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About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsa coffee shop, let alone such an important ministry. There are conflicting reports on what led to the about...’ 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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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece
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New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsapproach on migration in response to increased arrivals from Libya also comes at a time when New... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorabefore: Agree to the terms of the official lenders or face default. After being let down so gravely... of the populist mould, unwilling to let principles get in the way of achieving his goals. The first half of 2015... the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009
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Greek-Turkish enmity to continue as polls loom, sea borders come into play
PoliticsForeign Policyterritorial waters in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas by 1 mile, let alone the 12 miles claimed by Athens... neighbouring countries, including Albania and Libya. But timing is everything, they note. The same
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Post-election push for Greek-Turkish talks being lined up
PoliticsForeign Policythe signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum or related to the sovereignty of the Greek islands. “Let us
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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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PM joins forces with some eurozone partners to lobby for "corona-bond"
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and eight other European leaders wrote a letter to European Council president Charles Michel on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday’s teleconference, arguing for a coordinated eurozone-level response to mitigate the impact of...
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Video talk: How to make the most out of EU "Corona funds"
AgoraA video talk featuring Juan Pablo Riesgo, a partner of Ernst & Young and former Secretary of State for Employment in Spain, and Nick Malkoutzis, editor of MacroPolis, discussing how Spain and Greece should best use the Recovery Fund package proposed by ...
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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