11.01.2019
Mitsotakis explains to Merkel why he opposes Prespa Accord
The talks also touched on tax cuts that ND has proposed, attracting investment, and continuing on the path of structural reforms.
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11.01.2019
Republic of North Macedonia: FYROM Parliament approves name change
FYROM’s Parliament approved the name change by a margin of one vote more than the requisite two-thirds majority, 81 votes in the 120-member legislature.
11.01.2019
Editorial: Cycles
The party of the prime minister, SYRIZA, was among the political forces that exploited the indignation citizens and indeed fueled it.
10.01.2019
Merkel praises Tsipras for Prespa Accord, stresses continued reforms
'This is not the end of reforms but rather the beginning. The problems have not entirely been transcended,' Merkel said.
10.01.2019
Editorial: Throwing in the towel
Yesterday it became clear that the prime minister has definitively lost the ability to call the shots with inititiatives on the political stage.
10.01.2019
Parliamentary majority hangs in the balance, snap election possible
At a crucial meeting on 11 January, junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will make clear whether he and his party will continue to be part of the government’s parliamentary majority
09.01.2019
Mitsotakis declares Tsipras, SYRIZA a threat to democracy
'The dark face of the Tsipras administration casts a heavy shadow on our democracy because when the judiciary is used as a tool for political prosecution democracy is imperiled'.
09.01.2019
Editorial: Shadows
The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government had raised the clean hands banner in order to use it against its political opponents, as it turns out.
08.01.2019
Government criticised for placing big primary surplus above growth
Greece's 7.6bn euro primary surplus for the first 11 months of 2018 (about four percent of GDP), was a whopping 2.8bn euros more than the Greek finance ministry's predicted.
08.01.2019
Editorial: Relief
No one, and especially the competent authorities, should forget the people who are being confronted constantly by a heavy winter.
07.01.2019
Editorial: Adventures
The Independent Greeks leader and the rest of the protagonists in the government’s drama forget that governments are elected to rule, not to preoccupy themselves with power plays.
07.01.2019
Two arrested after Rouvikonas vandalises US Embassy with paint
'I do want to condemn this morning’s silly and senseless vandalism at the US Embassy and thank @hellenicpolice for their quick action,' US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt wrote in a tweet.
04.01.2019
Editorial: Judgment
Never since the fall of the seven-year dictatorship, in 1974, have the institutions of democracy been exposed to such strong pressures from the executive.
04.01.2019
Merkel to hold talks in Athens with Tsipras, Pavlopoulos, Mitsotakis
Merkel’s meeting with Mitsotakis is of particular interest, as he is presumed to be the country’s next PM and he staunchly opposes the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement
04.01.2019
Amidst Russian fury, Vartholomeos asks primates to recognise Ukraine Patriarchate
Seeking primacy in the Orthodox world, the Russians historically called Moscow the “third Rome”, after the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)
04.01.2019
Days before constitutional amendments are to be approved, Zaev defends Prespa Accord
As for the accord’s recognition of a “Macedonian language”, Zaev said that there is already a UN decision clarifying that FYROM’s language belongs to the family of South Slavic languages.
03.01.2019
Maniadakis: Protected witness is Novartis case accused of taking kickbacks
“How could I have fled, given the fact that for the last year I have been monitored by a bunch of EYP [Greek Intelligence Service] agents?” he asked.
03.01.2019
Greek Consul General found dead in Venezuela hotel roomn
Venezuelan journalist Darvinson Rojas tweeted that Angelos Haritos, 55, was found dead in his room in the Altamira Suites Hotel in Caracas. He was accompanied by two women.
