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Government paves way for major U-turn on migration as opposition warns of interference in regulators
PoliticsGreek Politicslinked the two initiatives by saying that they were part of a push to bring order to the largely unmapped... in training. Kairidis told Greek media that the government wanted to utilise migrant labour in areas
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ND throws weight behind pursuit of whistleblowers, prompting SYRIZA backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the affair, while ND has wanted to prove that its left-wing opponents organised a conspiracy aimed... weight behind the effort to pursue the whistleblowers in order to keep ex-PM Samaras content after he
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PM intervenes on bank charges as budget attracts extra support
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat applies to real estate held by banks and servicers will double in order to encourage the financial... to meet with the approval of New Democracy’s traditional audience. Although the PM wanted
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Government hopeful of weathering subsidy scandal despite public’s finger of blame
PoliticsGreek Politicsby by-passing the inquiry in order to minimise potentially damaging exposure in the form of media coverage... of the SYRIZA-led coalition and its aims, including speculation that it wanted to take Greece out of the euro
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Greek coalition reaches milestones but PASOK looking increasingly weary
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport the omnibus bill. One, New Democracy’s Nikitas Kaklamanis, was ousted from his party... George Papandreou and veteran Apostolos Kaklamanis, were not ejected from PASOK. By all accounts
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Government hoping dispute with farmers on way to being resolved as it counts cost of damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsalready reacted angrily to a suggestion by parliamentary speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis (New Democracy.... During a TV appearance, Kaklamanis suggested that opposition politicians were using the live hearings
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SYRIZA fractures further after direction shift as ND grapples with post-election scenarios
PoliticsGreek Politics, parliamentary speaker and New Democracy veteran Nikitas Kaklamanis suggested for the first time in a TV.... Kaklamanis stressed that this was his personal view, not government policy; however, his view will carry
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
EconomyOn top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of l...
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Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe use of face masks for debates in Parliament became compulsory on Wednesday as Greek authorities try to re-instill a sense of caution in the public after seeing the number of coronavirus cases rise significantly this week. The decision to make MPs an...
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Name and shame
Agora“Macedonia” as part of a composite name for use in all situations (erga omnes). So, Sunday’s rally... a composite name with a geographical qualifier. At the same time, though, there are many within his
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