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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggesting that the PM has correctly judged the public mood in relation to the latest initiatives... in his socially progressive pronouncements. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus’s attempt to broaden
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Aided by opposition parties, PM faces low risk over bland choice of president
PoliticsGreek Politicson unrest within his party rather than create a mood of consensus or maintain any tradition... Androulakis picked former interior minister Tassos Giannitsis, a PASOK veteran, as its candidate. Again
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Mitsotakis lets budget measures sink in as he mulls presidential pick
PoliticsGreek PoliticsERT TV that he would not be announcing his candidate for President until early in the new year.... In an interview broadcast on ERT TV on Tuesday evening, Mitsotakis said he would be announcing his... its course. Speaking on Open TV on Wednesday, leader Nikos Androulakis said the results showed
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Turkish provocations in the East Med, including its own maritime agreement with Libya... this, inferior, deal. The opposition party is trying to find a way of criticising ND’s handling
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There's always next season
Agorahistory began in January 2015, when SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) first came to power.... It will take something much more persuasive and inspired to lift the public mood. The successive years
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Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
PoliticsGreek Politicsto hang on that long due to the souring of the public’s mood following the Mati disaster. “Until recently, I expected that the SYRIZA-ANEL government… would try to hold on for the longest time possible
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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Government also finds itself at odds with Church of Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicssides in connection to the TV licence tender and the Bank of Greece has just delivered its report... a complete separation between the church and the state, and its coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), which views the Orthodox faithful as a key source of supporters. ANEL has already expressed its
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