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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be able to demonstrate recent tax and residence ties with Greece in order to be eligible to vote...The expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government... as December 2019, which first gave Greek expats the right to vote from their country of residence
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societypermitted in person, so in order to vote an expat would have to return to their home voting district... no residence conditions in connection to voting rights, while others require expat voters to have lived... residence. In a country which has experienced several waves of emigration over the two centuries of its
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Loosening of restrictions on expat vote fails to secure Parliament's approval
PoliticsGreek Politicsa mechanism for Greeks overseas to vote from their countries of residence in Greek national... and diaspora Greeks alike, tabled the legislation after SYRIZA’s spokeswoman on expat affairs made
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof separate investigations by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country’s Data Protection Authority, while several expat Greeks have filed separate lawsuits against the Greek state... registered to vote in their countries of residence in last year’s national elections and has no bearing
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Apartment prices down 9.2 pct in Q3 as lifting of foreclosure ban mulled
EconomyMacroeconomyApartment prices in the Greek market fell by 9.2 percent in Q3 at a slightly decelerating pace..., the drop in apartment prices accelerated from a mid-single digit level in 2010 and 2011 to a low double... ban is seen exerting further pressure on apartment – particularly small and medium – prices, meaning
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesproperly known as the “Residence Permit for Investment Activity in Greece”, gives investors and their immediate family a five-year residence permit. To qualify, under Law 4251/2014, applicants must buy... European country. Holders of the residence permit have a right, but not an obligation, to reside
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Mitsotakis shifts focus to tax plan, investment, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsa stronger footing: Investment, tax relief and law and order. Mitsotakis held an informal meeting... and order issue in his televised interview, which was conduced just a few hours after the anti-terrorism squad raided an apartment in Athens. The officers arrested three people and seized arms and ammunition
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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week, providing New Democracy with ammunition for its attacks on the coalition on the “law and order.... Sensing SYRIZA’s unease, New Democracy has sought to present itself as the party of law and order... at detaining migrants without residence permits after being elected to lead a three-party government in 2012
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Spate of crimes tarnish ND's law and order image, force changes
PoliticsGreek Politicsand order agenda, and one its priorities in 2024 will be to make interventions that reduce... in New Democracy’s ability to tackle criminal behaviour and ensure public safety. Law and order has... of residence. Under the latest proposal, which the public will be able to respond to until January 10, Greeks
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agoravarious ministerial posts – interior, defence, transport, public order, development, labour and public..., the Acropolis’s shadow virtually touched the luxury apartment the PASOK veteran purchased on Athens’ most... surprises life may throw at you. The apartment on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street was just one of many
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