SYRIZA

The luminaries of SYRIZA have always believed that newspapers and other media are not the product of free journalists but rather should blindly follow the party line.

'This provision is necessary because there are businesses which are bedeviled not by forged invoices but by [unintentional] inaccuracies in invoices and consequently cannot participate in investment programmes,' Deputy PM Yannis Dragasakis told Parliament.

The aim of the provision on forged invoices– which was withdrawn after an opposition outcry – was to allow businesses which had had violated the law to be eligible for funding from investment programmes.

'The government avoided a substantial probe of the real scandal of how the price of medicines skyrocketed, which involves its own ministers as well, and chose to target specific politicians. It is continuing to announce in advance or even order judicial moves,' said Meni Malliori

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.

It is indicative that in 2004 state expenditures on medicines and pharmaceuticals were 2.4bn euros and by 2009 that figure has skyrocketed to 5.6bn euros, all under the Karamanlis administration.

Papadea said she had resigned from the management of the family business in 2015 and described the allegations against her as a diversionary tactic to draw attention away from the ongoing Novartis probe

The case was closed for lack of evidence for four of the ten politicians who were targeted and probed. The same is expected to happen for another five.

The poor boy from the working class neighbourhood of Kaisariani ended up with a luxury lifestyle, even today, which is hard to explain.

'It [GNCHR] has operated in Greece for the last 20 years with full independence, without partisan motives and has accomplished extremely important objectives. Its independence has annoyed some in the past, but now it is suffering a major blow,' said Yorgos Stavropoulos.

It is obvious that with this government every investment is subjected to a tortuous process before it can get off the ground, if indeed the investor is patient enough to wait it out.

Ministers and government cadres have also distanced themselves from Petsitis declaring that the case should be exhaustively probed by the judiciary.

Operation “Bridge” which was supposed to link SYRIZA with the centre-left collapsed before even getting off the ground.

The government spokesman lambasted main opposition ND arguing that its stance is a 'monument of political amorality and audacity', as ND had taken no measures to protect debtors’ primary residence.

Opportunistic demagoguery and pledges that ignore the economic realities and the results of negotiations with creditors are an inextricable part of SYRIZA’s profile.

The choices for the ruling party’s European Parliament ticket were expected to symbolise renewal and Tsipras’ effort to forge a broad centre-left front.

In his post, entitled “The greatest threat to the national territorial integrity of Greece is the SYRIZA government,” Kostarakos unleashes harsh criticism of SYRIZA’s stance towards issues of national import.

After five years of bad experiences and countless amateurish choices, citizens have understood the many deficiencies of the government.

'Novartis AG said its own internal investigation found no evidence of bribery to Greek officials as an upcoming election puts the Swiss drugmaker back in the spotlight,' Bloomberg reported.