“Nothing will prevent the country’s exit from close surveillance and its return to economic normality,” government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Thursday, during the regular press briefing. He noted that this will be the Greek government’s main target in the 97 days between now and the Eurogroup on June 21, where the government expects to … Περισσότερα
The next steps for Greece’s exit from its adjustment program and the period that will follow were the sole topics discussed in Wednesday?s meeting of SYRIZA?s political council, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. According to party sources, today’s discussion is the first of a series that will focus on the comprehensive planning for the … Περισσότερα
Administrative Reconstruction Minister Olga Gerovasili on Wednesday announced that a public-sector staff assessment process has been put on hold until early April. In a circular sent out to civil service departments, the minister said the decision was prompted by a need to “avoid unnecessary bureaucratic burdens” and to make necessary “technical adjustments” to the assessment … Περισσότερα
The European Union needs a “common policy” on the refugee crisis while the member-states must immediately implement the relocation programme in order to reduce the refugee population in Greece, which is under great pressure, Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Wednesday, in statements to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA). De Sousa also highlighted … Περισσότερα
The ministry of economy will be the ministry tasked with attracting and mobilizing investments in Greece and, to this end, measures are already being prepared to facilitate licensing procedures, Economy Minister Yiannis Dragasakis said on Wednesday, during a meeting with Russia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Sergey Levin. According to a ministry press release, Dragasakis proposed … Περισσότερα
More than 400 archaeological excavations discovered along the route dug out for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) have been completed, while another 7 large-scale projects are ongoing in the regions traversed by the pipeline, the company said on Tuesday, following the 31st annual Conference “Archaeological Excavations in Macedonia and Thrace” in Thessaloniki, held between 8 and … Περισσότερα
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Tuesday with Republican Senator Mike Lee in Washington DC, as part of his meetings with US officials during his four-day visit to the United States. According to an ND press release, Lee and Mitsotakis discussed issues concerning the democratic institutions and the rule of law and focused on … Περισσότερα
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokeswoman Maria Spyraki on Tuesday underlined the need for political change. “In the last three years Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and junior coalition partner and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos are building a new regime of corruption. They are using business either to control the television landscape or to make up … Περισσότερα
“In August 2018 we will be done with the programme; we already see a big difference in the economic figures and we seek to transfer this difference to the social indicators and to people’s sense of the real economy as well, exactly as happened in Portugal, for the benefit of society,” stated Prime Minister Alexis … Περισσότερα
Epigraphist and former director of the Epigraphical Museum Dina Peppa-Delmouzou died on March 12, the ministry of culture announced, expressing its condolences on Tuesday. According to the biographical outline in the announcement, Peppa-Delmouzou studied in La Sappienza University in Rome under Margherita Guarducci and directed the Epigraphical Museum for over 40 years, from 1966 to … Περισσότερα