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Slide in press freedom rankings casts spotlight on govt relations with media
PoliticsGreek Politicsto improvements under their own administration, while accusing ND of causing a downward spiral since... and aspiring politician Menios Fourthiotis over the Easter weekend on charges of conspiracy to own guns... on his own home in order to justify his request for police protection. One of these alleged attacks
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Mixed messages on foreign policy put coalition under pressure
PoliticsGreek Politics. “The Movement for Change has chosen to walk its own, distinct path so that it plays a leading role... that it intends to plough its own furrow, KINAL also announced yesterday that 27-year-old Manolis
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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politics, which in turn triggered its own round of introspection among leftist politicians and the party’s... that they exclusively own any failures, as well as successes. If things do not go according to plan
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Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the third bailout in August has put another dent in the government’s hopes of making as clean a break... official told Reuters that the bond issue plans have been put on hold due to the market turbulence... sensing that the debt relief package which Greece’s lenders are due to put forward is likely to fall
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Govt takes up fiscal requests with EU as pressure over min wage, main homes mounts
Politicsissue over which SYRIZA is trying to put ND in a tight spot is the discussion over the minimum wage... if they remained in power. Now in opposition, SYRIZA has put this proposal back on the table, triggering a debate in Parliament this coming Friday. The leftists are trying to put pressure on ND because
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the two coalition partners to put this course at risk over this issue, which might not be solvable... the NATO summit in July. This could put the coalition parties in an awkward position before
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PM livens up ministers over fourth review as debt relief proposals are put together
EconomyProgrammePrime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged his ministers on Tuesday to concentrate on any tasks they have related to the fourth review, thereby ensuring that the government does not put at risk the timely... the exit from the MoU in August to be put at risk. “We are in the final stretch to leave behind
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Opposition tries to put surveillance scandal back on political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand transparency committee is the first step in the effort to put New Democracy under more pressure as opinion... and on Tuesday he indicated that the government is unlikely to put forward a third round of its Fuel Pass
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Turkey's actions in Cypriot EEZ put Athens, Nicosia on alert
PoliticsForeign Policy. This move also appears a direct challenge to Nicosia’s longstanding effort to develop its own energy
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New Democracy tax pledges put spotlight on available fiscal space
EconomyProgrammein revenues. New Democracy is scrapping SYRIZA’s measure and replacing it with its own reduction
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