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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... with 4,500 next year. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry estimates that there are roughly 35,000
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New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsseverely brain-damaged after being beaten and sexually assaulted by a Pakistani migrant on the island... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster
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Market value of HFSF's bank holdings plummets by 11 bln in 2014
EconomyBankingof 8.3 billion euros that took place in the second quarter of 2014, with the cancellation of HFSF pre... in 2013) with cumulative collections at just 277 million, while the cumulative impairment amounts
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
SocietyCommission on Human Rights, an independent body which advises the Greek state in accordance with UN human.... The National Commission on Human Rights adopts a higher estimate of 699,118 emigrants between 2008 and 2015... struck. Interior Minister Pavlos Skourletis, who had initially sought to defer the prospect
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It's the hope that kills you
Agora, and Valencia had to be played 35 miles down the road at San Siro in Milan, when 40,000 Atalanta fans took... as it took time for air connections to be reinstated. Airports opened gradually, while other countries that Greece was expecting visitors from took longer to allow travel abroad. In general, Europe
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK and supported by main opposition party SYRIZA. Kouretas took around 60 pct of the votes in Sunday’s run... a couple of percentage points from victory in the first round. Doukas took around 56 pct of the vote
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
base. The PM conducted a limited cabinet reshuffle last Friday in a bid to show that he took on board...: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural Development. The new head of the Development Ministry is Takis Theodorikakos, who has previously served as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK and supported by main opposition party SYRIZA. Kouretas took around 60 pct of the votes in Sunday’s run-off ballot, which... points from victory in the first round. Doukas took around 56 pct of the vote, in what was a major
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat has led to controversy and even criticism from human rights groups in the past but at the same... portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyof the UN Convention on Human Rights. These include designating paths to citizenship for older... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship
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