October 22, 2016
Politics, Turkey-GR
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos cancelled his visit to Istanbul on Saturday due to the recent provoking statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The purpose of Kammenos’ visit was to attend the ceremony celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the enthronement of Ecumenic Patriarch Bartholomew. According to Greek media, the …
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October 11, 2016
Politics
“For ANEL the connection between Orthodoxy and Hellinism is stressed in out party declaration,” Defense Minister and president of nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL) said during an interview with a private television channel Tuesday morning. Referring to the recent crisis between SYRIZA and the Greek Orthodox Church about how the teaching …
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June 8, 2016
Economy
I can’t help to reckon an old Greek sales slogan: “The boss went nuts!” Retailers used it when they offered their products at ridiculously low prices. Of course, I don;t want to imply that Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos will offer all properties of the Ministry – estimated worth €35 …
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May 24, 2016
Politics
Defense Minister Panos Kammenos lamented Value Added Tax hikes for six islands. He described the hikes as “criminal” and “unconstitutional” and claimed that he was about to resign exactly for this austerity measure. “The VAT hike on the islands is a criminal act, an unconstitutional decision for which we gave …
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May 22, 2016
Politics
Debate in Greek Parliament reaches its peak as lawmakers get ready to vote the omnibus austerity bill of €5.4 billion, the last prerequisite in order to conclude the Program Review and reach a deal at the Eurogroup on May 24th. Keys points of argument between the coalition government SYRIZA -ANEL …
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May 19, 2016
Very Mix
Member of the international Search And Rescue force found wreckage belonging to the Egypt Air Flight 804, the Airbus A320 that crashed into the sea in the early morning hours of Thursday. The wreckage were two yellow items floating 100 nautical miles south west of the last position of the …
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April 14, 2016
Politics, Turkey-GR
Greek government and especially the nationalist government partner Panos Kammenos had enough from the ongoing Turkish violations of Greek Air Space (Athens Flight Information Region) and the FYROM police firing tear gas inside the Greek territory. As Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos gave an order to Chief of Greek National Defense …
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March 17, 2016
Politics
Should he stay or should he go? Defense Minister and Independent Greeks (ANEL)-leader Panos Kammenos vs Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas. Should he stay or should he go? But who is “he”? Tsirpas’ coalition partner Kammenos has launched an unbelievable theatrical performance focusing on his demand that Mouzalas should resign over …
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March 16, 2016
Politics
A sudden government crisis, as if we didn’t have enough crises… Defense Minister Panos Kammenos wants the resignation of Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas for having called Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) simply “Macedonia”. Minister Mouzalas spoke out the No-No name during an interview with private Skai TV on Tuesday …
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February 16, 2016
Politics, Refugees, Turkey-GR, Very Mix, World
“The NATO ships have already started informal patrols in the Aegean,” Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos told the media on Tuesday morning short before he left Athens on a Chinook helicopter in order to festively inaugurate four hot spots on the islands of Lesvos, Chios, Leros and Samos. According to …
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February 11, 2016
Politics, Refugees, Turkey-GR, Very Mix, World
Defense Ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance unanimously decided the NATO involvement in the Aegean Sea in order to “assist Turkey in the refugees and migrants issue”, to “intercept smugglers moving migrants from Turkey to Greece,” – and in extended form also to Europe – and “to stem illegal trafficking …
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February 3, 2016
Politics
Greek Defense Minister and junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos had an unpleasant experience this morning. On a Chinook helicopter and in the company of high-ranking army and migration officials he took off from Athens and set the route to Kos in the Eastern Aegean Sea. The purpose of ANEL-Chairman Kammenos …
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September 23, 2015
Politics
Greece’s new government stands. 46 men and women sworn in on Wednesday morning to serve the country and the citizens in the name of God or just the Constitution. Not all the new ministers took a religious oath. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos preferred to …
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September 21, 2015
Politics
He can’t stop doing this. “This” what? To intervene in the Greek politics. Who? Martin Schulz, German social-“democrat” and President of the European Parliament. For one more time that his favorite party To Potami (4%) did not join Greece’s new coalition government, Schulz called elections winner Alexis Tsipras and -hear! …
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September 20, 2015
Politics
With a clear victory of 35.5% and 7.2% lead towards New Democracy, Alexis Tsipras is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister tomorrow Monday. Right after his victory was clear, Tsipras met with Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos and agreed to form Greece’s next coalition government. The cabinet will …
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September 11, 2015
Politics
Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis got really angry. And he decided to reward with his own Yamaha motorcycle those who can prove that the claims his former partner in coalition government alleged were true. So he tweeted: Όποιος αποδείξει ότι έχω δουλέψει έστω για 1'σε fund (κι όχι μόνο …
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July 14, 2015
Politics
After having survived the brutal Euro Summit in Brussels, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing another cruel battle today: to secure a government majority in the Parliament. With some 30-32 lawmakers of his own party openly denouncing the Brussels agreement, Tsipras most possibly will see today that the seats of …
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July 2, 2015
Politics
Coalition government partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) expelled one lawmaker for having said on television this morning that he will vote YES in Sunday’s referendum. THe MP was expelled in less than 2 hours after his statement, the party wants him to return the seat. From what it is said on …
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April 16, 2015
Politics
Is Greece about to purchase Russian anti-aircraft missiles S-300 and anger its creditors? “No,” says Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, adding that “Greece is in talks with Russia only for the maintenance and technical support of the existing missiles system.” Greece acquired S-300 PMU1 anti-aircraft system after the Cyprus Missile …
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February 4, 2015
Politics
Huh? Conservatives in the European Parliament consider SYRIZA’s junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) as “extremist” and the whole coalition as “extremist government”? They mean, they have to intervene because ANEL-leader and Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos took an helicopter and threw a commemoration wreath in the Aegean Sea as …
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