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Does the public order ministry's zero tolerance permit acts of violence against commercial businesses and the diplomatic missions of foreign countries in Athens?

Power is characterised mainly by the demeanour and mores that accompany it. Currently, the level of mores is contemptible and the demeanour is enraging.

Andreas Papandreou came to power by uniting the Greeks, in contrast to Alexis Tsipras who won by dividing and governed with the same divisive rhetoric.

When Greece had already registered 39 deaths from the flu Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis appeared on a television network and said “This is not a catastrophe.” Will he revise his assessment now that there are 74 deaths? If not, how many dead would it take for him to feel concern? These rhetorical questions are […]

The government agreed with creditors on high primary surpluses which it hiked even more so that it could distribute poverty benefits.

The two sides agreed that the maximum tax value of the protected property will be 250,000 euros and the maximum value of the remainder of a loan for which a home was used as collateral will be 130,000.

'We should go together and say in a Europe that has taken a lesson from the rise of the radical right and populist forces that such high primary surplus targets only feed into discontent.'

Major international media reported on Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis’ behaviour towards Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras.

The PM has assured us that the new, progressive political tent with SYRIZA at its core will cover the entire political spectrum 'from Social Democracy to the popular right'.

"The Greek economy is recovering and the European Commission has upgraded its forecast for the Greek economy for 2019," said Tsipras, addressing the cabinet.

The US President wrote that the leaders’ joint efforts ensure a more stable and prosperous future for their countries and the entire region

Moralis extolled the great contribution of shipowner Evangelos Marinakis who funded the remodeling of Alexandras Square, and in particular he thanked Olympiacos FC for its steadfast assistance.

The government has provoked an institutional crisis and is responsible for the perpetuation of the economic crisis.

Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, who loses no opportunity to target his opponents and their families, and who is continuing a legal battle against a deceased journalist, now is playing the slighted and targeted victim.

Polakis placed the call in order to discuss reports that the Bank of Greece was to probe a 100,000-euro loan that was issued to him by the Attica Bank.

'The unheard of effort of Minister Pavlos Polakis to influence the administration of the Bank of Greece and me personally regarding how we carry out our duties constitutes a flagrant institutional aberration.'

Those in power are obliged to maintain a certain level of dialogue in public life and to keep up appearances.

There have been clashes between government ministers in the past, but they never reached this degree of unprecedented wretchedness, with the PM remaining silent.

In the recorded conversation, Polakis demands that Stournaras also probe the loans of political parties and of other politicians.

Extreme right-wing Chrysi Avgi places third with 8.6 percent followed by the Movement for Change (7.9 percent), and the Greek Communist Party (6.7 percent).