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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.

Greece's foreign ministry accused the British newspaper Financial Times of defaming and lying and accused it of "violating journalistic ethics" for an article about Minister Nicos Kodias.

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.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on Monday accused the Greek Police of failing to follow procedure after remanding about a dozen members of the Rouvikonas anarchist group who bypassed Parliament security last week and entered the courtyard of the building in Athens.

The Greek National Theater goes on stage at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus on Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22, with a kooky adaptation of Aristophanes' "Peace," directed in the form of a musical by Constantinos Arvanitakis, with a score composed by Nikos Kypourgos and starring the unorthodox musician/actor Tzimis Panousis as Trygaeus.

When Nikos Engonopoulos (1907-85) first presented a collection of poems in the late 1930s, he was accused of being insane. The initial reactions to his work as a painter were not much more flattering either. Yet the artist did not waver under such criticism, pursuing his creative bent without need for praise.

“Yesterday there was an attempt to blackmail the deal. We prevented it clearly. We will not allow anyone to ask for all or nothing, “said Greek Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias, commenting on the ongoing talks on the Cyprus issue from Crans-Montana in Switzerland which have enterd their 3rd day. He added that negotiations are about a compromise that benefits all sides.

I have often asked myself how an exhibition ultimately affects its audience. What kind of trace does it leave on the collective memory? The answer, I find, is that it depends on the show's content and the circumstances under which it takes place.

Greek pianist David Nachmias has put together a program of Greek songs from the first half of the 20th century by composers/singers such as Attik, Kostas Giannidis, Michalis Souyioul, Danai Stratigopoulou, Sofia Vembo and Nikos Gounaris that illustrate the influence of European musical trends on local artists.

European Court of Human Rights President Guido Raimondi was in Athens on Thursday to mark Greece's entry into the Superior Courts Network, created by the ECHR to facilitate the exchange of information between national superior courts.

The Italian judge met with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, parliamentary spokesman Nikos Voutsis and Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis.