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PM Mitsotakis tells Turkey: “The Treaty of Lausanne will not be revised”

September 15, 2022 FEATURED, Greece, Politics 1

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a clear message to Turkey and its efforts to revise the Treaty of Lausanne, saying that the Treaty that set the boundaries between the two countries in 1923 “will not be revised.” He added that “the one century of the validity of the Treaty will …

Greece’s Constitution revised, focus on President’s election, ministers’ liability

November 26, 2019 Greece Comments Off on Greece’s Constitution revised, focus on President’s election, ministers’ liability

The Parliament approved the revision of 18 articles of the Greek Constitution with the main regulations to affect the election of the president of the Hellenic Republic, the Ministers’ liability and the vote of Greeks living abroad to cast votes in their countries of residence. For the first time, Greeks …

President’s election, ministers’ responsibility top issues of Constitution revision

November 18, 2019 Greece Comments Off on President’s election, ministers’ responsibility top issues of Constitution revision

Debate for the revision of the Greek Constitution started in the plenary of the Parliament on Monday morning and it scheduled to last for five days. It is the fourth attempt to change the Greek Constitution that was formulated in 1975 when its postwar reform was adopted. The proposals will …

Greek Parliament adopts Constitutional revisions proposed by Gov’t

February 14, 2019 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Greek Parliament adopts Constitutional revisions proposed by Gov’t

With the absolute majority of 151 votes, Article 3 of the Greek Constitution regarding the relations between the Greek Church and the State will be revised by the next Parliament that will emerge from the next elections. The proposal tabled by SYRIZA would abolish the reference to the dogma of …

ND MP: Scrapping religious oath will “ban Christmas, remove cross from Greek flag”

November 5, 2018 Greece 5

Constitutional revisions with regards to religion reforms prepared by the government have triggered a religious frenzy of such level that even Greek Orthodox hardliners would envy. “Religious neutrality” and scrapping the religious oath for lawmakers and the President of the Hellenic Republic will end up in banning public celebration of …

Tsipras pushes for Constitutional Revision with letter to opposition leaders

October 30, 2018 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Tsipras pushes for Constitutional Revision with letter to opposition leaders

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is determined to proceed with the long-planned Constitutional changes in the country. Seeking a broader political and social consensus, he calls on opposition parties to support the ambitious plan. “The initiative to revise the Constitution is a mature demand, not only of Greek society but also …

IMF revises upwards its growth estimations for Greece

October 9, 2018 Economy Comments Off on IMF revises upwards its growth estimations for Greece

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its growth projections for Greece in 2019. The IMF is more optimistic about the growth pace and estimates upwards to 2.4%, from 1.8% in its April projections. It keeps unchanged its estimation for 2018 at 2%. This forecast is revised upwards by + …

Greece proceeds with Constitution Revision in public consultation

March 7, 2017 Greece, Politics 1

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is scheduled to address Tuesday noon the special parliamentary committee overseeing the initiative of the coalition government for a review of the Greek Constitution. The process of the revision of the Greek Constitution is currently in the phase of public consultation. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented …

Rehn: revision of property values postponed for 2016 for purposes of taxation

November 8, 2013 Society 2

OK. Here the deal between the Troika and the Greek governments of the last three years. Those fine gentlemen in Brussels (EU), in Washington (IMF) and Frankfurt (ECB) will decide how much my home is worth and they will tax it accordingly. Even though they have never neither visited my …

ELSTAT chief to face felony charges over inflated Greek deficit in 2009

January 22, 2013 Economy 4

Greek economic prosecutors are seeking felony charges against the former president of the Greek Statistics Authority Andreas Georgiou over upwards manipulation of the Greek deficit in 2009 and thus with the aim to push the country into the IMF bailout mechanism. Apart from Georgiou felony charges are also to be raised against the …

Venizelos (PASOK) Wants Revision of the Loan Agreement (MoU)

May 21, 2012 Economy Comments Off on Venizelos (PASOK) Wants Revision of the Loan Agreement (MoU)

Leader of socialist PASOK, Evangelos Venizelos, tabled a proposal with six points concerning the revision of the loan agreement between Greece and its lenders. During his meeting with acting prime minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos on Monday, Venizelos claimed that Greece can achieve the revision of MoU, even though leading EU officials dismiss …

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