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Tsipras targets PM, looking to gain traction from scandals
PoliticsGreek Politicsactivities. Tsipras also noted that SYRIZA has been asking questions in Parliament about Patsis’s.... The opposition politician, who claimed that as much as 7.5 billion euros worth of business has been..., who also owns Olympiakos football club. Tsipras underlined that he has submitted a question
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SYRIZA tries to pin Mitsotakis down over phonetapping
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the opposition has been steadily rising since the weekend, when left-leaning Documento weekly... Dimitriadis with Intellexa, the company that licensed the spyware in Greece. Dimitriadis has denied any... in popularity than has been evident so for. Evidence Tsipras also accused the conservatives of adopting
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PM sees progress on lasting dispute with Albania after Tirana visit
PoliticsForeign Policyare facing legal complexities. However, he wanted to emphasise that there has been progress on an issue..., Edi Rama”. Even though the Albanian side has never denied this info leaked by Dendias, his Albanian... has been a longstanding source of tension in recent years, although an agreement on the issue
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Report on minister's surveillance ups ante for ND, as PASOK reels from MEP's arrest
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there are more disclosures to come. Documento publisher Kostas Vaxevanis has hinted that his newspaper... of wiretapping in Greece, and specifically of PASOK leader Androulakis, although there has never... the leadership of the centre-left party in about a year ago. The support that PASOK has drawn away from
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PM defends grocery stipend, hopes to draw support from PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsis not in a position to claim that the measure is “peanuts” since 650 million euros has been set aside to fund... poll by Pulse for Skai TV, support for New Democracy has edged up by one percentage point, to 33 pct... against SYRIZA, felt that they could return to their old political home. This shift has potentially
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PM signals April elections as MP at centre of latest sleaze scandal resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonths in which a New Democracy MP has been found in breach of the law on conflicts of interest. Late... “cooperative” in surrendering his seat, however the opposition has accused the government of trying... Thanos Plevris has come under fire over drug shortages, as Greece experiences a surge in flu, Covid
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PM puts cost-of-living crisis front and centre in dry run for election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsmoving on to other subjects. Every opinion poll over the last 12 months or so has shown that high... these showpiece events by trying to highlight what his government has done to cushion the blow... on the issue of employment and wages, which he referred to in what has now become a customary Facebook post
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsbillion euros in today’s money. In contrast, the current government has committed to 15 billion euros.... Mitsotakis will hope that he has created enough doubt in voters’ minds about the veracity... side that some voters don’t see. The left-leaning Documento weekly, which has been at the forefront
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Dendias visit to Turkey builds on show of solidarity following earthquake
PoliticsForeign Policybetween the two countries to be written after 2.5 years of incessant tension. This new climate has been aided by the support Greece has provided to Turkey following the earthquake. “We should not wait... has shown the support and solidarity of the Greek people toward the Turks, highlighting the fact
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Moment of reckoning for SYRIZA as firebrand MP threatened with deselection
PoliticsGreek Politicslead to Polakis walking out of the party of which he has been a prominent element on the national... policies. The tension between the Cretan lawmaker and the party hierarchy has been simmering for some.... In turn, New Democracy has pointed to Polakis to argue that SYRIZA still espouses the populist rhetoric
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