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Government on mission to manage expectations in anticipation of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsswitching off one in 10 street lights and turning off the illuminations on public monuments after 3 am... as an exercise in reassurance. On Tuesday, Mitsotakis is due to visit Kefalonia, one of the electoral
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PM prepares response as pressure over spying scandal mounts
PoliticsGreek Politicsoffice, Nikos Romanos, suggested in an interview with Skai radio that Androulakis is the one that has... finds himself under in what is without doubt the rockiest moment of his premiership – one that could
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicsto best use parliamentary procedure to pressure the government. On the one hand, PASOK is focussing..., however, that this decision could backfire on the government and Mitsotakis personally. One
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Parliament prepares for confrontation over spying as long-term consequences loom
PoliticsGreek Politicsa change of law because he did not fulfil the criteria, the PM was not aware one of his rivals... of Androulakis was just an unfortunate one-off will no longer stand up. Long-term impact The longer-term
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Greece beefs up border security to counter migration flow
PoliticsForeign Policyin migrant flows. Government spokesman Yiannis Economou said that only in one day, last Thursday... refugees who were located by the Greek authorities in the Lavara area of Evros, among them one pregnant
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First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
PoliticsGreek Politicsof radical left MERa25, Yanis Varoufakis, one of the five former SYRIZA officials mentioned by Mitsotakis... lawmakers. However, one of the lawyers involved in securing the conviction of Golden Dawn’s leadership
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Surveillance affair snowballs as opposition makes new spyware claim
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the second message he received included a link to the same website as the one sent to Androulakis... of focussing only on one issue, ignoring the many other matters that are troubling society. On the subject
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PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterventions and one reform regarding housing for young people. Measures The short-term measures include a one-off 250-euro “inflation cheque” for 2.3 million vulnerable citizens, 300 million euros
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Mitsotakis hits back at Erdogan's rhetoric, but leaves door open for meeting
PoliticsForeign Policyof a sudden one night”, Mitsotakis warned the Turkish President to tone down his rhetoric by using... and positions as one of the few EU countries still favouring Turkey's European prospects for the same
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Finance Ministry costs new support package, but questions remain over electricity subsidies
Economyto 300 million euros, from 174 million. In September, the energy subsidy cost the budget more than one billion euros and is turning into one of the main fiscal risks as gas prices refuse to settle, supply
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