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Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
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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Mitsotakis unveils major defence package against backdrop of forces pay rise dispute
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government presented on Wednesday its plans for a major shake-up of Greece’s defence capabilities, which PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis claims is needed to equip the armed forces for a new era. The announcement comes after a week of upheaval in New Democrac...
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Greece gets new finance minister but old guard dominates cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring political shows on TV and radio, which is in contrast to her predecessor Simos Kedikoglou who..., Yiannis Michelakis, at the Interior Ministry. Makis Voridis, briefly Infrastructure Minister
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Stomach for the fight
Agorahave entered the government are figures that can fight it out with the opposition party on TV... and Argyris Dinopoulos as Interior Minister to name a few) who have little to show in terms of achievements
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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
at 22.6. A GPO poll for Mega TV published earlier in the week suggested that the gap between SYRIZA... by the Interior Ministry. For citizens who are prevented from voting in their home constituency
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PASOK elects new leader, hopes to stop slide and regroup
PoliticsGreek Politics, which polled just 3.2 percent in a survey conducted by Marc for Alpha TV last week. However, the former... at the Defence, Health, Education and Interior and as Attica-Piraeus Prefect. She is not expected to make
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
is expected to use the recent auction for TV permits as an example of his willingness to take... to recognise reality, while finding someone to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsculminated in Archbishop Ieronymos calling him “problematic” in an interview with Skai TV last week... leaving Panos Skourletis outside the fold, which led to him being appointed interior minister after his
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