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Farmers plan more protests after dismissing government's improved assistance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe possibility of Mitsotakis meeting with their representatives. He added, though, that the state has....” This sums up the government’s response to the protests, which has been to insist that it is open..., and to highlight the level of assistance that has already been directed towards the agricultural
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Tempe and subsidy scandal back in spotlight as MPs prepare to vote on latest probe
PoliticsGreek Politicshas caused a stir on the Greek political scene because it implicates the PM. The government sees... was based on a proposal she had drafted, was submitted she has been warned that her safety, as well as he... warned her that she or her son could be involved in an “accident”. She has provided the information
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Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026
, the sharpened messaging and the immediate post‑congress outreach all pointed to a party that has... of truth” of 2019 has been rebranded as a “contract of results”, a way of telling voters that ND has.... On the Middle East, he defended Greece’s strategic partnership with Israel while stressing that Athens has
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Yiannis Panousis has taken the unprecedented step of warning the government via a front page op-ed piece that it has to take a tougher stance on policing. The opinion piece was published in Ta... in his newspaper article. Education Minister Aristides Baltas, who has seen Athens University’s main
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Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
PoliticsGreek Politicshis seal of approval and he will then have to convince his party to accept it. Even though SYRIZA has... the government deals with sit-in protests by anti-establishment groups. The issue has already caused friction... Ministry and placing it with the Justice Ministry. “The time for Alexis Tsipras has arrived,” Panousis
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsand tear after passing the austerity package has pushed Greek social democrats, who seemed... on the centre-left have been convincing so far, while nobody has been able to generate a sense of unity... PASOK and To Potami. Now, one of his former allies and most active ministers, has decided to launch
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAccounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos... the government will try to tap the markets next week or, indeed, if it has time to issue a bond before... believes if it is going to return to the markets this month, it has to do so before the IMF takes
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsto discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings.... Kammenos’s position has been well-documented and does not come as a surprise to Tsipras, who knows that he... other sources. The only question that SYRIZA has about ANEL is what stance it will take if New
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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyand migrants crossed the Greek borders. It is a number that has alarmed the Greek authorities... and Politico, Migration Minister Dimitris Keridis has explained that the agreement will primarily... between the two countries at the borders. Indeed, government sources admit that there has recently
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Antonis Samaras was there a few months ago) but the sight of Tsipras, who has said he is an atheist, meeting monks was indeed unusual. It was the first such visit by a leftist leader since.... Greece has never had an atheist prime minister and Tsipras runs the risk of being unable to reach
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