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The Prime Minister has given Kostas Zouraris' portfolio to Education Minister Kostas Gavroglu, signaling that a rumoured cabinet reshuffle will be delayed

The article regulating strikes was passed by 155 MPs, as indepencent MP Haris Theocharis also supported the measure.

It is no coincidence that despite the fact that all bailout memorandum-era governments have stressed the need for a national plan to confront the crisis, that never came.

Mitsotakis said that the government had accused its predecessors of being German collaborators and had said it would abolish bailout memorandums, but now is receiving the praise of creditors, because it is satisfying their every demand.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in parliament today fended off criticism from both New Democracy and the KKE Greek Communist Party of a draft law making it more difficult for primary trade unions to declare strikes.

He described his remarks as similar to ‘’the satire of Aristophanes’’, the greatest Greek comic playwright of antiquity.

As the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece prepare for UN-sponsored name settlement talks in New York, FYROM’s foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov, declared that Greece does not have the exclusive privilege of using the name Macedonia, as it denotes a territory that extends beyond the borders of the Greek state. Dimitrov told TV21 television […]

Perhaps because the circumstances are particular, Greece can set its terms and demand that FYROM disavow its irredentist sentiments and all elements that express a territorial or other claim against Greece

In an interview published today by Reuters, Dimitrov referred to his meeting with Kotzias yesterday in Thessaloniki and declared himself a ‘’cautious optimist’’ as regards the prospects for a settlement.

The city of Chios has filed a lawsuit seeking to evict the migrant hotspot from VIAL site, and the matter is still in the courts.

Relations between the left-wing prime minister and the moderate archbishop have been exemplary, and Ieronymos’ recent statement that does not support rallies on the FYROM naming issue is the latest indication.

Kammenos declared that his party will accept neither the name New Macedonia nor Upper Macedonia, which have been touted in the press.

Stournaras discussed the outlook of the Greek economy and the assessment of the Bank of Greece on the next steps that must be taken.

In principle, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is right in stressing, in his letter to Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, that: “On issues of national import, the broadest possible national unity is required. National unity is grounded in prudence, in dialogue, in respect for differing views, and in respect for the discrete roles [of […]

“The government, which was pledging to bring in, over six months, revenues of three billion euros from the combating of tax evasion, ended up collecting less than 100 million euros in three years,” Staikouras said.

“Greece is a pillar of stability in a volatile region, and the stronger Greece is, the stronger and more secure its neighborhood will be,” Pyatt wrote.

Aside by reducing the tax free ceiling for hundreds of thousands of taxpayer, the draft law enacts major cutbacks in social welfare benefits, including family benefits for those with three or more children and others.

The draft legislation says at least 50 percent of dues paying members of a union must be present for the vote, and that the strike must be approved with an absolute majority.

“The crisis is ending in the same place where it began, in the South, with the exit of Greece from fiscal adjustment programmes this coming August,” Tsipras declared.

With a seemingly endless, 1,400-page omnibus bill, with dozens of articles, some more serious than others, the government is attempting to comply with all that it has agreed to with our creditors. It is patently obvious that MPs who will debate and then be called upon to vote on the draft legislation, have little notion […]