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Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
Economyin 2005 as a subsidiary of the Greek railway company (OSE), which was founded in 1970 and is wholly owned
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicswhere they were being transferred. Meanwhile, the police has made it known that it will be targeting... mayoral campaign. On a national level, Exarchia has become synonymous with New Democracy’s law... and friendly media as a no-go area. For their supporters, the clean-up campaign has personal significance
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Minister Makis Voridis, while government spokesman Stelios Petsas has been appointed Alternate... figures from the right wing of the party which has given rise to the loudest criticism, with centre... of such figures has fuelled speculation that Mitsotakis is considering snap elections later this year
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters has so far gathered 300 registrations, out of what the Interior Ministry estimates...The expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government.... The existing law, which has not yet been put to the test in elections, requires Greeks who live abroad
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Data protection ruling adds to pressure on New Democracy from ranks
PoliticsGreek Politicsto energy prices. The so-called “emailgate” affair has come back to haunt the party, after the data.... The government has been accused of being too timid to allow development on uninhabited islands for fear... markets and electricity prices. A group of around 30 deputies, meanwhile, has been signalling
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Yiannis Panousis has taken the unprecedented step of warning the government via a front page op-ed piece that it has to take a tougher stance on policing. The opinion piece was published in Ta... in his newspaper article. Education Minister Aristides Baltas, who has seen Athens University’s main
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Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
PoliticsGreek Politicshis seal of approval and he will then have to convince his party to accept it. Even though SYRIZA has... the government deals with sit-in protests by anti-establishment groups. The issue has already caused friction... Ministry and placing it with the Justice Ministry. “The time for Alexis Tsipras has arrived,” Panousis
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsand tear after passing the austerity package has pushed Greek social democrats, who seemed... on the centre-left have been convincing so far, while nobody has been able to generate a sense of unity... PASOK and To Potami. Now, one of his former allies and most active ministers, has decided to launch
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAccounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos... the government will try to tap the markets next week or, indeed, if it has time to issue a bond before... believes if it is going to return to the markets this month, it has to do so before the IMF takes
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsto discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings.... Kammenos’s position has been well-documented and does not come as a surprise to Tsipras, who knows that he... other sources. The only question that SYRIZA has about ANEL is what stance it will take if New
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