Politics
Brewing dispute with media adds to Tsipras's headaches
A rare live TV appearance by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday night provided little information regarding how his government might conclude bailout negotiations with its lenders or tackle the growing refugee crisis.
As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?
Stavros Theodorakis was re-elected as To Potami’s leader on Sunday at the end of a three-day congress that was more interesting because of the potential for cooperation that emerged between the main opposition parties than any major developments in the centrist party.
Under pressure to justify existence, To Potami goes to congress
Facing a renewed challenge to defend its existence, To Potami launches its three-day congress on Friday afternoon.
Greece recalls ambassador in Austria, waits for EU position on refugee crisis
There was an escalation in the diplomatic tension over the refugee crisis on Thursday as Athens withdrew its ambassador from Vienna in retaliation for Austria limiting the number of refugees it accepts and hosting a summit with nine other European countries that did not include Greece.
Domestic pressure over refugee crisis building for Tsipras
Managing the growing refugee crisis domestically is becoming an even greater challenge for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria
Greece revealed on Tuesday that it has delivered a demarche to Vienna to complain about Vienna’s attempts to coordinate its actions on the refugee crisis with countries from the so-called “Balkan corridor.”
Fragility of summit pledge for border status quo already evident
Although the Greek government emerged relatively pleased from the European Council that ended on Friday, by Monday it was already clear that Greece will be living on the edge until the EU and Turkey sit down to discuss the refugee crisis at a special summit on March 6.
Meeting with farmers marks start of renewed effort to reach bailout review deal
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to meet with representatives of farming unions at noon on Monday to discuss their objections to the government’s plans for increases in tax and social security contributions.
Amid mounting pressure, gov't hopes parallel programme will provide fillip
The government submitted to Parliament on Friday the so-called “parallel programme” aimed mainly at easing the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable groups in Greek society.
Stress and strain for gov't from farmers protests, police appointments
The government is playing the long game with regard to the farmers’ protests against its tax and pension reforms in the hope that differences between the various groups as well as the need to return to the land will lead to the demonstrations fizzling out but this does not mean the coalition is not feeling the toll.