SYRIZA

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 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?

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The aim of the provision on forged invoices– which was withdrawn after an opposition outcry – was to allow businesses which had had violated the law to be eligible for funding from investment programmes.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