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	HELLENIC PARLIAMENT - History of the Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A frieze 1.22x78m, which is spread throughout the room, depicts historical scenes with the Greek Revolution being its main theme, from the raising of the flag in Agia Lavra to the arrival of King Otto.
		The Parliament and the Senate rooms, as well as auxiliary underground rooms, were built in the place of the old wing, and in part of the palace courtyard.
		The office of the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Room, the offices of the President of the Parliament and of the Director of the Parliament and the Parliamentarian room were housed on the ground floor.
	www.parliament.gr /english/ktirio/default.asp (1785 words)

	The Parliament Building (Old Palace) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Greek state expropriated the estates occupied by the building, the front plaza and the royal garden.
		The first Parliament was temporarily housed in a private residence building in Kolokotronis Street while afterwards it moved to the University building and much later, in 1857, to the building of Stadiou Street that houses today the Museum of History and Ethnography.
		It was then remodeled to house the Hellenic Parliament in 1930, by the architect A. Kriezis and finally in 1935 the National Assembly moved in.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/213/21301n/e213an12.html (294 words)

	An introduction to Greek electoral law
		To be elected as Member of Parliament, one must be a Greek citizen, have the legal capacity to vote and have attained the age of twenty-five years on the day of the election.
		The exercise of the restrictions of the duties of professor shall be suspended for the duration of the parliamentary term and the manner of replacement of professors elected to Parliament shall be specified by law.
		The duties of Members of Parliament shall be incompatible with the duties or the capacity of member of a board of directors, governor, general manager or their alternates, or those of employee of commercial company or enterprise enjoying special privileges or subsidies by the State, or to which concession of public enterprise has been granted.
	www.cecl.gr /RigasNetwork/databank/REPORTS/r8/GR_8_Chryssogonos.html (3620 words)

	HELLENIC PARLIAMENT - Parliamentary Diplomacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The consent of the Parliament in various matters of foreign policy, such as the shifting of the state's borders, the consent for the crossing, or the presence in the state, of a foreign military power, the imposition of limitations in exercising national rule, and the assignment of state responsibilities in international organizations.
		Special Permanent Committee on Greeks Abroad: Its aim is the conservation and the advancement of the ties between the Hellenic Parliament and the Greeks Abroad.
		Of particular importance is the Parliament's responsibility of the Greeks of the Permanent Secretariat of Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy.
	www.hri.org /parliament/english/organwsh/parliament.asp (718 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Muslims in Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Greek Muslims in Thrace participate in a 24-hour general strike to protest the government's neglect of the region.
		Parliament redraws electoral districts in Athens and Thrace in such a manner that it becomes virtually impossible for a Moslem to be elected to local office.
		A Greek court sentenced a Muslim cleric of Turkish origin to fourteen months of jail for filling the seat of mufti even though he was not appointed to the position under Greek law.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=35001 (1830 words)

	1998/06/25 15:08 Traditional Greek Nationalism Breeds New Display of
		A Greek citizen can refuse to take an oath to the Gospel or allow his children to follow religious education, but only if he or she justifies the reasons for this refusal; that is, he or she states publicly his or her, obviously non-Orthodox religious identity.
		Since Greeks, in their absolute majority, are Orthodox, the Council of State explicitly defines the obligation of both the teaching in depth and the attendance of this course.
		A Greek citizen (a lawyer and a member of the City Council of Thessaloniki) went to the court and demanded the elimination of the particular interpretation from the dictionary and its withdrawal from the market.
	www.aimpress.ch /dyn/trae/archive/data/199806/80625-035-trae-ath.htm (2090 words)

	Hellenic Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hellenic Parliament (Greek: Βουλή των Ελλήνων; transliterated Vouli (also Boule) ton Ellinon; literally 'Will (of the Council) of the Greeks,' from the ancient Greek verb βούλομαι (voulome) meaning to will (after deliberating); latin: volo) is the parliament of Greece, located in Syntagma Square in Athens.
		By a majority of 69.18%, the Greeks decided against a constitutional monarchy and for parliamentary republic.
		While the Speaker of the Parliament and the five Deputy Speakers are elected at the beginning of each term and for the entire duration of that term, the tenure of the Deans and of the Secretaries lasts for the duration of the regular session of the Parliament for which they were elected.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hellenic_Parliament (497 words)

	Athens Guide: Syntagma (Constitution) Square
		At the top of Syntagma is the Parliament Building, formerly the King's Palace, built between 1836 and 1840 by King Otto and financed by his father Ludwig I of Bavaria.
		The pleated skirt, the foustanela, was worn by the Greek fighters of the 1821 revolution and today it serves as the official uniform of the Evzones.
		It was established by Otto as the formal court dress in the middle of the 19th century.
	www.athensguide.com /syntagma.html (1572 words)

