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From elected officials at the top of the administrative pyramid down to the base there is something clearly rotten in the entire structure of the state.

Other countries, including Portugal, borrow at a rate of about one percent whereas Greece is obliged to pay off its 10-year bond with a payment of nearly 800mn euros.

A mysterious four-hour Athens stopover of a Venezuelan state aircraft carrying Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on 2 March was reported by Greek SKAI television and radio today. The aircraft had taken off from Caracas and arrived in Greece without a flight plan. It had previously been denied permission to land in both Portugal and Switzerland […]

Since last August the government has operated as if it were in an electoral campaign. It has sharpened its rhetoric and suspended crucial measures and choices.

The government has no right just for the sake of keeping its hope alive to marshal means that undermine the smooth functioning of democracy.

Although the company which conducted the drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ expressed an interest in cooperating with Hellenic Petroleum on exploring Greece’s EEZ south of Crete, nothing has been done.

The government’s room for manoeuvre is limited if it wants to receive a tranche of about one billion euros from the profits of eurozone central banks on Greek bonds.

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

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

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

In short, no one adjusted to the world of the ruling party.  On the contrary, SYRIZA was forced to adjust to the real world, in turn forcing citizens to pay an extremely high price.

Amending the Constitution, the basic law of the state, is supposed to be an exalted democratic process which mandates at least fundamental communication and consensus.

The role of a minister is to anticipate disasters and not to play the role of commentator and judge.

The tight embrace of the two coalition partners in the September, 2015 general election signaled more than just a reaffirmation of the Prime Minister’s trust in his junior coalition partner.

The finance ministry now fears that fiscal targets will not be met if employees’ holiday bonuses are restored in the public sector.

Because in our peculiar country there is an underlying current of political instability, it would be best to come to a radical and clear solution now.

This government has repeatedly violated the spirit of the country’s Basic Law and sometimes even the letter.

'Mr. Tsipras, who characterised Maduro’s power as ‘a model that should be emulated in Europe’, is offending Greece by insisting even now on supporting him. '

Will the government be prudent in handing out benefits or will it open the state coffers and along with them a Pandora’s Box?

For those under the age of 25 there was a sub-minum wage of 510 euros a month which was abolished today by the cabinet.

The weight of Nato's planning has shifted to our country with the unconditional consent of the Greek government and to the three countries of the so-called Western Balkans – Albania, Kosovo, and Skopje.

Greece's self-proclaimed left-wing government is aligning itself with the right-wing and far right government of Austria and the populist-extreme right coalition that is governing Italy.

Isolated from the Greek people, burdened with politico-ideological fixations, and with a limited understanding of the contemporary world, Mr. Tsipras cannot keep up with international trends.

The agreement re-names the country Republic of North Macedonia and aims to settle issues of language, culture, and identity.