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Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue
PoliticsForeign PolicyChristodoulopoulou was criticised for failing to ensure that Greek authorities had the appropriate manpower... as failing to separate migrants from refugees. Caretaker Immigration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas, who... scanners, to the Aegean islands. Also, the government agreed from more frequent ferry sailings between
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Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot fall in March. Failing that, the early exit from the bailout agreements would be one... the 1.8-billion-euro instalment remaining from the eurozone and then exit the programme, relying on extra
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Government being tested on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Androulakis accused the government of fuelling the housing crisis by failing to regulate... is relying on the votes of SYRIZA (36 MPs) and PASOK (32 MPs) to ensure that the bill is passed. Reports
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Management of RRF funds sparks new political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicsof failing to support legislation that will pave the way for Greek hospitals to be upgraded, free... insists that his party offers a more serious opposition, accusing Kasselakis of relying on his status
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Mitsotakis pledges faster reforms as polls capture disaffection after subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccused the government of relying on evacuation orders, failing in its responsibility to clear public
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Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
PoliticsGreek Politicsrisked failing the bailout review by the country’s creditors because of the IMF’s insistence... published in UK daily The Guardian about the global lobbying activities of ride-hailing platform Uber... criticised SYRIZA’s attempts while in government to ban Uber and other ride-hailing platforms, accusing
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Ex-minister's jailing a boost for faltering sense of justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was jailed for 20 years on Monday after being found guilty of money laundering. Although the ex-PASOK veteran will serve only a fraction of this sentence, his conviction is notable moment in Greek politics as...
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You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
AgoraGreeks, EU officials have a habit of failing to be clear about what the money lent to Greece has been... be within its rights to accuse its eurozone partners of failing to live up to their commitments... hear references to the “European taxpayer” who has been bailing out the Greeks over the last five
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
and liabilities, and 4) bailing-in creditors by cancelling or reducing the liabilities of the failing... economics and sensible politics can cohabit within the euro area. Failing to bring this two elements
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Consensus, conviction and the anti-racism bill
Agoraahead.” It seems failing to reach a compromise can have exactly the same results. Nick Malkoutzis... of consensus and saw herself as a “conviction politician,” she may have been smiling down as the heads
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