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Government under fire for supporting controversial fertility conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsgreeted the TV spot used to promote it, which featured a woman expressing her regret for putting her... a more nuanced understanding of the demographic issue in an interview with Star TV on Monday, in which... in the right-wing populist wing of the ruling New Democracy party, including Interior Minister Makis
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Newsletter 361 - 02/12/2022
a right to decline, which he has used on all previous occasions. According to a Marc poll for ANT-1 TV... to 9.3 pct. A GPO poll for Star TV indicated that 70.8 pct or respondents believe that the PM... terms would push elections out to at least March. Interior Minister Makis Voridis has hinted
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Election speculation gathers steam while surveillance claims mount
PoliticsGreek Politicscurrently favoured by the prime minister. Last week, Interior Minister Makis Voridis, whose department is responsible for planning the elections, suggested in an interview on Mega TV that the date... are scheduled for late June. Elaborating on his statements in a separate interview on ANT1 TV, Voridis said
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Move to block far-right fuels conflict between ND and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDawn. During a TV panel discussion on Skai TV on Wednesday, SYRIZA’s spokeswoman Popi Tsapanidou... the integrity of the electoral process. New Democracy’s response, led by Interior Minister Makis Voridis
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsto miss out. However, an opinion poll carried out by Metron Analysis for Mega TV suggests that MeRA25... for Skai TV, suggests that MeRA25 is still a long way off the 3 pct threshold and that seven parties.... Reports also suggest that conservative officials are considering merging the Interior and Digital
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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals
PoliticsGreek Politics, a new opinion poll by Marc for ANT-1 TV will have been met with concern by Androulakis and his... TV indicates that 25.1 pct of respondents intend to vote for New Democracy, 14.2 pct for PASOK, 7 pct... Karolos Papoulias in 2005 or Alexis Tsipras choosing former interior minister and New Democracy
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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor this week, as far as the government is concerned, by producing a typically combative TV performance... TV. “It is, in essence, a protest against Mitsotakis.” He added that the Tempe victims... as the government tries to hit back against its opponents via the media. Another is Interior Minister
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Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/02/goldendawntorches_myrto_1000_011-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore than 18 months after rapper Pavlos Fyssas was murdered by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias near Piraeus, the Neo-Nazi party’s leader, MPs and numerous members are going on trial. A total of 69 people, including Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloli...
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Paris attacks change backdrop for Tsipras visit to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras' first official visit to Turkey (November 18-19) has suddenly turned into perhaps the most crucial visit of a Greek premier to Greece's neighboring country, as it takes place a few days following Paris' terrorist attacks. T...
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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Nikos Androulakis used his maiden speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Wednesday to hit out at both the ruling New Democracy party and its main rival SYRIZA, in an attempt to position the socialists as a distinct and reali...
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