March 18, 2014
Economy
After seven months of tough negotiations between the Greek government and the representatives of the country’s lenders, the Troika, a deal was sealed on Tuesday. Right after the deal, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held a press conference where he announced where and how the primary surplus will be distributed …
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February 26, 2014
Economy
“There is strong evidence for the existence of significant hydrocarbon deposits in areas of Western Greece and the Ionian Sea,” Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said Wednesday. He added that within 25-30 years the public can gain tax revenues of 150 billion euro. Antonis Samaras was attending the opening of …
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January 30, 2014
Politics
There is a news topic that it honestly surpasses me. It is complicated, it has lots of details of translation mistakes, pronunciations mistakes and lawmakers who don’t speak foreign languages and to tell you the truth, I have no interest about. Yet I feel the need to post about it, …
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January 30, 2014
Politics
There is the fragrance of elections hovering in the smog-free air of Greece. The country’s government announces measures here and there, measures aiming to alleviate the suffering of the austerity-ridden society. Right after his arrival to Athens from Brussels and Kefalonia where he visited the earthquake-hit area, prime minister Antonis …
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January 29, 2014
Politics
Many internet users were convinced the poster uploaded on Nea Dimokratia Facebook page it was a troll. A bad intended joke to make fun of the latest, much-chewed and much-heard ND-campaign slogan accompanying every move of Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras. The famous slogan Greeks have to hear at least …
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January 19, 2014
Politics
Ι first thought it was a hoax or a malicious troll stirring the already tensed relations between the party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Nea Dimocratia, and main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA. But when I heard about it also in the prime time news of nationwide private television channels, I …
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January 16, 2014
Politics
Alexis Tsipras, leader of main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA rejected the option that he would put his signature under the Memorandum of Understanding (loan agreement) between Greece and its lenders. Speaking to SYRIZA parliamentary group meeting on Wednesday, Alexis Tsipras said: “If they dare to ask our signature on their …
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January 15, 2014
Politics
These Greeks are impossible. Hardly had prime minister Antonis Samaras concluded his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and they started to make jokes. Reason for the mockery on internet was the final message of the Greek PM. “The country, which was now entering a period of growth, had …
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January 13, 2014
Editor, Politics
Hardy has the button “publish” been pressed and a new financial scandal breaks out. Slowly but surely we have lost control over the counting” how many prominent and less prominent Greeks have been arrested, how many of them are free on bail, how many of them are remanded custody, how …
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January 7, 2014
Society
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was forced to withdraw the 25-euro hospitalization fee bowing to the strong pressure of his coalition partner PASOK. The decision was taken on Tuesday afternoon, after a meeting between the PM and deputy PM, Samaras and Venizelos. The controversial hospitalization fee was to bring 40 million …
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January 6, 2014
Politics
A special message on the occasion of Epiphany was given by Greek prime Minister Antonis Samaras to the citizens on the occasion of divine revelation: it’s all about roads…. The roads will lead us to development and growth and bring prosperity to the people…. Or something like that. “Major road …
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January 2, 2014
Very Mix
New Year is here. Whether it will turn happy or unhappy, it’s still to be shown. We have 354 days ahead to confirm what our friends have wished and what the horoscopes predict. That’s on the personal level. On national level nothing changed even though I took the Prime Minister’s …
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December 26, 2013
Society
In a symbolic action, at least fourty parents from Volos, urged the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Parliament Speaker to adopt or foster their children. The members of the local association of families with three children in Almyros symbolically signed adoption papers agreeing that their children …
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December 16, 2013
Politics
The trip of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, lasted only 15 minutes. Shortly after taking off from Elefsina military airport, the Greek Number One Air Force showed some technical breakdown in the flight system, the pilots decided to take the Samaras and his assistants …
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November 22, 2013
Politics
“Germany will do everything it can to help Greece for a successful EU presidency,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. “We are beginning to see light in the tunnel ,” she concluded stressing that Germany supports the tough decisions in …
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November 21, 2013
Economy
The finance ministers of Eurozone are losing patience with Greece, Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem told Greek daily Ta Nea on the day the debt-ridden country submitted its 2014 budget without the Troika approval. For diametrically opposed reasons the emotional uproar of the EUro finance ministers coincide with this of the …
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November 11, 2013
Politics
Greece’s coalition government conservative Nea Dimocratia and socialist PASOK survived the censure motion submitted by left wing SYRIZA, but lost one seat, after a government lawmaker voted in favor of the vote of no confidence. Samaras’ government is left with a very thin majority of 154 seats in a parliament …
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November 7, 2013
Politics
Main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA filed a censure motion of no confidence against the coalition government of Samaras’ Nea Dimocratia and Venizelos’ PASOK just hours after riot police stormed the headquarters of shutdown ERT and removed the fired personnel. The motion deals with two main issues: deadlock in economy and …
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November 5, 2013
Economy
In other Greek news: The Troikans Poul Thomsen (IMF) and Matthias Morse (EU) had to leave the building of the Greek Finance Ministry from a back door. Cleaning personnel on “mobility scheme” and Development Ministry personnel protesting the dismissal of their colleagues had blocked the main entrance of the ministry …
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November 5, 2013
Politics
Greek Prime Minister has a dream. A vision on how to help young unemployed Greeks to deal with the debt crisis. With his powerful intuition to feel the pulse and read the most secret wish of jobless Greeks Antonis Samaras made a promise in public: to give the folk what belong to folk. …
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