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PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary

Fri, 28 May 2021 07:35:00 GMT

Greece marked on Thursday the 40th anniversary of its accession to what was then the European Economic Community, but remarks made in the presence of EU dignitaries by Prime Minister Kyriakos... for Greece, not a party-political gathering. SYRIZA referred to Mitsotakis’s remarks as “incendiary

Amid signs of split over Tempe probe, government plays down EU prosecutor’s remarks

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:11:00 GMT

The government attempted to put a positive spin on the pointed criticism delivered by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi during her visit to Athens but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration continues to be dogged by some of the issues ...

New Democracy comes out fighting against Tempe censure motion

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:32:00 GMT

prompted the censure motion. In his remarks, Voridis also sought to undermine the credibility of SYRIZA... that it was stripping a former MP, Michael Tamilos, of his membership for remarks he made to local media..., including the leaking of voter lists from the interior ministry to a New Democracy candidate. It alleges

Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections

Thu, 10 May 2018 09:09:00 GMT

homosexuality to paedophilia. Tsipras chose not to respond to these remarks during his speech in Parliament..., that Interior Minister Panos Skourletis recently proposed changes to the vast Athens “B” electoral precinct

Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 07:06:00 GMT

and Erdogan during which the latter launched a forceful repost to the Greek president’s chiding remarks about... for the former conservative interior minister to become president in 2015, even though New Democracy

Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:05:00 GMT

opening remarks at the cabinet meeting, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis kept it low-key, noting that legislation... in his socially progressive pronouncements. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus’s attempt to broaden

EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases

Mon, 25 May 2026 06:21:00 GMT

sources point to Kövesi’s own public remarks at the Delphi Economic Forum in April 2026, where she spoke positively about her contacts with Greek ministers. She had said she met the Interior Minister

EU prosecutor challenges government’s narrative on corruption

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:19:00 GMT

that more resources would be provided. Her remarks also touched on deeper structural issues. She... criticism and snide remarks from some government MPs and ministers. It was a pointed institutional... of his new party. His remarks, combined with the organisational activity around him, offered

Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:06:00 GMT

is that it is practically impossible to “control” a sea border, as Frontex spokeswoman Ewa Moncure recently highlighted... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot... that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting this week was for a large refugee

Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis

Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:00:00 GMT

spokeswoman Ewa Moncure recently highlighted. There are few people crossing Greece’s land border with Turkey... 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