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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
registered as a refugee on the eastern Aegean island of Leros, found at the site of the Stade de...-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday
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Greece being boxed in by refugee crisis and security concerns
Agoraof Leros, found at the site of the Stade de France bombing, was a fake. This will do little, though... interior ministers were due to agree on Friday to tighten passport checks at the external borders
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Tsipras and Erdogan keep conversation going despite lack of specific gains
PoliticsForeign Policythe need for a de-escalation of tension in the Aegean. To this end, the two sides decided to re-resume..., he said he expected more cooperation from Greece on their extradition. Earlier, Turkey's Interior
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New Democracy moves to corral far-right vote, as PM braces for more surveillance evidence
PoliticsGreek Politicsconvicted members of criminal organisations to act as de facto heads of political parties. Kasidiaris... the senior ND members who attended the funeral of “fishing in murky waters”. Interior Minister Makis
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Spotlight on far-right party that might upset election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politicsto direct the party in a de facto leadership capacity. Surveillance affair Questions persist, meanwhile...-minute amendment in an Interior Ministry bill prompted accusations that the government was trying
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Opposition demands assurances of non-involvement in Iran conflict
PoliticsGreek Politicsis firmly aligned with de‑escalation, diplomacy and respect for international law. Attention, he added... parliament approved the relevant provisions in the Interior Ministry's bill by a margin exceeding
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ND and SYRIZA square up as Novartis inquiry gets underway
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament’s preliminary inquiry into the Novartis affair and the alleged manipulation of the case by former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos to damage SYRIZA’s political rivals was due to begin on Tuesday. The issue has provided the ...
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Mitsotakis in bid to "square the circle" in EU budget negotiations
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is travelling to Brussels on Thursday to participate in a special summit of European leaders aimed at reaching agreement on the EU’s seven-year budget for period 2021-2027. On Wednesday, government spokesman Stelios Pe...
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Parties square up for all-out battle over upcoming labour bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParties in Greece are preparing to do battle, as New Democracy’s long-anticipated labour bill looks set to be tabled for debate in Parliament after Greek Easter in early May. The legislation, which the government touts as a modernising reform for the be...
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SYRIZA and ND square up on cost-of-living crisis as government attempts to draw line under surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe opposition has upped the stakes in its attempt to challenge the government’s economic narrative, indicating that this will be the main avenue of attack on New Democracy’s record on the road to elections. In the first Prime Minister’s Hour of the par...
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