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Govt hails success of vaccine mandate amid continuing surge in 'hard' indices of pandemic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOn the day when fines kicked in for unvaccinated citizens over the age of 60, the government has been hailing the success of the mandate in increasing vaccination rates. Continuing high death rates and record hospitalisations from Covid-19, however, make it unlikely that restrictions will be lifted
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Arrival of new fighter jets draws attention as EastMed pipeline issue simmers in background
PoliticsForeign Policyadded, hailing the defence cooperation and solidarity between Greece and France. Similar messages were
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Opposition intensifies calls for political scalp over failure to avert deadly hooligan clash
PoliticsGreek Politics, an announcement by the Infrastructure Ministry hailing the delivery of the local control system at Larisa
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Mitsotakis accused of flippancy over handling of diplomatic relations with neighbours
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the latter’s hailing of the conversion of the Chora monastery in Istanbul into a mosque. In the Proto
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Government tries to shake off OPEKEPE stigma as PASOK struggles to make gains
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hailing the arrests of suspects in the OPEKEPE scandal as a success for the Greek authorities as he attempts to turn the tables on the government’s critics in relation to the farming subsidy affair. In his weekly social media post, Mitsotakis noted that 37
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PM intervenes on bank charges as budget attracts extra support
PoliticsGreek Politicsinstitutions to put the properties on the market faster. The government had been trailing this move... in particular – has managed to wrestle the initiative on this issue by tabling a proposal for taxing
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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek Politics, the method used by the government also riled the opposition. The last-minute tabling of the amendment... retirement pay that was higher than the limit set by the government) to mislead voters. The tabling... passed by the government this week was held up by ND as a sign of its intentions. The tabling
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
, when Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was accused of failing to make any credible proposals... failing. The problem for Tsipras, though, is that he has to tread carefully with the military... percent. In the past 12 months, the industrial turnover trailing index has declined 2 percent
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot... that Greece had neglected its obligations as a member of the Schengen area by failing to properly... tabling of the relevant bill in Parliament constitute the thorniest issues for the government since
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Protection of main homes the next step in assembly of election ammunition for SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politics, New Democracy and PASOK, of failing to ensure that primary residences were protected...The government hopes it has done enough to secure almost 1 billion euros in debt relief measures at the April 5 Eurogroup after tabling the draft legislation for the protection of primary residences
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