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Parties gear up for clash over escalating migration challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsby New Democracy it will take up to 6 months. He accused SYRIZA of engaging in “pseudo-humanitarianism... with Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu as Athens seeks to convince its neighbour to help stem
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Govt’s “zero tolerance” approach to violent protest provokes accusations of authoritarianism
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe military dictatorship, as well as the December 6 anniversary of the shooting by police... the police’s actions, with former Interior Minister Alexis Charitsis calling them a “paroxysm
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
, as well as the December 6 anniversary of the The government is relying on its stance as a party.... Opposition SYRIZA were quick to condemn the police’s actions, with former Interior Minister Alexis
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agoraof Democratic Left (DIMAR) also managed to exceed 6 percent. May 2012 was the worst result in New Democracy’s... the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009
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Govt's management of Covid-19 response challenged again after latest measures, PM’s trip
PoliticsGreek Politicson Friday evening by the government included imposing a stricter curfew on weekends – from 6 p.m.... to ensure that the scenes in Ikaria are not repeated. However, Interior Minister Makis Voridis suggested
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politicsleading parties. Kathimerini suggests that a gap of 6 points could be deemed adequate for the leading... to be an option. Interior Minister Makis Voridis blamed the centre-left party for taking this option off the table
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How big is the gap separating Greece and the institutions?
EconomyProgrammefor 2016 (2.87 percent of GDP) that would result in a primary surplus of 1 percent of GDP for 2015... on revenues of 1 percent of GDP on an annual basis compared to the 0.74 percent proposed by the Greek... to this year since the new VAT rates will be effective from July 1. Apart from the total estimated
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Government tries to contain fallout from breach of voters' data
PoliticsGreek Politicsgiven the ongoing investigation into a potential data breach at the Interior Ministry. The MEP... Data Protection Authority, the Interior Ministry and a public prosecutor. It was also announced on Friday that Interior Ministry general secretary Michalis Stavrianoudakis and New Democracy’s secretary
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof separate investigations by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country’s Data...-Michelle Asimakopoulou from the upcoming EP elections and the resignation of a senior Interior... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker
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Greek pensions: The unsolvable equation
AgoraLast July the conditionality of Greece’s third programme included savings of 1 percent of GDP from... pensions from 4 percent to 6 percent and introducing a 6 percent health contribution in supplementary... two years. ΙΚΑ, Greece’s main pension fund was expected to have a deficit of over 6 billion euros
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