25.10.2018
Editorial: Leaps
The government attempted to persuade public opinion that the auctions involve only debtors who are able to pay but do not, and that the properties being auctioned off are all villas and mansions.
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24.10.2018
Middleman said he received 2.5mn euros from Papantoniou, wired to Swirzerland
The businessman and engineer, Andreas Bardis, has also been charged with money laundering in the case, and was released on 500,000 euros bail, with restrictions.
24.10.2018
Ex-defence minister Yannos Papantoniou, wife remanded in custody on charges of kickbacks, money laundering
Papantoniou was a top minister in the government PM, Pasok leader Kostas Simitis. He is the second defence minister appointed by Simitis that has been jailed (pending trial in his case) over defence contract kickbacks, the first being Akis Tsochatzopoulos.
24.10.2018
Editorial: Napoleons
The prime minister is also responsible for entrusting crucial areas of government policy to people who managed public interests based on their personal interest, with an unprecedented Napoleonic stance.
23.10.2018
Regling: Final decision on pension cuts annulment depends on review of primary surplus data
“The outperformance of the Greek economy beyond fiscal targets is not sufficient to automatically justify the cancellation of the measure. We shall see and discuss the issue,” said the ESM chief.
23.10.2018
Editorial: Gambling
The PM appears to not take into account that he leads a government that is completely discredited in the eyes of citizens.
22.10.2018
Editorial: Anomaly
The remarks of Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis to SYRIZA’s central committee about the perceived need for some people to go to jail in order for the party to win the next election are not merely a rhetorical turn of phrase.
22.10.2018
Geoffrey Pyaytt should reply to Kammenos whether money was spent to influence the vote in FYROM
In Greece, it was Panos Kammenos who in a tweet first spoke of the bribing of MPs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), in order to approve the constitutional amendments mandated by the Prespa naming accord.
22.10.2018
SYRIZA’s raw intervention in the judiciary will not bring catharsis but will undermine democracy
The charges of former Corruption Crimes Prosecutor Eleni Raikou reveal the breadth of raw governmental meddling in the judiciary
21.10.2018
Zoe Konstantopoulou: Mr. Tsipras is destroying the country
The leader of Plefsi Eleftherias says that Kotzias’ resignation reveals a government that conducts foreign policy in a dangerous, incoherent manner that harms Greece
20.10.2018
Editorial: Investigation
This is the first time, most likely since the establishment of the Greek state, that such heavy charges, of corruption, have been unleashed in a cabinet meeting.
19.10.2018
After resignation, Kotzias will not go gentle into that good night
Amazingly, at a Brussels news conference following the EU summit meeting, Tsipras claimed that he has not read Kotzias 16 October resignation letter, and that he will do so upon his return to Athens.
19.10.2018
Editorial: Demographic time bomb
'How can one encourage Greek families to bear more children, when benefits for families with three or more children are viewed as luxury, and have been eliminated?'
18.10.2018
Greek frigate Nikiforos Fokas shadows Turkey’s Barbaros near Cyprus’ EEZ
In view of the start of exploration by ExxonMobil in bloc 10, and possible exercises that will bolster Ankara’s provocative stance, the whole enterprise appears to be at a razor’s edge.
18.10.2018
Editorial: Decay
In sacrificing his foreign minister for the sake of the defence minister, the prime minister yesterday made a clear choice. He chose to remain in power at all costs, instead of governmental normalcy.
17.10.2018
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigns after clash with government’s junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos
The resignation comes straight on the heels of yesterday’s stormy cabinet meeting, during which Kotzias lambasted Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, Tsipras’ junior coalition partner, after Kammenos on an official visit to Washington trashed the government’s Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement and presented his own “Plan B”.
17.10.2018
Editorial: Prison
There can be no academic freedom when there is fear of various groups and other minorities, which are wont to terrorise and use violence against whomever does not agree with them.
16.10.2018
SYRIZA, Independent Greeks coalition to continue, despite rising frictions
The two party leaders reiterated their intention to continue their political collaboration in the coalition government at least until March, when the Prespa Agreement is expected to be tabled in the Greek Parliament
