Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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.

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

Mitsotakis charged that SYRIZA systematically undermines democratic institutions, violates freedom of the press, and meddles in the independent judiciary and independent state authorities.

After his victory in the 2015 election, Mr. Tsipras used alleged scandals to chase his opponents and systematised his effort to conquer the media.

'We discussed special matters of economic cooperation and how we can extend our capability to attract foreign investments from Russian to Greece and how we can improve the performance of Greek exports to Russia.'

The government agreed with creditors on high primary surpluses which it hiked even more so that it could distribute poverty benefits.

'There is consensus across the political divide on this issue. I think 3.5 percent - and I’ve said it for an awful long time – is too high, especially for a country that has lost 27 percent of its GDP.'

SYRIZA ministers and cadres may have studied abroad and sent their children to private schools, but the establishment of non-state universities remains taboo.

The focus of the dispute was the proposed change of the procedure for electing the President of the Republic in Parliament.

Greece will hold European Parliament as well as local and prefectural elections in May, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is keeping his cards close to the vest regarding the timing of the general election

Weber lambasted Tsipras’ economic policy and the Greek PM’s refusal to sign on to EU initiatives regarding the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Mr. Mitsotakis’ interlocutors speak of a sweeping plan of foreign investment that can be supported by a long list of privatisations and by measures to swiftly free up large investments

Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, underlined yesterday that Ankara will not tolerate de facto situations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.

Tsipras hastened to reverse the government’s plan following charges from the opposition and the press that he was being blackmailed

Greece's main opposition leader drops innuendo about possible improper ties between PM Alexis Tsipras and the Venezuelan leader.

'I did not hesitate to disagree even openly with our large European partners, including Angela Merkel,' Mitsotakis told Parliament

'We believe that in light of recent developments efforts in this respect [North Macedonia's EU course] should be strengthened,' said a Commission spokesperson.

'This ratification means official recognition of a Macedonian language and identity of the residents of Skopje [sic] for the first time by a Greek government.'

'An international agreement cannot recognise ethnicity but only nationality. States recognise states,' Tsipras declared.

“We shall do everything in our power to improve the agreement since the ragtag [governing] majority has decided to bring it to a vote and we cannot overturn it,” one ND source said.