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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
the omnibus bill on Thursday, bar a few articles, which was in keeping with their stance during previous...-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday
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Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. SYRIZA argues that Economou’s prior role should bar him for taking up the post on grounds of conflict.... Former Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis is set to take over as the party’s new spokesperson
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek Politicsimmediately, from the next elections, but all of the opposition parties, bar ultra-nationalist... term for Pavlopoulos but the likelihood of the ex-interior minister being given another five years has
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Judicial row erupts over election legislation as poll points to ND recovery
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Supreme Court to bar a party from taking part in the election if it is deemed that its genuine leaders... deeming who will be able to stand in the upcoming elections. Interior Minister Makis Voridis has
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Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
PoliticsForeign Policyin Libya. Dendias reportedly briefed Raab on the Greek positions and “on the dangers that are being created... issued by the Interior Ministry, the private Dogan news agency reported. The Greek government
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece
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New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsapproach on migration in response to increased arrivals from Libya also comes at a time when New... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster
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Poor conditions in Greece fail to deter refugees from wanting to continue journey
SocietyJust over half of the refugees who found themselves stuck in Greece last month due to the closure of the northern border would remain in a reception centre until the borders open even though 71.4 percent are not satisfied with their current living condi...
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorapensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
Agorathat will eventually lead to no man being left standing. Rather than waste our time with other myths, the only... Interior Minister Leonidas Grigorakos claimed in August that 10 percent of the 85,000 civil servants
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