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Ball in Greece's court after Skopje completes approval of name deal
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsnew name of North Macedonia. Next steps Speaking to Open TV last week, Tsipras stated that as soon... provoked a strong reaction from Moscow on Monday. Russia's Foreign Ministry has issued a statement... has said many times (including in a TV interview on Monday), that if the agreement is ratified
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Govt rebuffs uncomfortable reports on money laundering, unpaid contributions
PoliticsGreek Politics. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas told Skai TV on Friday that Athens has sent a response to the FT... plans to sell unpaid social security contributions to investors. Speaking to Alpha TV on Friday, he..., Mitsotakis also called for the agreement to be “well implemented,” which is a far cry from the strong
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Government and local authorities reach impasse over migrant centres
PoliticsGreek Politicsmillion euros, followed by East Samos with 1.3 million. Athens appears determined to stand strong against the local reactions, despite a rapid escalation in rhetoric. In an interview on state TV... to the limits of absurdity. In a TV interview on Tuesday, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis
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Poll suggests broad support for border closure, continued concern about islands
PoliticsGreek Politicsto back up the sense that there is strong support for the government’s decision across the political spectrum. The Pulse survey for Skai TV indicates that 76 pct of respondents believe the government... caught some observers by surprise when in a TV interview this week he said that his rival’s move
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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsrestrictions on movement, having enjoyed strong support for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis so... on national roads during Holy Week. Speaking on Skai TV, government spokesman Stelios Petsas... TV on Thursday night indicates that 54 pct of respondents have a strongly positive view of the way ND
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Newsletter 257 -07/07/2020
1 percent of the 20 million euros spent across print, internet and TV went to opposition-friendly... remains strong but that its big lead over SYRIZA has been eroded slightly. According to the Marc... Covid-19, could be waning. A new poll conducted by ALCO for Open TV and Ethnos.gr confirms that ND may
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Erdogan's Hagia Sophia move adds to complexity, uncertainty of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policycompromised, the issue is stirring up some strong sentiments among Greeks because the building is seen... Minister Nikos Dendias stressed, though, in an interview with Skai TV on Sunday: “We should avoid... sovereign rights with its drilling for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean,” Dendias said in his TV
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PM on defensive over Covid-19 stance as debate rages over testing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the second wave of Covid-19, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave a TV interview on Monday in an attempt... profit”. KINAL leader Fofi Gennimata has also taken a strong stance, accusing the government... critics, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to Alpha TV on Monday night in which he attempted
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Greece prepares to relax lockdown amid concerns about toll on economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be the springboard to a strong recovery. Instead, Greece is now expected to experience a double-digit... considered to be from the party’s progressive wing. In a TV interview on Thursday, Gennimata... for Alpha TV put KINAL on 6.5 pct, with SYRIZA on 20 and New Democracy on 38.6 pct. In her interview
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Health service in spotlight as govt scrabbles for more measures to contain Covid
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFinance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis told Skai TV on Tuesday is costing 200 million euros per week... to be taken there. Dritsas’s comments drew strong criticism from the government and calls for him... lead over the leftists – 15 percentage points according to this week’s survey by Pulse for Skai TV.
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