Nikos Voutsis

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has removed Katerina Papakosta from the party's parliamentary group for straying from the party line.

Mitsotakis announced his decision in a tweet on Thursday morning saying that he had informed the Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis that Papakosta will no longer be a part of New Democracy's parliamentary group.

Greece will be side by side with Bulgaria during the presidency of the Council of the EU and will provide every possible support. This was stated by the President of the House of Representatives of Greece, Nikolaos Voutsis, who spoke in the plenary hall, BGNES reported.

The head of the Greek Orthodox Church on Monday criticized the country's leftist-led government for pushing draft legislation that will allow individuals to freely determine their gender identity irrespective of how it was recorded at birth.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis was discharged on Wednesday from the 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, where he underwent heart surgery on Monday.

Medics indicated that Voutsis, 66, is recovering well and is expected to return to his duties next week.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis said Friday he expects to see a government reshuffle after the completion of the third review of the country's current bailout.

The government is drafting a series of bills to go to Parliament in the coming days with the hope that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be able to showcase them during his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) to bolster his narrative of the country turning a page and heading toward recovery and growth.

The apparent intention of ruling SYRIZA to denounce New Democracy as an ultra-conservative party could lead to to a rupture with junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), which shares the opinion of the opposition conservatives on a number of issues.

One day after he denounced comments by Parliament Speaker and SYRIZA MP Nikos Voutsis with regard to the country's Orthodox identity, the leader of junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) defended the role of his right-wing nationalist party in the left-led government coalition.

Cracks of an ideological nature are beginning to appear in the coalition after the leader of junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) denounced comments by Parliament Speaker and SYRIZA MP Nikos Voutsis with regard to the country's Orthodox identity.

Parliament speaker Nikos Voutsis has said there must be a debate on the nature of school parades and whether they should be held or not.

"I do not think that [military-style parades] are a great idea. It's not a coincidence that parades of this nature do not take place almost anywhere in Europe," Voutsis told state-run ERT TV on Wednesday.