July 5, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Reports about the 6-day working week is “Fake News,” Labor Minister Niki Kerameos said on Friday. “The rule of 5-day week does not change at all, it is just that the possibility is given exceptionally in very specific cases for one day of extraordinary work.” The Minister’s statement that is …
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May 28, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
The first exploratory drilling will begin at the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026, Environment and Energy Minister Theodoros Skylakakis said on Tuesday, speaking at the meeting of the “East Mediterranean Gas Forum” (EMGF) held in Athens. As the minister pointed out, the gradual reduction of Russian natural …
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April 9, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Seven months ago, the newly built Karteros Beach Sports Center by Heraklio was used for the 3rd Coastal Mediterranean Games. The Center was built exclusively for this event and at a cost of six million euros. Seven months later, the center has been abandoned and as been taken over by …
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April 1, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Labor Minister Domna Michailidou has called pensioners to return to work and used her mother as an example that those over 70 are fit to work. “My 72-year-old mother, she is full of energy and she would like a job,” the minister told Skai TV on Saturday. A recent legislation …
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February 16, 2024
Greece, Politics
Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has rejected the farmers’ request for a protest rally with tractors and agricultural machinery scheduled to take place next week. At a meeting with farmers’ representatives on Friday, the Minister proposed that protesters use buses and private vehicles to reach the Greek capital. However, the …
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February 7, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
tion, they will also have to meet any additional criteria imposed by the parent foreign university, he said. On Wednesday, the minister presented the draft bill allowing the founding of non-state, non-profit universities in the country, which is to be posted for public consultation as of layer today, in the …
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February 5, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“We will not allow a revival of terrorism,” said Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chryssochoidis after a bomb exploded in downtown Athens in the early morning hours of Saturday. Speaking to Skai TV, Chryssochoidis did not provide information on the bomb explosion opposite the Labor Ministry on Stadiou Avenue, one of …
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January 9, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Development Minister Kostas Skrekas appeared almost proud that food prices went up only 25% in two years. He claimed that prices “is not a minister’s but a government’s issue.” In an interview with ANT1 TV, Skrekas who is in this position since summer 2023, described himself as a “minister …
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November 23, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A very clear “NO to same sex marriage” by arch-concervative State Minister Makis Voridis stirred up the government of New Democracy on Thursday, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly plan to bring the relevant legislation for voting in the Parliament before the end of the year. Speaking to Open TV, …
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November 20, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security Panos Tsakloglou, shot a firework out of the blue about the increase of retirement age and then he gave one explanation after the other that made the issue even more complicated. Current retirement age is at 67 or after 40 years 0f …
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October 6, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Minister of State Makis Voridis raised objections to same-sex marriage saying he will not vote in favor of same-sex marriage if the issue is taken to parliament. “I have articulated my personal viewpoint. I stand in opposition to it, and I have clearly stated that I will not support it. …
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October 5, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Court of Audit has ruled to reinstate the pensions of retired judges to the levels before 2012 that it before the cuts imposed by the first bailout. The decision triggered an outrage in the society as some media reported that judges could receive at least 35,000 euros each in …
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October 3, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister, Vassilis Kikilias, has said that “a new kind of patriotism is needed” to face the threats of the Climate Crisis. In an interview with Mega TV on Tuesday, Kikilias said that “a new kind of patriotism is needed that will concern …
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July 27, 2023
environment, FEATURED
A total of 594 fires broke out in Greece in 10 days, under heatwave conditions and with high-velocity winds, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Wednesday. Of the 594 fires, 571 were put out before they spread. Five of them spread extensively to Dervenochoria, Corfu, Rhodes, …
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May 18, 2023
FEATURED, Politics
New Democracy candidate and deputy minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Domna Michailidou, made an unprecedented, a truly cringe statement on Thursday. “Ιnstrumentalizing’ a personal tragedy in the worst possible way before the elections, she spoke about her father’s illness stressing that her biggest “agony” towards the terminal-ill man was …
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March 7, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Minister of Citizen Protection Takis Theodorikakos ordered an investigation on the police actions during the Sunday’s protest rally for the train collision in Tempi. The Minister of Citizen Protection, Takis Theodorikakos, ordered an immediate investigation into the actions of police officers during the rally and protest march for the fatal …
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March 1, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis submitted his resignation on Wednesday afternoon, 17 hours after the deadly train tragedy in Tempi. His resignation comes following public fury and immense pressure on social media and thus as elections near. Karamanlis submitted his resignation after he returned from a visit to …
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February 24, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
In a unanimous decision Friday a Special Court found former SYRIZA minister Nikos Pappas guilty of dereliction of duty over the handling of a 2016 television license tender. Guilty was found also businessman Christos Kalogritsas for the crime of moral turpitude in the breach of duty of Pappas. The Special …
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December 14, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greek Christmas kitsch to the sounds of “All I want for Christmas is you”… Employees at the Migration Ministry made their own tree balls with the picture of minister Notis Mitarakis inside. As if this ridiculous idea wasn’t enough, they also posted a video on the official ministry’s social media …
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November 18, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Anarchists of Ruvikonas threw leaflets and a few packages of spaghetti No 6 outside the house of the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis in a north Athens suburb on Thursday evening. The symbolic protest move had a clear protest message against the cost of living and poverty as well as …
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