September 13, 2023
Greece, Politics
Head of Greece’s National Organization for Public Health (EODY), Theoklis Zaoutis, resigned on Wednesday,and thus amid a situation of high health concern in flooded areas. The Professor for Children Epidemiology was EODY head since October 20212. He was forced to resign, media reported. His successor is Professor of Health and …
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September 7, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Attica Group CEO Spyros Paschalis submitted his resignation, the company operating Blue Horizon ferry announced on Thursday, a few hours after the death of 36-year-old Antonis who was pushed by crew members from the loading ramp fell into the sea and died. Antonis Karyotis, aged 36, drowned on Tuesday night …
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July 28, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Minister of Citizens’ Protection Notis Mitarakis resigned early Friday afternoon, citing “personal reasons.” The Prime Minister has accepted his resignation, its the official government position, while the background is politically more juicy: “it was PM Mitsotakis who asked his resignation,” state ERT TV reported. Mitarakis’ resignation follows an article by …
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June 29, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commented on the resignation of main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras with a comment characteristic for his own spiteful rhetoric. Mitsotakis called the decision of Alexis Tsipras “expected” and argued that SYRIZA “identified itself with toxicity, with divisive speech and deafening ineffectiveness”. The PM was asked by …
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June 29, 2023
Editor, FEATURED, Greece, Opinion, Politics
In an unexpected move but not a surprised one after the crushing defeat on the June 25 elections, Alexis Tsipras announced on Thursday noon that he resigns as leader of left-wing SYRIZA. He will not be a candidate in elections for the new party leadership, he added. This decision was …
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April 10, 2023
Greece, Politics
The vice-president of the Supreme Court resigned on Monday in legal dispute with the conservative Mitsotakis government over the ban on far-right party ahead of the upcoming general elections on May 21. Vice president Christos Tzanerikos was going to preside over the A1 Section of the courts that will judge …
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March 4, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Hardly had the conservative Greek government established a 3-member committee tasked with the investigation of the deadly train disaster and one member resigned after it came under fire by opposition parties and large part of the social media society. Thanassis Ziliaskopoulos, a professor of production and transportation at the University …
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February 8, 2023
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
A total of 42 teachers at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece’s (NTG) resigned en masse on Wednesday in solidarity with their students over a controversial presidential decree. Protests were held on the same day with main slogan demanding the resignation of culture Minister Lina Mendoni. Δυναμική …
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December 30, 2022
Greece, Politics
Secretary General for International Economic Affairs and Openness, Giannis Smyrlis resigned from his position at the Foreign Ministry on Thursday. The resignation sparked political controversy with main opposition SYRIZA to claim another attempt of ruling New Democracy to cover up the wiretapping scandal. In a letter addressed to Foreign Minister …
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October 25, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday expelled Andreas Patsis, MP for Grevena. from ruling New Democracy’s (ND) parliamentary group. Reason for his expulsion is that as an MP has had a company -an offshore – that had bought “red loans from bank at 1/5 of their values. Further more, he …
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October 24, 2022
Greece, Politics
An MP from MeRA25, the left-wing party of former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, announced on Monday she was leaving its parliamentary group. Fotini Bakadima, who represents the second constituency of Piraeus, said she would continue to sit in Parliament as an independent MP. IN her resignation letter, Bakadima reportedly accused …
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April 29, 2022
Politics, Refugees
The head of the EU border agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has filed his resignation following excoriating criticism of its human rights record and an anti-fraud investigation. Fabrice Leggeri, who was censured by the European parliament last year, announced his resignation in a letter to the agency’s management board. “I give …
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January 25, 2022
Very Mix
Motorway operator Attiki Odos on Tuesday accepted the resignation of its CEO, Bill M. Halkias, after hundreds of motorists were trapped on the company’s tolled highway around Athens in the Elpida snowstorm. In a company statement, Halkias, CEO of the company since 1999, stated that the last motorists had been freed …
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November 1, 2021
World
Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, submitted his resignation as leader of the country and as president of ruling ruling Social Democratic Party (SDSM) after his party suffered a crushing defeat in the second round of municipal elections held yesterday, Sunday. SDSM lost both in the Skopje metropolitan municipality …
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October 10, 2021
Greece, Politics
The resignation of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz amid a corruption probe has sparked a political row in Greece as main opposition SYRIZA accused the government of blocking scrutiny efforts in public opinion polls published in Greek media. On Sunday, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras unleashed an attack on the government claiming …
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March 2, 2021
Arts
Stage director at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater, Stathis Livathinos, submitted his resignation on Tuesday, citing irreconcilable differences with the students.. The resignation followed complaints by students of the Drama School who accused him of “authoritarian behavior, derogatory and homophobic comments and discrimination,” media reported. The students …
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February 28, 2021
Greece, Politics
Government spokesman and Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister Christos Tarantilis announced his resignation Sunday noon. According to a letter he submitted to Prime Minister, he said that he resigns for “family reasons.” He said further that he will continue his work as a member of New Democracy parliamentary group. …
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December 1, 2020
Greece, Politics, World
European Union lawmakers lashed out Tuesday at the head of Frontex Fabrice Leggeri over allegations that the border and coast guard agency helped illegally stop migrants or refugees entering Europe, calling for his resignation and demanding an independent inquiry. The lawmakers grilled Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri over an investigation in …
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August 19, 2020
Greece, Politics
Alexandros Diakopoulos, the National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, submitted his resignation on Wednesday evening following previous statements about the operation of Turkish seismic survey vessel Oruc Reis. In his resignation letter, Diakopoulos wrote that his comment on Tuesday that Turkish vessel Oruc Reis conducted seismic survey off …
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September 11, 2019
Greece
The head of the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos submitted his resignation to the political leadership of the Ministry for Citizens’ Protection on Wednesday afternoon. Citing personal reasons, the Manager of the Reception and Identification Center, Ioannis Balbakakis said that he was “tired” and he had …
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