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Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the prime minister had pledged to increase the minimum wage by twice as much as the annual growth... and opinion polls suggest that most voters disagreed with SYRIZA’s stance. The former prime minister
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Gennimata's death casts shadow over politics, KINAL leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politics, including former Prime Minister George Papandreou, to declare that they were standing. The party leadership.... However, Tsipras is not alone in casting admiring glances towards the centre left. Prime Minister
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Newsletter 315 - 05/11/2021
of 65 pct. Speaking to Mega TV on Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis strenuously denied... by centre-left KINAL, the third party in Parliament, who called the prime minister a “denier
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PM stands firm on Covid rules as health data deteriorates fast
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted on Monday that his government has no intention of curtailing the freedoms of Greeks who have been vaccinated, even though concern about the spread of Covid... are starting to pay dividends. The prime minister noted that over the last few days, 140,000 Greeks
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Govt pleads with firms to absorb inflation as surveillance claims prompt calls for accountability
PoliticsGreek Politicsshortly after ND came to power in 2019 placed EYP directly under the control of the prime minister... of the intelligence services, as well as the prime minister’s choice of appointment for the head
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Parties at odds over latest pandemic measures, way to tackle Covid wave
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appears to have played his last card, short of a lockdown, in the effort to contain the pandemic as New Democracy looks to ride out the latest Covid wave... to deal with the pandemic via televised addresses rather than actual policies. He argued that the prime
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be at the heart of this Monday’s meeting at the Prime Minister’s office after Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s... this Monday evening as they try to boost their hopes of being elected. Former prime minister George
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s announcement of fines for unvaccinated over-60s has further widened the divide between government and opposition on the handling of the pandemic, as cases appear... the age of 60 who has not booked a vaccination appointment by mid-January. The prime minister argued
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MEP Androulakis takes first round in KINAL leadership vote after notable turnout
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSocial democratic MEP Nikos Androulakis and former prime minister George Papandreou will contest the leadership of KINAL in a run-off ballot next Sunday after an impressive turnout in the first round... is certainly a wake-up call for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras
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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politicsdebate between the government and SYRIZA in Parliament recently. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... the research was concluded, at the end of May. The opposition party also called on the prime minister
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