The European Central Bank announced on Wednesday evening that it will not accept Greek bonds as collateral as of the 11th of...
The German financial review Handelsblatt has reported that the troika has threatened to suspend the provision of liquidity...
The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) is scheduled to convene today, where it will decide whether the football games will...
The Super League has announced that the football matches that were scheduled to take place last weekend and were...
After coming to an agreement with camp residents on Tuesday, the demolition of 12 dwellings in the Roma camp in Halandri is...
The State Council Assembly has convened on Friday in order to discuss the appeal filed by Golden Dawn against the ministerial...
The State Council has ordered the suspension of the operation of shops on Sunday until the end of the year, at which point it...
The much-debated investment deal for the huge plot in Elliniko has been temporarily suspended by the Court of Auditors...
The dismissed cleaners who were recently vindicated by the courts appear determined to see the government implement the court order...
The cleaners who have been protesting their suspension for months occupied the Ministry of Finances offices, after entering the building...
The Ministry of Administrative Reform announced that the suspension period of all employees in the public sector will be extended, until the final lists of dismissals...
The Parliamentary Ethics Committee convened yesterday and voted 8-to-1 in favor of proposing the funding suspension of Golden Dawn. The proposal will be discussed at the Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday. The Minister of Interior Yannis Michelakis explained that «it is inconceivable for the state and taxpayers to fund parties that accused of being criminal or […]
The Mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris was invited on Radio Thessaloniki to comment on the suspension of electricity to households unable to pay their bills. Mr. Boutaris demanded that “the suspensions of electricity supply must end for everyone” and accused the government and opposition “of trying to fool everyone” with their sporadic solutions to the […]
With 235 votes in favor and 34 abstentions, Parliament voted in favor of an amendment for the suspension of Golden Dawn’s funding. The proposal was supported by government partners New Democracy and PASOK, as well as DIMAR and opposition leaders SYRIZA. KKE and ANEL abstained, while Golden Dawn’s MP left the room during the vote, […]
The upcoming vote in Parliament on Tuesday for the suspension of Golden Dawn’s funding is the source of conflict within opposition leaders SYRIZA. Despite the behind-the-scenes negotiations between SYRIZA and the government, a powerful minority within opposition ranks is skeptical about supporting the government. The skepticism became pronounced at Sunday’s central committee assembly, where SYRIZA […]
According to SYRIZA’s Nikos Voutsis, the government and opposition have come to an agreement regarding the suspension of funding for political parties, such as Golden Dawn. Mr. Voutsis told the Athens news agency APE-MPE that the Ministry of Interior submitted some amendments that “are in the right direction, based on the public dialog and coordination […]
Parliament voted in favor of lifting the immunity of MPs Kasidiaris, Panagiotaros, Alexopoulos, Germenis, Iliopoulos and Boukouras, who face charges of joining and directing a criminal organization and other offenses committed in the past. The prosecutor of Piraeus rejected the request of detained MPs Michaloliakos, Pappas and Lagos to be released from prison in order […]
The proposal for the suspension of public funding for parties that are prosecuted for felonies will be included in the Ministry of Environment’s draft bill on renewable energy sources that is going to be discussed and voted upon today by the Parliamentary Assembly. Minister of Justice Athanasiou clarified that the government intention is to expedite […]
The Supreme Court is rumored to have requested that the parliamentary immunity of the six indicted Golden Dawn MPs, in order to be able to try them for a number of other crimes for which they are suspected. Meanwhile, opposition leaders SYRIZA has requested that the Parliamentary Assembly takes comprehensive steps towards tackling Golden Dawn, […]
During yesterday’s Eurogroup Working Group session it was revealed that Greece had only implemented 21 of the 22 necessary prior actions to collect July’s loan installment. The prior action in question relates to the number of public sector employees to be inducted in the suspension list. Initially teachers with post-graduate and doctoral degrees were exempt […]