International

According to the findings 37 percent of those surveyed in Greece have been vaccinated in the last five years, while 38 percent had not. The vast majority, 94 percent, said that they trust healthcare professionals in gathering information on vaccines.

For its part, the government has said that it has the requisite fiscal space to rescind the law and that it intends to do so, but the European Commission views the measure as a structural reform, not as a revenue-raising measure.

In cases of negligent homicide with many victims the ten-year maximum sentence will be reduced to five years. When someone makes Molotov cocktails to commit arson or even murders (as occurred at Marfin Bank during a protest march), the culprit will be charged with a misdemeanor

'As a left-wing government we want to cut taxes but also to redistribute income and both elements are important,' the Finance Minister said.

The ex-health minister has underlined that his and his family’s bank accounts have been audited and that no evidence of improper transactions was found.

In the first post-war decades PPC operated as a model of an efficient and profitable enterprise. It built large electricity production plants, exploited domestic lignite deposits, and built impressive hydroelectric plants.

MPs and party cadres are anxiously watching Tsipras’ feverish efforts to turn the tables by pledging everything to the very middle class voters whom he has brought to their knees through over-taxation.

Greece’s left-wing government, which constantly attacks neo-liberalism, with its excesses has reached the point of implementing an absolutely restrictive and neo-liberal agenda

Georgiadis was one of ten politicians investigated by the judiciary in the context of a probe of the Novartis scandal after a parliamentary majority lifted their immunity and sent their case back to the judiciary.

The Greek and Chinese sides are to sign a new three-year cooperation framework between the Greek Economy Ministry and China’s Development and Reform Commission.

Greece’s largest company, the Public Power Corporation, is collapsing. Grand investments are announced but never go forward. Unemployment is declining thanks to part-time employment and 500 euro monthly salaries.

The post which the nurse was fire for sharing read: 'I salute my left-wing and “progressive” Chania [Crete, Polakis old electoral district] citizens who chose an uneducated little fascist to represent them in Parliament.'

When the PM himself has raised the banner of slander, dragging opponents through the mud, and character assassination, why should any minister hesitate to do the same and worse?

Despite a resurgence of classical studies, the economic crisis continues to hinder the expansion of Greek studies programmes.

Panagiotakis called upon the state to remedy dysfunctions in the institutional framework within which PPC operates, especially regarding hiring, which he said limits PPC’s business activity.

The most intense criticism is regarding the merger of Polytechnics with tertiary technical schools (DEH) which is intended to upgrade the status of technical schools

PM Alexis Tsipras said he will turn the no confidence motion against Polakis into a confidence vote for the government.

In his two years as education minister, Mr. Gavroglu has been constantly announcing various changes and making various promises and he has ended up alienating everyone.

Many may not be aware of the significance of Greek seamanship. It is not simply the art of sailing. It is a broader nexus of knowledge. It is a traditional code of sailors’ ethics.

The οne $ million fundraising completed by the local Greek community, with lead sponsor Mr. Evangelos Marinakis, safeguards the operation of a department that was destined to close, with the creation of the “Miltiadis Marinakis Professorship for Modern Greek Language and Culture”.