January 10, 2018
Greece, Politics
Supported by opposition, the Greek Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of a bill that makes Sharia law optional for the Muslim minority. The legislation limits the jurisdiction of Sharia Law in Thrace, home of a strong Muslim minority in North-Eastern of the country. Greece is the last European country …
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January 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
The offices of Popular Unity (LAE) party, a left-wing party devoted to protest auctions, are to be auctioned on Wednesday. The officer the party of former SYRIZA heavyweight and ex Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, are to be auctioned due to outstanding debts of the property owner. According to LAE, the …
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January 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
The leader of small opposition party To Potami has put the credibility of the procedure of the finance ministry lottery that is based on taxpayers’ receipts based on purchases via credit and debit cards. Leader Stavros Theodorakis demands the prosecutors’ intervention on the issue claiming that “the statistical impossible has …
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January 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece will propose a composite name for all uses in its negotiations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the name issue, which will differentiate it from the Greek Macedonia with geographic qualifiers, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias announced in a televised interview with ANT1 on Monday night, according …
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January 8, 2018
Greece, Politics
Partner of Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and mother of his two children, Peristera (Betty) Baziana gave her first ever interview to a Greek media, daily Efimerida ton Syntakton. The fact that the partner of a serving Greek prime minister gave an interview and some of her statements triggered a …
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January 8, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Press and Information Office in New York categorically denied on Sunday a report published in The National Herald on Sunday which claimed that the Greek government urged the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to replace Archbishop Demetrios of America, after the bankruptcy of the Archdiocese of America. “The government of Greece, …
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January 8, 2018
Greece, Politics
Negotiations in the decades long name dispute over “Macedonia” are to start in the next couple of days and both Greece and FYROM seem ready to finally solve the issue – at least they have good intentions setting aside the nationalist hardliners in both countries. Macedonia and Greece have a …
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January 6, 2018
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledged to support financially the transport between the islands with the mainland. He said he will subsidize ferry tickets for islanders and the extra cost of transporting goods to and from the islands. Our goal is that this measure to not apply only to the Dodecanese …
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January 5, 2018
Greece, Politics
The clergy of the Diocese of Orestiada of the Greek Orthodox Church have unanimously supported a declaration dedicated to the difficult situation in modern Greece, the main points of which have been published on AgionOros. The clergy’s concern has been caused by the demographic problem: “Our villages are dying out …
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January 5, 2018
Greece, Politics
On January 4th 2018, Twitter suspended the account of far-right Golden Dawn (Xrysi Aygi) after Greek Helsinki Monitor filed a report for suspension on 18 December 2017 on grounds of hate speech. GD confirmed the suspension attributing the decision to conspiracy theories. The suspension came two weeks after Twitter announced …
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January 4, 2018
Greece, Politics
Did frigate ELLI of the Greek Navy let a Turkish ship loaded with drugs go away and did not intervene? This is what opposition MP Andreas Loverdos (Democratic Alignment) denounced at the Greek Parliament on Thursday and distribute a video to the media to confirm his allegations. According to Loverdos’ …
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January 4, 2018
Greece, Politics
An Athens prosecutor on Wednesday brought felony bribery charges against two consultants of a joint venture that served as technical advisers for the construction of the Athens metro. According to athensnewsagency, “the charges were filed against the manager of consulting company OMEK and the head of engineering company Lahmeyer and …
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January 3, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) condemned on Tuesday as “unacceptable and provocative” the controversial comments by rabbi Mordechai Frizis who said Rouvikonas anarchists “deserve a bullet in the head” for having thrown paint at the walls of Israeli embassy in Athens. Rouvikonas threw bottles of red …
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December 29, 2017
Greece, Politics
Τhe gun of the police officer assigned with the safety of New Democracy deputy chairman Kostis Chatzidakis was stolen in downtown Athens, while the police officer was carrying packages to the lawmaker’s office. According to media, the policeman had left the gun together with thirteen bullets in a small leather …
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December 29, 2017
Greece, Politics
Extreme weather caused the flash floods in Mandra, but “human irresponsibility and bureaucracy” are the causes for the tragedy that took the lives of 24 people in Mandra, West Attica, one and a half month ago. These are the findings of a research conducted by inspectors at the General Inspector …
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December 28, 2017
Greece, Politics
As efforts intensify to resolve the decades-long name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Tsipras coalition partner and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, dampened expectations. He said that he would never back a solution including the word “Macedonia” thus revealing cracks in the coalition government. The …
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December 22, 2017
Greece, Politics
The government of Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is mulling plan to hold a national referendum over the name dispute with Greece, deeming that it would be better if citizens decided whether to accept a new name, as a compromise with Greece, local media reported Thursday. It seems that …
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December 21, 2017
Greece, Politics
Pharmacists clash with the Health Ministry after the later submitted an amendment for the full opening of the closed profession on Wednesday. According to the amendment, in addition to pharmacists also non-pharmacists will be granted permission to open a pharmacy. Pharmacy permissions will be granted by decision of the regional …
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December 20, 2017
Greece, Politics
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker compared Austria’s far-right Nazis, now in the government, with Tsipras junior coalition partner. In a joint press conference with Austria’s new Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Juncker said he will work with Austria’s new government, with its far right junior coalition partner, just as he has been …
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December 20, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greece’s parliament on Tuesday approved the 2018 state budget, which includes further austerity measures beyond the official end of the country’s third international bailout next summer. All 153 lawmakers from the left-led governing coalition backed the budget measures in a late vote, while the 144 opposition lawmakers present rejected them. …
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