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New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsand on his first day as prime minister on Monday met with the Russian ambassador in Athens, who handed... government, to fill this position. His portfolio falls under an expanded Interior Ministry
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Tsipras makes unpopular choice for president, with eye on political balance
PoliticsGreek Politicswith SYRIZA's left-wing but also reportedly met resistance from European Commission President Jean...In a somewhat controversial choice, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos as his party's presidential candidate yesterday. There was a mixed reaction
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The education of Alexis Tsipras
Agorathe final agreement at the Eurogroup. He met with Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem after the second... smattering of women in his cabinet, Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis
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Foreign minister's visit to Ankara sparks hope of new era in Greek-Turkish ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyRecep Tayyip Erdogan when the pair met at the latter’s presidential palace, or Ak Saray (White Palace...? The two sides agreed to enhance co-operation through the Ministries of interior and justice with the aim
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agorais simply performing search and rescue operations. On Samos, I met Captain Antonis Karakontis, who... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting last week was for a large refugee
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Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
PoliticsForeign Policyto Turkey, Soltenberg met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last Friday and discussed NATO's... with suspicion and tension, the foreign and interior ministers of Greece’s neighbours accepted
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policythe pair met last week. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias decided to set aside the unstable... administration, trans border cooperation, energy, interior affairs and cases of justice. One
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe pair met last weekend that Greece is moving too slowly on the processing of asylum applications..., a spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry, who told the Financial Times that Berlin offered 200
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the Greek government will be able to implement if fiscal targets are met, the only remaining obstacles.... Skourletis Interior Minister Panos Skourletis toned down on Wednesday his reaction to the potential sale
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Newsletter 113 - 31/03/2017
regions of Greece, who met with Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis this week. The government’s position... Skourletis, now head of the Interior Ministry, warned in an op-ed on Monday against the “cannibalisation
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