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PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsa policeman shot and seriously injured a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki was deemed as a thinly disguised attempt
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Sports-related violence on the agenda again as PM struggles to find response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor at least the third time since it first took power in 2019, the New Democracy government is examining what measures it can take to rein in sports-related violence after a policeman was seriously injured at a volleyball match. The officer needed extensive emergency treatment after being hit
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Latest hooliganism crackdown greeted by mixture of anger and scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s response to the latest hooliganism incident has managed to anger the country’s top football clubs while questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the measures. Following the serious injury of a riot policeman by a flare fired outside a sports event last weekend, Prime
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
PoliticsDespite turbulence for govt, opposition seems more troubledA week that began with the government trying to come up with yet more measures to tackle hooliganism after a policeman was gravely injured by a flare ended with focus shifting to the budget debate in Parliament ahead of Sunday’s
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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials should stand trial in connection to the death of a policeman who was hit by a flare before
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing... is one of the few cabinet members to emerge with his reputation relatively intact. The Interior
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several... the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker government
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new agriculture minister. Niki Kerameus is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural Development. The new head of the Development Ministry is Takis Theodorikakos, who has previously served as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras... is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry, where she is replacing one of the few
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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