Irredentism

Alternate Labor Minister Anastasios Petropoulos told Parliament Plenary that social security issues are turning into a major issue for Greece during debate on the State budget for 2016.  He said that the government is being called to implement bailout commitments worth 4.2 bln euros in the coming year, however some of these commitments had been made during the governance of the conservative New

Following the conclusion of the debate, the plenum gave a vote of confidence to the government.

In particular, 155 MPs gave their vote of confidence to the government that was voted into power for the second time this year on September 20. The MPs of ND, PASOK, Golden Dawn, To Potami and Enosi Kentro voted against.

“Let’s put an end to lies and fruitless conflicts”, said PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata emphasizing that you cannot find the truth in a lie and hope is not a fairy tale.

Mrs. Gennimata stressed that “people don’t forget ND’s Zappeion 1, 2 and 3. They don’t forget SYRIZA’s program announced in Thessaloniki”.

Candidates continued to criss-cross the country on Friday, with snap elections in just over a week in what — hopefully — will be the last political campaign in crisis-plagued Greece in 2015.

Yana Agafonova, a media official in the pro-Russian rebel government in eastern Ukraine, says critical publications are not welcome in the separatist region, which is locked in a vicious propaganda war with Kyiv.

Political parties and five political coalitions will vie for Greek citizens’ vote in the upcoming Sept. 20 election — the third time ballots will be set up in 2015 in a bid to for something to grad the “Greek electoral charm”

A formal announcement is expected by a relevant Supreme Court department.

Former socialist PASOK ministers Vaso Papandreou and Yiannos Papantoniou are taking the stand at the trial of former PASOK defence minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos who is appealing against his 20-year conviction on charges of criminal action in the purchase of German type 214 submarines and money laundering.

The list of witnesses who will be called to testify before the parliamentary committee set up to examine the circumstances under which Greece agreed to bailouts with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund will be finalized on Tuesday.

Most of the witnesses are expected to be individuals who held office between October 2009 and January 2015.

New Democracy on Friday slammed a new citizenship bill put up for public consultation as constituting an ?open invitation? to undocumented migrants.

All they would have to do, said spokesman Costas Karagounis, ?is enroll their child in first grade and automatically receive a residence permit for themselves and their family.?

Former socialist minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos’ trial for defense procurements and money-laundering began again on Wednesday following an adjournment last month. Former socialist PASOK prime minister Costas Simitis and the current socialist PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos to the stand to testify ahead of the five-membered Felony Appeal Court.