	HELLENIC PARLIAMENT - Plenary Session (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The President of the Republic convokes the Parliament to an extraordinary session "whenever he shall judge this to be reasonable" (article 40, paragraph 1 C.).
		On certain occasions, should the Parliament be absent or should it have suspended its works, it must be convoked in a special session, in order to exercise specific duties.
		During the Parliament's recess, in other words, during the time period between two sessions (usually during the summer months), part of the legislative work and of the parliamentary control are exercised by the Recess Section of the Parliament.
	www.hri.org /parliament/english/organwsh/epistim.asp (412 words)

	Greek irredentism and expansionism exposed officially from the Greek Parliament
		The Greek Parliament in 2000, printed a map under the heading “Historical Map of Greece” where part of Turkish territory is presented as being part of the “unitary Greek world”.
		In the above mentioned map of the Greek Parliament, in addition to the marking of the so-called “Greek zone of Izmir”, the lands of southern Albania are named “Northern Epirus” (In Greece the northern part is officially called “Epirus”).
		The map even goes as far as to use the Greek terms “Monastirio” and “Stromnitsa” for Bitola and Strumica respectively which in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia, while all toponyms in southern Albania (which by the way is called “Northern Epirus”) are exclusively in Greek.
	www.florina.org /html/2007/2007_greek_irredentism.html (894 words)

	Macedonia for the Macedonians
		One of the Crimes committed by the Greek monarcho-fascists was the forced resettlement of their villagers and the dumping of them in special camps in urban centres, which had begun as early as 1946.
		On 23rd February 1953 a meeting of the Greek military and administrative authorities in Macedonia was held in Thessaloniki at which it was decided to propose that the Greek government pass a law on the resettlement and re-inhabiting of the so-called sensitive border areas of the Aegean part of Macedonia.
		The Greek government accepted this proposal and submitted it to the Greek Parliament which, on 4th August 1953, passed Law NL- 2536 on the resettlement of the population from the border areas.
	www.makedonija.info /aegean3.html (3909 words)

	news.ert.gr - Politics - New Entries in Greek Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		News > Politics)&body=The election of PASOK Parliamentarian Andreas Fouras to the Patras mayorship signalled the comeback of Maria Thoma to the Parliament's benches.
		The election of PASOK Parliamentarian Andreas Fouras to the Patras mayorship signalled the comeback of Maria Thoma to the Parliament’s benches.
		Greek PM Kostas Karamanlis argued that the accession of Bulgaria and Romania into the EU sent a positive message to all candidate countries.
	news.ert.gr /en/newsDetails.asp?id=21503 (639 words)

	Politics of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of the Republic is elected by the Parliament for a five-year term (election last held March 7, 2004), and a maximum of two terms in office.
		In the new Parliament, the election for President is repeated immediately with a 3/5 majority required for the initial vote, an absolute majority for the second one (151 votes) and a simple majority for the third and final one.
		Greek parliamentary politics hinge upon the principle of the "dedilomeni", the "declared confidence" of Parliament to the Prime Minister and his/her administration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Greece (3422 words)

	GlobaLex - A Description of the Structure of the Hellenic Republic, the Greek Legal System, and Legal Research
		She is a member of the executive committee of the International Legal and Academic Society, an organization created by LLM students and practitioners from all over the world who are interested in pursuing an academic career.
		The legislative branch consists of the Parliament (Vouli/Koinovoulio) and the President of the Republic (Proedros tis Dimokratias).
		Ancient Greek law was described in writings as early as the Odyssey and the Iliad of Homer.
	www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Greece.htm (5709 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Greek Parliament Elects Carolos Papoulias as President
		ATHENS, Greece -- The Greek parliament elected Carolos Papoulias as president Tuesday, choosing a former foreign minister who served more than 20 years in the legislature for the largely ceremonial post.
		"With respect to the views of all parties and the representatives of the Greek people, I want to thank you for the great honor, which I accept with a feeling of responsibility," Papoulias said after he was informed of the result.
		First elected to parliament in 1977, Papoulias was re-elected every year until 2000 -- when he decided not to run.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A9610-2005Feb8?language=printer (272 words)

	Greek Wine Appellations
		These days, Greek producers, like so many of their European brethren, are as likely to eschew designations they feel confine them as to submit to a definition of quality with which they don't agree or consider irrelevant or outside the scope of their ambitions, especially if an appellation has no direct economic advantage.
		Likewise, consumers will utilize their own criteria in determining which Greek wines are of the best quality.
		Still, certain Greek appellations certainly live up to their promise.
	www.greekwinemakers.com /czone/appellations/apps.shtml (1165 words)

	Government in Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The people elect 300 parliamentary deputies who form the parliament which conducts the legislative duties of the government.
		As is today, when any single party achieves an absolute majorityof the parliament then that government functions as a democraticaly elected "dictatorship".
		Deputies are not allowed to vote against anything their own party supports therefore all measures proposedby the residing government are passed automaticaly by way of their absolute majority in parliament.
	www.greecetravel.com /mazarakis/wisdom/government.html (185 words)

