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Defense minister to tell Parliament about talk with convict
Defense Minister Panos Kammenos is scheduled to address Parliament on Monday on the controversy surrounding reports that he held a telephone conversation with a convict serving a life sentence over the 2014 Noor 1 heroin-smuggling case.
Opposition MPs seek answers on delays in hospital appointments
The secretary of opposition New Democracy and 26 lawmakers with the conservative party on Tuesday challenged Health Minister Andreas Xanthos to respond to the findings of a newspaper survey into the operation of the appointments hotline for public hospitals.
Ex-health minister says he welcomes probe into hospital corruption
The vice president of New Democracy, Adonis Georgiadis, said on Monday that he "welcomed" an investigation into corruption at the Henry Dunant Hospital in Athens.
ND on 2 parcel bomb attacks: Attempts to link us to target party will fail
Greece’s major opposition party New Democracy (ND) released a statement regarding the two parcel bomb attacks against European and IMF officials in the past two days stressing Greece’s international image had been seriously damaged. The statement alleged the two incidents attempted to frame ND by linking the two parcel bomb senders to the conservative party.
Citizens' protection minister: French authorities say IMF parcel bomb sent from Greece
Greece's Citizens' Protection Minister Nikos Toskas told ANT1 television channel on Thursday that French authorities said a parcel bomb that arrived at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday and left an employee with minor injuries when it exploded, had been sent from Greece.
Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire claims responsibility for Schaeuble parcel bomb
The Greek urban guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire on Thursday claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb that was sent to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday.
Georgiadis blasts Greek post for parcel bomb sent to Schaeuble
New Democracy vice president Adonis Georgiadis on Thursday said that a letter bomb sent in his name to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday proved that the Greek postal service (ELTA) is in "shambles."
Bookstore owned by ND vice president damaged in bomb attack
An improvised explosive device comprising eight gas canisters went off outside a bookstore owned by New Democracy vice president Adonis Georgiadis in the early hours of Wednesday causing damage, but no injuries.
Cyprus forecasts growth of 2.5-3 pct in 2017
Cyprus expects its economy to grow between 2.5 and 3 percent this year as it recovers from its recent financial crisis and bailout.
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday the economy has rebounded strongly and is making up lost ground after the country sought out a multibillion-euro rescue deal from its eurozone partners to save it from bankruptcy in 2013.
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Spare us the wisecracks
Of course we would expect to be informed about the prime minister's and his associates' daily diet if we were paying for it, but since we assume that they use their own money to buy their groceries, what they eat is their own business.
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