Sofia Sakorafa

Dendias to brief parties on UAE deals, speak with NATO chief

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will brief representatives of the opposition parties on Thursday on the recent defense and foreign policy cooperation agreement and the Joint Declaration of Strategic Partnership signed by Greece and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week.

The meeting is part of the regular briefing of parliamentary parties on current foreign policy issues.

Another one gone: MEP Sophia Sakorafa leaves SYRIZA

MEP Sophia Sakorafa, who had been elected at the European Parliament under the SYRIZA ballot, announced she would leave the leftist party in a statement released Friday. The former champion javelin thrower and close friend of Zoe Konstantopoulou is the second MEP that leaves SYRIZA after Nikos Chountis had joined the new Popular Party.

Elena Panaritis as Greece’s IMF rep prompts social media ‘war’

Elena Panaritis’ appointment as Greece’s representative to the International Monetary Fund generated increased criticism from within the ruling Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party and the opposition. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’ choice of the economist has come under fire from within his own party, prompting the reaction of Panaritis herself.

PM Tsipras meets with SYRIZA MEPs on Saturday

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met on Saturday with the SYRIZA MEPs at Maximos Mansion, at 14.00 local time.

SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left) is represented by six deputies in the European Parliament, namely Manolis Glezos, Sophia Sakorafa, Costas Chrisogonos, Dimitris Papadimoulis, Konstantina Kouneva and Stelios Kouloglou.

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