Coalition of the Left (SYRIZA) president of PM group Alekos Alvanos and SYN president A. Tsipras met today with representatives of the Muslim emigration communities. Alavanos called on the government to condemn the action of the police officer who insulted the Koran and to simplify the procedures on emigrants' residence permit in Greece. Alavanos said that he realizes "the sensitivity and the challenge a big part of emigrants felt when their religious book, the Koran was insulted and added that there must be respect to other peoples' religious beliefs". All religious communities must tolerate ...
Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Parliamentary Group leader Alekos Alavanos visited the Chamber of Commerce in Iraklio, on the island of Crete, on Friday for a briefing on the course of business activity in the prefecture. Alavanos was informed of the repercussions of the international economic crisis on the local market and of efforts to plan industrial regions to enable business activity in the prefecture. He was also called on to assist in the implementation of measures supporting small and medium-size businesses that are being harmed by the economic crisis, while the need was also stressed ...