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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture... Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis. Altogether, 17 changes were made, including
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Parliament lifting restrictions on Greeks voting... voters has so far gathered 300 registrations, out of what the Interior Ministry estimates
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About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politics’ Protection Ministry, where former Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis took over from outgoing... and Interior Minister Makis Voridis. The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) issued
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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek Politicswith responsibility of overseeing the government’s role in Parliament. Former Interior Minister Makis Voridis... to Education, which Niki Kerameus will leave to take over as the new interior minister. Former Citizens
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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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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
Agorato view the dispute in less cut-and-dried terms than it is seen in Athens, Nicosia and Ankara.... In the meantime, Ankara has signed an agreement with the Turkish-Cypriots for gas exploration north of the island... by problems. What Erdogan will do next is near impossible to predict. Ankara's sympathy for ISIS has
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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
PoliticsForeign PolicyFor some time now, Athens and Ankara have been seeking ways to make a visit to Turkey by Greek... with Turkey. Agenda What is still unknown to the Greek side is what Ankara may ask in return for any form of cooperation in handling the refugee crisis. Athens believes that Ankara has the tendency
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Positive mood but little substance in Tsipras's Turkey visit
PoliticsForeign Policyrefugees to European destinations based on education, religious and other factors. Ankara, however, seems... is not an EU member. There were some points of agreement in Ankara, though. The two sides agreed on forming... for having adopting Ankara's line by speaking as if the Cyprus issue is a bilateral
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Greece banking on Turkish cooperation in refugee plan
PoliticsForeign Policya the EU opening new negotiation chapters with Ankara. Nicosia is particularly concerned about... that direct flights between Ankara and Athens would begin. Turkey and Greece are also planning to launch... and Ankara maintaining the casus belli in the Aegean. Davutoglu gave a stock response, arguing
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agorathere is an orderly process for relocation, while accepting the return of refugees from Greece. Ankara has... the way. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s despotic style provides no assurances that Ankara will abide... from Turkey, Ankara can just turn a blind eye to their efforts to leave the country to reach Greece
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