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PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe interview Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave to Alpha TV on Thursday night was dominated... about Libya’s maritime deal with Turkey are not respected grabbed the headlines, but Mitsotakis also... economic migrants,” Mitsotakis told Alpha TV. “Whoever is not a refugee will be sent back
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Thinking outside of the box
Agorathat the problem in Greece is not whether there are four or five or six TV licenses, nor if the public... of accusations about who is genuinely in favour of a free press. The government’s tender for national TV... been held, making Greece the only European Union country not to have auctioned TV permits. Instead
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Mitsotakis said in a TV interview in December. At the time, the premier admitted that the lockdown.... Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture... Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis. Altogether, 17 changes were made, including
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday... for relocation and find itself on the Greek calends. Perhaps, though, a more serious problem for Greece
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Greece being boxed in by refugee crisis and security concerns
Agora, a more serious problem for Greece is that while its officials run from pillar to post to deal... a way out of Greece. The figurative fence-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday to tighten passport checks at the external borders
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Talk of refugee returns adds to stretched Greece's anxiety
PoliticsForeign Policyproblem is on the islands, where there are more than 12,500 migrants even though the official capacity..., where security continues to be a problem. Reports suggest that around 150 migrants broke out... government was put on alert by comments from German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizier, who
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Coalition feels wrath on pensions but not in opposition's interest to push hard
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s negotiations with its lenders over the first review of the third bailout were due to continue on Thursday against the backdrop of another general strike. Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos... that should the current coalition fall they will inherit a similar problem. The lack of options available
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Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
Societyagainst a backdrop of campaigns by academic staff and students to highlight campus security issues... activity was clearly taking place. Once again, the problem appears to be not the law itself but its
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agorain 2020 amounted to 2.3 bcm. The problem is that the demand figure is not static but is in fact... pct annually, against a backdrop of falling overall energy usage. By 2020, annual natural gas
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PM sees progress on lasting dispute with Albania after Tirana visit
PoliticsForeign Policycountries to leave the resolution of this long-standing problem over the maritime borders to the ICJ... against the backdrop of the Russian invasion. First time hosted in the region, the meeting itself
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