Sia Anagnostopoulou
Breakaway MPs decide to form new parliamentary group
Eleven independent MPs who broke away from main opposition SYRIZA in recent weeks have agreed to form a new parliamentary group, the name of which will be announced on Monday.
Chairman of the group is Alexis Haritsis, while Euclides Tsakalotos and Nasos Iliopoulos are the parliamentary representatives. Peti Perka is secretary.
New cabinet members to be sworn in on Monday afternoon
The new members of the cabinet, announced last Friday, are to be sworn in during a ceremony at 6.30 p.m. on Monday during a ceremony at the presidential mansion to be attended by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Greek PM proceeds with mini cabinet reshuffle
In a mini cabinet reshuffle announced by spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, Greek Prime Minister Alexis on Friday replaced five of his ministers while giving up his own role as foreign minister, a post he temporarily filed following the departure of Nikos Kotzias in October.
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Gulf on private universities clear in committee debate
The gulf between the leftist-led coalition and most opposition parties regarding the prospect of a constitutional revision that would allow private universities to operate in Greece was clear on Wednesday during the second day of a committee-level debate in Parliament on the subject.
Dijsselbloem angers south European women
Until a few years ago, when before the leftist Syriza emerged as a dominant political power in her country, Sia Anagnostopoulou was best known as a professor of contemporary history with an emphasis on late Ottoman Empire.
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Deputy education minister calls for end to tension with Church
Deputy Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou has weighed into an ongoing row between Education Minister Nikos Filis and Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, over changes being introduced to religion classes at the country's public schools, saying that "it is a dispute that should end here, for all of our sakes."
Dep. Education Minister: Our Left beliefs compel us to accept migrant and refugee children into Greek education
The government is compelled to integrate the children of refugees into the education process if it wants to be true to its left ideology, Deputy Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou told left.gr in an interview.
At last! Greek universities become international by enrolling refugees, says Dean Gritzalis!!
The Greek University’s Dean Council decided in conjunction with the Deputy Minister of Education, Sia Anagnostopoulou in an extra ordinary meeting on the island of Lesvos to open universities to refugees who want to take part in studies either on campus or via correspondence.
Sia Anagnostopoulou wants to change Greek history as taught in schools
Deputy Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou told daily newspaper, Kathimerini, that she disagrees with the way in which history is taught in Greek schools. “History school books must change,” she said. “Research and the opinions of scientists on history and how it is taught in schools must stop being molded within a national measure.
Sia and SYRIZA discover a new definition for “nepotism”
Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) members appear to be immune to popular outrage concerning moral justice and are giving a recital in nepotism. The latest example is that of Alternate Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou whose family appointments reign supreme, something that is a matter of course within the party.