01.12.2022
Editorial: Immediate initiatives
The greater the number of voters in the next election, the greater the wager that will have been won by the current government and those who pressured for voting by Greek abroad to be instituted.
Greek General Election
05.07.2019
Lowering primary surplus target, restructuring state top priorities says Mitsotakis
Mitsotakis has indicated that he is prepared to tap technocrats and individuals who are not members of the party to assume cabinet posts.
03.07.2019
Expected Mitsotakis victory welcomed by FAZ as opportunity for Greece
'If he wins, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will have to grapple with everything that Alexis Tsipras omitted: An almost bankrupt Public Power Corporation, a problematic public sector, and non-performing loans,' the German daily states in a news analysis.
03.07.2019
Editorial: Opportunity
In the eyes of many, the 7 July parliamentary elections signal not only a handover of governmental power, but also a return to normalcy.
01.07.2019
Editorial: Awareness
One hopes that 2019 will not be like 2009 or 2015 and that the political system has learned its lesson, albeit at a high cost.
30.06.2019
Editorial: The path to recovery
Will citizens return to the polls en masse just 40 days after the European Parliament election or will they choose to take to the beaches?
19.06.2019
Editorial: Temptations
It is absolutely necessary to tone down the rhetoric and to not give the impression that Ankara’s sabre-rattling can influence Greek domestic politics.
04.06.2019
Editorial: Madly irresponsible
During its four years in power the ruling party created dissatisfaction with the government’s policies in society and a loathing of the government itself.
30.05.2019
Tsipras struggles to resuscitate devastated ruling party
SYRIZA will “take into account the message of citizens by turning our attention to the future of Greek society while at the same time waging the battle of ideas in order to achieve the goal of victory in the general election”.
29.05.2019
Editorial: Errors
The Greek Police Chief has also been spotted and photographed at political party gatherings in the provincial cities of Agrinio and Xanthi. Was he overseeing security as he sat in the first row there as well?
28.05.2019
Editorial: Restraint
The main opposition party chose not to outdo the government as regards promises of benefits and citizens appeared to have rewarded it for that prudent stance at the ballot box.
27.05.2019
Editorial: Elections were the only option
The decimation of the ruling party cannot be intrerpreted as a huge victory for the main opposition party.
27.05.2019
ND enters general election race with air of victory, SYRIZA devastated
Tsipras opted for a major gamble by framing the election as a referendum on his stimulus package and for the first time in nearly four years he lost the bet.
27.05.2019
Tsipras calls for snap election in June after stinging defeat in EU poll
'The electoral result does not satisfy me and I will not ignore it…I cannot ignore it. The final verdict is always delivered by the people. I will not escape,' the PM said.
28.04.2019
Editorial: Paralysis
Given the current impasse and the dark electoral projections the only card the PM has left is snap elections.
15.04.2019
Corruption Prosecutor to wrap up Novartis case within six months
Members of the health ministry’s committee for the evaluation of medicines will be examined in order to determine whether they made decisions which illegally benefited Novartis
01.04.2019
Editorial: Horizons
The electoral horizon can be measured by opinion polls but also by the results of the European Parliament election in May.
18.03.2019
Editorial: A dismal distinction
The government appears to be either forgetting or ignoring that in democracies the government’s record is judged by the vote of all citizens without distinction.
