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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
far, there appears to be little willingness from these three parties to let Tsipras off the hook... the key role as far as Greece is concerned because only it has the power to prevent migrants reaching its...-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday
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Talk of refugee returns adds to stretched Greece's anxiety
PoliticsForeign Policyis exacerbating the overcrowding and the challenges that Greek authorities are facing. So far this year... the far-right AfD gained second place, will prompt Berlin to adopt a much tougher line on the refugee... government was put on alert by comments from German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizier, who
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Coalition eyes electoral change, polls show wide lead for New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greeks abroad being allowed to vote in national elections. The government has so far shown... percentage point to 8 percent, which is the same as far-right Golden Dawn in joint-third place.... Interior Minister Panos Skourletis revealed on Friday that the government intends to table during
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SYRIZA seeks best path to next general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe lenders’ side that the institutions would be willing to go as far as Athens wishes... would see the neighbouring country change its name to North Macedonia. Tsipras siblings So far..., a partner of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), claimed it had seen Interior
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA of turning a blind eye to such actions because of ideological links with the far left. “I am... this was a thinly disguised attempt to appeal to far-right voters. “We will strengthen the Greek family,” said... order or interior ministries. Economy The opposition leader also touched upon the main elements of New
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High number of Covid-19 cases puts strain on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsif the steps taken so far do not suppress the disease. The government has so far indicated it wants to avoid..., Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos said that the government would be providing 5.2 million euros
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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsmanagement as “predominantly a European problem”, while claiming that “Greece has already lifted a far... for Lesvos, something that so far Athens has not done. There have reportedly been several direct offers... of Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis, Interior Minister Panagiotis Thedorikakos, and the head
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Newsletter 263 -11/09/2020
of dissatisfaction as far as the government’s handling is concerned. ND is being criticised by right-wing... reading is the highest MoM reading in the year so far. The annual movement in the index was driven.... A government delegation consisting of Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis, Interior Minister
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New political clash over police violence, but ND seems unperturbed
PoliticsGreek Politicsto protest his prison transfer. One ruling party MP went as far as naming the man and the anti-establishment... that Mitsotakis is far from the centrist liberal he portrays himself as. Winning strategy... Interior Minister Makis Voridis, alleged that the man in question was known to the police, had
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New Covid measures readied as doubts about key cabinet choices rub off on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsdirection. Plevris, along with the other two cabinet ministers who joined ND from the far-right LAOS... or test results. Although the scale of the alleged fraud revealed so far relates to a handful of cases... workers. Speaking to Skai TV on Thursday morning, Alternate Interior Minister Stelios Petsas conceded
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