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Athens prepares for Erdogan visit, high-level talks with Turkish officials
PoliticsForeign PolicyKyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on the sidelines of the NATO Summit... that will be sealed by agreements of mutual benefit. Although disagreements remain on several issues, one... met with representatives of the Muslim minority in Greece. The limited time of Erdogan’s visit
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Rule of law concerns in spotlight again as government focusses on farmers' grievances
PoliticsGreek Politics51st place in 2022. This placed Greece as one of the lowest-ranked European Union countries, nestled... and met with protesting farmers for a brief discussion. Responding to their concern that they would... but, at the same time, the Union is not asking for the same standards to be met by countries which
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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers hold talks with focus on short- and medium-term aims
PoliticsForeign Policy, will further enhance people to people relations, which seems to be one of the current priorities of Greek... on the Cyprus issue, as efforts to restart relevant talks had met once again a turning point... in Ankara and Nicosia the next couple of weeks. The Greek foreign minister, who on Tuesday met
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Kasselakis struggling for equilibrium at SYRIZA as another senior official quits
PoliticsGreek Politicswho is respected across the political divide in Greece and is one of a small number of senior... an extra day. Data from the Labour Ministry shows that just 17.4 pct of the firms that applied met..., and 0.076 pct met the criteria, which is just 291 companies. Despite the ongoing turbulence
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Opposition pledges no let-up on surveillance affair as watchdog joins Supreme Court critics
PoliticsGreek Politicswarrants issued to EYP for reasons of “national security” met all legal requirements and could... disciplinary committee met to debate the fate of former transport minister Christos Spirtzis after a letter... view that he could not be expelled merely for expressing his opinion. Kasselakis recently expelled one
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Home foreclosures and refugee crisis top agenda in Greece-EU talks
PoliticsForeign Policythe pair met on Tuesday. The prime minister went a step further on Wednesday during a joint press... residences, where Athens and the institutions find themselves a substantial distance apart... the protection for primary residences was “unacceptable” and that his government would not agree
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Banks submit new NPL targets to SSM, with sales leading way in reduction drive
EconomyBanking) of the year, Greece’s four systemic banks had met their NPL reduction targets. Excluding off-balance... to primary residences, which are currently protected from foreclosure under the so-called Katseli law... primary residences from repossession. As from the start of this year, applicants for protection
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New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsonly one ministry and three lower grade positions. There were also several appointments from... The 68-year-old is one of SYRIZA's most moderate voices and he is the only politician in the party’s... and authored several books, including one about the Greek crisis that has just been published and is called
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
adjustment of objective property prices that is not expected One minister suggested increasing reduced VAT... if they are on the one hand accusing it denying agreeing to the terms set out by lenders but on the other also... percent on February 13 to the still very respectable 59.8 percent last week. One of the reasons
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Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015
on Thursday about the possibility that the omnibus bill will only contain one article – a legislative... but that it would not necessarily contain one article. Popular Unity’s failure to enter Parliament is a useful tool for Tsipras to keep any critics within SYRIZA in check. The issue is likely to be one of the main
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