The Greek government’s new cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday in three stages, to comply with the national lockdown restrictions. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the cabinet reshuffle on Monday. In groups…
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Athens Polytechnic uprising November 17 commemorates the Athens Polytechnic Uprising in 1973, which was a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The uprising actually began on…
Konstantinos Kyranakis, an MP of the ruling New Democracy Party, speaking on television with Christos Spirtzis, an MP with Syriza and Konstantina Giannakopoulou, an MP with PASOK, demonstrated the maturity of the…
Opinion Piece Although the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Greece is no more than 175 billion Euros, all of a sudden on the official State Budget for the year 2015, an amount…
Eleftherios Venizelos (Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος) has been named the most prominent politician in Greece’s modern history. Born on the 23rd of August 1864 in Chania, Crete he was the fifth child of Kyriakou Venizelou…
Following his meeting with Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Haftar in Athens today, Greece’s Foreign Minister Dendias said that Haftar had agreed with all of Greece’s positions, including the need to recognise that…
The establishment of a new Ministry of Migration and Asylum was announced on Wednesday by government spokesman Stelios Petsas. The government’s decision came just six months after it had scrapped the ministry.…
The Northern Aegean islands of Lesvos, Samos and Chios will be in total lockdown on Wednesday 22nd January, as local councils decided to go on a 24-hour strike to protest the government’s…
After meeting with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras told reporters that he is “concerned about developments not the climate”, referring to Greek-Turkish relations. Mitsotakis met with Tsipras to brief him…
Greece’s former Prime Minister, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has condemned the killing of prominent Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, during a meeting with Iranian…
The Mitsotakis government is set to introduce a new law to Parliament concerning the future of protests and marches. According to government sources, the aim of the draft law is to ensure…
The New Democracy led government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, managed to pass its 2020 State Budget in parliament by a majority roll-call vote on Wednesday night, at the end of a five-day debate.…
Following the historic vote on Wednesday in Greek parliament which allowed diaspora Greek to exercise their voting rights from their place of residence, Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos said on Thursday, that all…
Greek Parliament on Wednesday approved the proposed New Democracy bill to allow diaspora Greeks to exercise their voting rights from their place of residence. The bill was approved with a broad majority…
Greece’s former Prime Minister, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, claimed he had restored the country’s credibility in European and international affairs during his term in government. Tsipras made the comments on…
The Mitsotakis government succeeded in approving the majority of its proposed constitutional changes on Monday evening, which include regulations on the selection of Greece’s President, the right of Greeks abroad to vote…
Greek parliamentarians conclude their debate over the proposed revisions to the constitution with the changes going to a vote tonight, Monday, after the conclusion of the Prime Minister and the other party…
Greece’s former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is on a crusade to recruit new members for SYRIZA, the main opposition party. Tsipras is scheduled to tour the prefectures of Kozani, Florina and Grevena…
Greek MPs were presented with a draft bill in Parliament on Tuesday, aimed to change the country’s asylum system. The government hopes that the new measures, which are to go into effect next…
Greece expects its economy to grow by 2.8 percent in 2020 whilst respecting fiscal pledges to the country’s creditors, said a draft budget released on Monday. The draft submitted Monday to parliament…