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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyJohansson and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, the Greek minister said there is more cooperation... following the EU Interior minister’s council that “in my view this statement (EU-Turkey deal) should
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek Politicsbefore receiving an email from the Interior Ministry regarding the postal vote. The inference... available and does not contain contact information. The Interior Ministry issued a statement denying
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Data protection ruling adds to pressure on New Democracy from ranks
PoliticsGreek Politics-Michelle Asimakopoulou to obtain the contact details of overseas voters from the Interior Ministry... of State. In May, the Interior Ministry received a fine of 400,000 euros and Asimakopoulou herself
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorapensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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For Stournaras, it's out of the frying pan and into the heating oil
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith winter approaching, the subject of heating oil has become somewhat of a burning issue in the coalition government. One of the more contentious fiscal measures of the last three years was the decision to raise the consumption tax on heating oil last...
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For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
AgoraNow that the rather bizarrely termed “bank holiday” has come to an end in Greece after three weeks - although domestic and external capital controls - continue, it is appropriate to take stock of the situation and inquire where do we go from here. As th...
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Athens pins hopes on pan-European solution for energy crisis, as surveillance affair unfolds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA renewed sense of urgency among European governments has revived hopes in Athens that a collective solution is on the way to help with the skyrocketing cost of the government’s energy subsidy package. Meanwhile, the political fallout from the surveilla...
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agoravarious ministerial posts – interior, defence, transport, public order, development, labour and public
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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
AgoraInterior Minister Leonidas Grigorakos claimed in August that 10 percent of the 85,000 civil servants
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Scars for coalition, questions for SYRIZA after confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government attracted 153 votes of support. Tzakri, a former deputy interior minister, was not a leading
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