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Greek ministers prepare Israel visits in bid to further relations
PoliticsForeign Policycontinues to attempt to bolster relations with Tel Aviv. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is expected... their example and proceed with this recognition only at a parliamentary level. Foreign Minister Nikos... spoken with Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades about this issue too. The energy issue
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Tsipras keeps bailout issues in safe hands but fails to inspire with new cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsand academic Nikos Kotzias also remains as foreign minister, while there is no change at the Justice Ministry, where Nikos Paraskevopoulos will continue. Tsipras, however, has scrapped the special... due to his criticism of the left and other government members. His place is taken by Nikos Toskas
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Ministry changes lined up ahead of reshuffle but no breakthrough on watchdog
PoliticsGreek Politicsinclude Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos, Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis, despite his recent face-to-face meeting
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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek Politicsa row that broke out a day earlier after parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis, also a SYRIZA MP... Nikos Fylis attempted to change textbooks for religion classes in schools, prompting an intervention..., when it was announced that the father of Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas, economist Stelios
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsremain unchanged. After the departure of Alternate Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas... in the new cabinet as has worked in the past as a legal adviser to Digital Policy Minister Nikos..., Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos remain in place. The first
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Tsipras faces challenges ahead on multiple foreign policy fronts
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Kotzias’ resignation comes at a very crucial time for Greece’s foreign... with the US which was about to begin, when Nikos Kotzias would have visited Washington in December may.... Greece's foreign policy the last couple of years was led by the temperament of Nikos Kotzias which
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Continuity and priorities
Agorathe last couple of years. New Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is considered a moderate politician... conference in Athens, new Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that he was concerned about..., especially in the Aegean. It will be interesting to see when Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nikos Dendias
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SYRIZA launches internal dialogue to tackle questions of identity, future direction
PoliticsGreek Politicssenior party members, such as former education minister Nikos Fylis and former parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis, are voicing disquiet at the potential imposition of a top-down “party line..., former minister of state and digital policy minister Nikos Pappas, have an eye on the structural
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Accused of U-turn over extension of territorial waters at home, ND steps up diplomatic drive abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicsforward by departing SYRIZA Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in 2018. At the time, ND’s foreign affairs... the EEZ agreements in Parliament, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced that the government’s next..., Greek FM Nikos Dendias is scheduled to brief his EU counterparts on the situation with Turkey
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FM visits Egypt and Cyprus with eye on EEZ, EastMed pipeline and new UN talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is scheduled to visit Cairo on Monday and there are two developments... Foreign Minister Dendias will hold on Monday with his Cypriot counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides... initiative, according to sources. The issue will also be discussed between Nikos Dendias and his
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