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Greek–Turkish calm tested by Ankara’s push to codify "Blue Homeland" claims
PoliticsForeign Policythis week between Foreign Ministers George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan in Sofia indicate
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Modest hopes for Greek–Turkish diplomacy ahead of Ankara NATO Summit
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Hakan Fidan already held a one‑hour meeting in Sofia on 10 June, both governments
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agorapoliticians and human rights groups agree is not fit for purpose. Elements of the Dutch system... criticised by human rights groups. Groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Doctors... they qualify for protection. Particular emphasis is given by human rights groups and migration
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PM scrambles to rein in political fallout as deadly crash threatens to upend election contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the incident, claiming that, “unfortunately everything points towards the cause being tragic human error... a bigger challenge. For one, the scale of the human impact makes it harder for the general public... treated. It is also notable that while the media has homed in on the “human error” factor
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title of saviour thanks to his injury time penalty on Wednesday, which ushered Greece into the second round
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