	The Turkish fez and Greek parliamentarians - Turkish Daily News Jun 27, 2005
		When a Greek says to another, 'I put the fez on you,' he means that he did not pay his dues to the other and caused an economic loss for the other person.
		But when he stated that one of the main factors was Greek parliamentarians' failure to pay telephone bills, party differences were brushed aside and everybody joined in an attack on the OTE chairman, asking him to retract his statement.
		According to Greek law, every one of the 300 members of the Greek Vouli as well as each of the 24 Greek members of the European Parliament have eight free land lines and receive a 250 euro monthly allowance for their mobile phones.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=16772 (582 words)

	Sylogos Constantinopolitwn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Greek communities are not entitled to manage freely or sell their real properties, as they are supposed to under the various CSCE agreements, which have been also signed by Turkey, as well as under Article 40 of the Treaty of Lausanne.
		These are the dwindling of the Greek population and increase of the Muslim population, according to the Treaty of Lausanne, or Turkish population according to the Turkish MPs.
		I honor all the societies of Greeks from Asia Minor, which with their action are the living conscience of the Greek nation and remind the Hellenic Government each time what it must do to protect their rights, which have been established and never granted, as these are set forth in the international treaties.
	www.greece.org /genocide/SylConst.html (10652 words)

	Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		July 1994: The Greek government denies entry to 6 religious leaders form Turkey on the grounds that they intend to engage in political, not religious, religious activities.
		September 1994: Parliament redraws electoral districts in Athens and Thrace in such a manner that it becomes virtually impossible for a Moslem to be elected to local office.
		25 February 1998: A Greek court sentenced a Muslim cleric of Turkish origin to fourteen months of jail for filling the seat of mufti even though he was not appointed to the position under Greek law.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/greemuslchro.htm (1947 words)

	Greece Information
		The Greek language has been in use since prehistoric times, with the earliest evidence of its written versions surviving to our date in the form of Linear B tablets which date back to the 14th century BCE.
		BCE had transformed to the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet which is still in use today.
		The president of the republic is the head of the state, while the prime minister is the head of the Greek government.
	www.greeklandscapes.com /travel/information.html (966 words)

	Hürriyet - Greek Parliament approves bill on construction of mosque in Athens
		The Greek Parliament yesterday approved a bill connected with the proposed construction of a mosque in Athens.
		Presenting the bill to the parliament was Greek Education and Religious Affairs Minister Maria Yannaku, who told parliament members that the construction of the mosque would be under government control.
		Prior to the passage of the bill, members of the main opposition PASOK party stood their ground against two important articles in the bill, but their protest was defeated by members of other parties.
	www.hurriyet.com.tr /english/5399015.asp (172 words)

	News from Greece
		Parliament finally voted on March 20 to ratify the Ottawa Treaty banning the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of these mines.
		With the exception of one Greek soldier and two other Greeks, the rest were asylum seekers illegally crossing into Greece from Turkey.
		According to a survey conducted by Doctors of the World-Greece (based on hospital records and newspaper reports), the 56 people killed and 49 wounded in mine explosions since May 1994 were all near the Turkish border.
	www.helleniccomserve.com /archivedgreeknews21.html (996 words)

	CNN.com - Strikes paralyze Greek capital - Oct. 10, 2003
		The clashes, in which riot squads used tear gas and pepper spray against members of their own union, hospitalized five people: four police officers and one member of the Greek parliament who had joined the protesters.
		Greek Public Order Minister Gorges Florid is, however, defended the actions of the riot squads.
		The budget, which was submitted to parliament Monday, was seen as a vote-winner ahead of elections next spring.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/10/10/athens.riots/index.html (501 words)

	Anti-federal party set to enter Greek Cyprus Parliament - Turkish Daily News May 27, 2001
		Turkey's Deputy Parliament Speaker Nejat Arsevan is to attend representing Turkey together with the Turkish joint-chairman of the Turkey-EU Joint Parliament Commission Kursat Eser.
		A small Greek Cypriot party firmly opposed to a federal state to resolve the divided island's long-running conflict looks set to enter Parliament for the first time in today's election.
		The Greek Cypriot government ration, claims this is the ultimate concession to the unitary state that existed between 1960 and 1974.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=23492 (1176 words)

	GreekSoccer.com
		The Greek man and woman were arrested on Oct. 23 during...
		The Greek football league is considering hiring English consultants to evaluate its oft-maligned referees and keep clubs from bickering over disputed calls, a key club official said.
		My father is Greek, and I first learned how to kick a ball on the dirt field around the corner from our apartment in Athens.
	www.greeksoccer.com /news/epo_news.php (612 words)

	Greek Civil War
		The Greek civil war of 1945-1947 was really a continuation of struggles born during the Second World War.
		In 1936 General Ioannis Metaxas dissolved the Greek parliament and established himself as dictator under the restored monarch of Giorgios II.
		After the German withdrawal, the principal Greek resistance movement, which was controlled by the communists, refused to disarm.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/greek.htm (2334 words)

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