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Two ministers and close aidees of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were forced to resign on Thursday, following a meeting with a powerful businessman. Minister of State Stavros Papastavrou and Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister Ioannis Bratakοs submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday evening. The Prime …

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Main opposition leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras urged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday to either to apologize or resign. “In any other country in the European Union, if the Prime Minister was caught lying in Parliament about such a critical issue, which concerns the lives of tens, hundreds, thousands …

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Pressure is growing on Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni to resign in the aftermath of the arrest of the now former artistic director of the National Theater on multiple counts of rape including ones involving teenager boys. Call for resignation came also from a member of ruling New Democracy.is  also …

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Deputy Foreign Minister, Antonis Diamataris, submitted his resignation on Thursday, while on an official 8-day visit to diaspora Greeks in Australia. The revelations that he faked his CV with postgraduate diplomas he never obtained and even declared a fake birth year had triggered an outrage not only among the opposition …

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Dionysis Tsaknis had submitted his resignation as President of Greece’s state broadcaster ERT after two and a half years on the post. He left criticizing the government policies on ERT as well as the powerful union of workers at the state broadcaster. According to media reports, Tsaknis decision to resign …

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The hell broke out in the European Union , the eurozone, the Eugroup and the European Parliament. Acting Dutch finance minister and head of Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, has been obviously suffering from a nervous breakdown since the Dutch elections last week. Instead of staying home and cry, he gave an …

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Someone is still hurt deep down inside. And he cannot get over it. Word is about the ex Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who was kindly requested to resign from his post after the Referendum in July as he had disagree with PM Tsipras. Yet, the ex FinMin-Super Star of Greece …

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Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has stated that he will resign if the Greek people vote ‘Yes’ in Sunday’s referendum. Speaking to Bloomberg TV on Thursday morning, Varoufakis said among others: * “If a yes vote, I will not be finance minister on Monday night * I prefer to cut my …

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Look what happened in Germany today! While the country’s conservatives directly or indirectly have been demanding that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should replace Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, a ultra-conservative senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigned. Peter Gauweiler, the deputy chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) – the …

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Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades threatens to resign over IMF proposals to rescue plan and let people decide, Cypriot media reported on Sunday evening short before the start of the Eurogroup meeting. Anastasiades threat came after the insistent pressure of the International Monetary Fund that the Bank of Cyprus should absorb …

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Thirty to forty high-ranking officials at the Bank of Greece have reportedly resigned in order to escape upcoming wages cuts. According to Capital.gr and Proto Thema, the majority of the resigned bank officials have founded ‘right to pension’ and chose to resign in order to avoid the upcoming wages and …

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A political earthquake shakes the Papademos government after three Ministers from coalition partner LAOS submitted their resignations on Friday afternoon, shortly before the crucial cabinet meeting on the new austerity package and the new loan agreement for a second bailout for Greece. Transportation Minister Makis Voridis, deputy Farming Minister Asterios Rontoulis …

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