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The economic advisor of the PM, who is also his relative, must answer to the citizenry, without avoiding the issue or offering incomplete answers

Recently, foreign minister Kotzias, with the Bonapartism and grandiose ideas that characterise him, is acting like a latter day Kissinger

The package of handouts that the prime minister intends to announce at the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair is also warmed over soup

'If Greece does not produce a primary surplus, then it will not be possible to lower the level of its debt,' the German Chancellor said

The two countries’ readout on the meeting were diametrically opposed, as was yesterday’s disagreement on how Lavrov’s planned trip to Athens had been arranged

Greece’s relations with Russia have reached an exceptionally bad level, and no one can preclude a further worsening of ties

Beautiful promises burn beautifully. Before the rooster crowed, as the biblical passage says, along came an encyclical from Alternate Finance Minister Yorgos Houliarakis to belie governmental promises that pensions will not be cut. As one might reasonably have expected, the instructions of the alternate minister could not ignore the commitments that the country has undertaken […]

The said investment does not concern only bank deposits in Greek banks, but also business investments

In his statement, the Russian Ambassador to Athens, Andrey Maslov, suggested, without specifically saying so, that Moscow intends to expel Greek diplomats in a tit for tat

'Do you desire accession to the European Union and to Nato with the support of the agreement between Macedonia and Greece?' was the proposal tabled by Zaev

The last thing one needs is more pledges or, even worse, unilateral actions, the cost of which the citizenry will once again be called upon to pay

For its part, the Greek government is trying to downplay the event, and is avoiding clarification of what exactly happened

'Such actions do not remain without consequences and do not disappear without traces. Unfortunately, all that casts a shadow on bilateral relations, without offering anything constructive'

“The prime minister now has a duty to offer an explanation regarding the scandal that concerns his family,” ND spokesperson Maria Spyraki said.

When the economic crisis broke out, and in the ensuing years, there were voices in Greece that remained clear-minded. They were voices that preferred a rethinking to fanaticism, and a calm examination of the causes of the crisis rather than irrational shrieks and easy slogans. Those voices, which were a minority in an environment of […]

All of the government’s plans aim at preparing a suitable climate that will lead to elections

On 16 July, the two Greek officers were visited by the head of the European Union’s delegation in Turkey, Ambassador Christian Berger

Greece’s primary surplus may have overreached the target, but it is shrinking due to the limiting of expenditures

In his recent meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, PM Alexis Tsipras requested that the procedures leading to a trial be expedited

It is inconceivable for the prime minister of a country to allege, without evidence, that Greek businessmen are attempting to buy off citizens in order to undermine the agreement