10.06.2019
Simitis sees prospect of new Imia-type crisis, urges caution
'Turkey may quite possibly send a ship to a portion of the continental shelf which Greece considers Greek and Turkey considers Turkish,' the former PM Simitis stated.
GREEK NEWS
10.06.2019
Editorial: Youth
No other government promised so much only to break one after another of the pledges that it handed out right and left.
07.06.2019
Mitsotakis runs on tax cuts growth platform as Tsipras says ND stands for austerity
After defeating SYRIZA by nearly ten percentage points in the 26 May European Parliament election, Mitsotakis hopes to ride the wave of what George H.W. Bush had famously called “the big mo”, political momentum.
07.06.2019
Editorial: Irresponsibility
It is well known that the Tsipras administration was the most pliant and convenient of all bailout memorandum-era governments for the country’s creditors.
06.06.2019
Editorial: Comparisons
In Greece, the PM and his government are opening a budget gap of billions of euros with measures they announced a few weeks before the election.
05.06.2019
Consternation in Brussels over Tsipras’ fiscal package
Specifically, the report underlines that the measures announced by the PM jeopardise primary surplus targets for 2019 and subsequent years.
05.06.2019
Editorial: Changes
The government’s basic argument that after the completion of the third bailout programme the economy would turn a page has been belied by events.
04.06.2019
Markets harbour high hopes for prospective ND government Handelsblatt reports
'The chances of the climate changing until then are minimal. The opinion polls point to a clear victory for opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis,' the report concluded.
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.
03.06.2019
Editorial: Messages
It is obvious that voters had already condemned the government in their conscience before they did so at the ballot box.
02.06.2019
Clean sweep for New Democracy in local elections nationwide
According to official Interior Ministry returns, candidates supported by New Democracy secured a clear lead in six of the seven prefectural run-offs today
02.06.2019
Editorial: At the push of a button
The entire economy has fallen victim to over-taxation, for which the government opted so to collect funds for electoral handouts at the end of its term.
01.06.2019
Editorial: Alarm bells
Suffice it to say that the list of areas that pose an increased fire risk has not been updated since 1984.
30.05.2019
ND warns of constitutional crisis if government makes Supreme Court appointments
George Gerapetritis, a constitutional law professor and top advisor to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, says that the Presidential Decree approving appointments made by the government can be annulled by the Council of State on constitutional grounds.
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”.
30.05.2019
Editorial: Bombshells
There are serious problems with Greece’s productive model and growth will be impossible without adhering to timely and deep reforms.
29.05.2019
Chiefs of Greek Police, Coast Guard hobnob with SYRIZA party secretary at Tsipras rally,
Article 29 (par. 3) of the Greek Constitution states that: “All types of activity for or against a political party are absolutely prohibited for judicial functionaries and all serving in the armed forces and security forces [police].”
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?
