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Greece firms up participation in Red Sea mission, rules out sending troops to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has ruled out any possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel... the first day of the illegal Russian invasion, Greece has stood in solidarity with Ukraine and its... noted. The Greek Foreign Minister also reiterated how Greece has supported Kiev so far, especially
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PM prepares to reaffirm political dominance in EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government is stepping up its campaign strategy as the private universities bill, which has divided public...-of-living crisis, and that much of the public disagrees with the way the government has handled its... to Greece, but believes that this should happen only once the constitution has been changed. Pierrakakis
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Government concludes Tempe inquiry, turns attention to Thessaly reconstruction
PoliticsGreek Politicseffort that has been ordered by PM Mitsotakis and his office. Although the government is hoping... as a gimmick aimed at improving the government’s communications. The opposition party argued that there has been a plan for water management in Thessaly since 2014, and that this has been updated twice since
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the wake of the accident, which led to 57 people being killed. There has been a long-running dispute... from opposition parties for various witnesses to be called, has created a feeling within the Greek... and that the investigation has been based on these rather than any doctored material. The Mitsotakis
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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the crash was caused by human error, which has been the government’s main line of argument... a no-confidence vote is held, to go ahead. PASOK only has 32 MPs, but could pass the necessary threshold... Stefanos Kasselakis has attempted to outdo PASOK’s Nikos Androulakis by penning an op-ed in which he
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Newsletter 419 - 05/04/2024
shown that the cost of living is the main concern of voters. This has not changed in recent months... issues will be as long as doubts remain about whether the Mitsotakis government has covered up the causes.... The proportion of the public that does not trust the courts and judges has risen from 33 percent
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Androulakis hopes surveillance ruling will lead to embarrassment for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials have downplayed the significance of the decision, arguing that it has limited reach... as having his phone hacked by illegal spyware. Since then, the government has managed to contain... motivated, while Androulakis has not always enjoyed the support of other opposition parties. In practical
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Demand for cost-of-living measures intensifies as opposition backs strike
PoliticsGreek PoliticsConfederation of Workers (GSEE) has called a general strike on Wednesday demanding the reinstatement of collective contracts and more forceful action on the cost of living. The protest has the support of left... will in its attempts to tackle inflation and address low earnings. Main opposition party SYRIZA has said
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign Policythat divide us and on which we clearly disagree.” This has been the first time since February 2023 that Ankara has returned to implicit but clear threats of using military force to prevent Athens from... dialogue. Ankara has brought back its theory of the “grey zones” in the Aegean Sea. However, following
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Athens wary of implications from Erdogan's cancelled trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign Policyand that will play into the hands of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Ankara has not given any clear reason for this cancellation, which has caused concern in Athens. Greece is always monitoring the course.... It was noted that many items have been successfully concluded. Satisfactory progress has been
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