "a new period that could bring a possible resurgence of the migration and refugee problem." 

Just under a month before European Parliament elections, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is on Monday to unveil the 42 candidates of his leftist SYRIZA for the polls.

SYRIZA incumbents have announced their first batch of candidates ahead of European Parliament elections in May.
Apart from current MEPs Dimitris Papadimoulis, Konstantina Kouneva and Stelios Kouloglou, the list features another 13 names, including academics

Six new members of the cabinet were sworn in at the Presidential Mansion on Thursday after a mini-reshuffle that was prompted by the resignation of two ministers earlier this week.

Ioannis Dragasakis, formerly the deputy prime minister, was sworn in as economy minister, taking over from Dimitris Papadimitriou, who resigned on Tuesday.

Residents of Chios continue to resist the Migration Policy Ministry's efforts to install more prefabricated huts at the Vial hotspot on the island, as the two sides debate the issue of financial compensation.

Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas is seeking to pass an amendment that will allow residents of Chios to seek compensation for damages sustained as a result of the operation of two migrants reception centers on the eastern Aegean island.

Migrant and refugee arrivals onto Greek shores have doubled since August 20 to reach as many as 180 people a day in clement weather, Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said on Tuesday.

Amid fresh threats by Turkey to stop enforcing an agreement with the European Union to curb human smuggling over the Aegean, Greek authorities fear a renewed crisis on the islands.

The Vial migrant processing center "will not close," Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas told disgruntled residents on the eastern Aegean island on Chios on Thursday.