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Coalition courts controversy with emergency law to tap general gov't cash reserves
PoliticsGreek Politicsangered by the need to transfer their reserves to the Bank of Greece. Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis... at a KEDE meeting on Tuesday afternoon and told mayors that the government needed the cash reserves... for debate and approval. A European official told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday afternoon
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the prime minister had performed an about-turn. On Monday, he told French Finance Minister Bruno Le... to be agreed) would be deemed acceptable. Verbal clash Nevertheless, an unnamed Greek official told.... These comments angered Athens and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos responded later
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the far right, but has also angered former New Democracy president Antonis Samaras who called... by the former PM, who recently told a Sunday newspaper that he saw it as his duty as a former premier... percent since its official launch two weeks ago. Around 57 percent of respondents told the pollsters
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SYRIZA MP asks: Just how will we find the money?
PoliticsGreek Politics. “We don’t pretend to be perfect,” fellow SYRIZA MP Dimitris Papadimoulis told Vima FM on Thursday. “We are not angered when someone, be it a citizen or a party member, highlights gaps or weakness
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Greece and lenders start technical talks as tension between Athens and Berlin rises
PoliticsGreek Politicsof ongoing bickering between Greece and Germany. Athens was angered by comments from Wolfgang...,” Tsipras told Parliament. Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos added to the sense
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SYRIZA caught in push and pull between voters and members over deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor short-term borrowing has also angered universities and hospitals, where SYRIZA has a strong presence..., in the government’s thinking should not be underestimated. Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem told
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ND focusses on economic goals in run-up to budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicstargets, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told MPs during the budget debate that Athens intends... on political opponents. Polakis’s words angered from PASOK members who are now cooperating with SYRIZA
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Government feels the heat over investigation on anniversary of Tempe rail crash
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMarinakis told media that “the government did not act or legislate with the aim of covering up... to stand down. However, many were angered when he was re-selected to run for parliament weeks later
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PM defends stance on North Macedonia dispute amid opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsassistance with their energy bills but they have now been told they must return a total of around 800 million... are about to skyrocket has angered associations representing Greek SMEs, which have sent formal complaints
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
miracle worker, or “Harvard-educated free-market reformer”, as the Wall Street Journal describes him.... The Wall Street Journal writes that Mitsotakis won “respect from Greece’s creditors for his efforts... triple Salchow by deciding to implement the second bailout. “Nobody is without sin,” Samaras told
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