Politics

Parliament on Thursday passed legislation that will freeze the powers of labour arbitration tribunals to award salary increases for a year, even in the private sector. Also passed were measures giving the government powers to proceed with the exploitation...

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has used a rare emergency order to force striking fuel-tanker drivers back to work after their crippling protest threatened tourism businesses and began causing food, fuel and medical shortages in many areas of the...

President Gabritsos announced yesterday his unexpected resignation for personal reasons in front of ERT's Board of Directors. He had already handed in his resignation to The Minister of Culture and Tourism P.Geroulanos on July the 15th and it was accepted....

Today Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou will be making an official visit to Bulgaria.  Papandreou is scheduled to meet with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov immediately upon his arrival in Sofia.  Meetings will follow regarding the two leaders as they preside over the...

Vice President Theodoros Pangalos, in referring to the possibility of a government reshuffle, said that this should be sweeping in its breadth rather than a change of one or two ministers. In an interview appearing in the Sunday edition of Ethnos...

Batopedi transfer of land case has sparked frictions within the ND party while voices asking for former Prime Minister K. Karamanlis intervention increase. Questions were raised by ND deputy E. Stylianidis response to G. Boulgarakis proposal for the summoning...

In a speech filled with scathing criticism of Greece's political class, which he blamed squarely for the country's present decline, President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Saturday blasted all those that he said had prevented Greece from becoming...

Yiannis Angelou (photo), the influential aide of former prime minister Costas Karamanlis, was released on bond of 400,000 euros and forbidden from leaving the country after testifying for several hours to special examining magistrate Irene Kalou concerning the Vatopedi...

A delegation of European and International Monetary Fund officials are due to visit Greece July 26 to decide whether the country should get the next installment of an EUR110 billion bailout. The visit by the so-called troika of European Commission,...

Former head of Independent Authority on money laundering , George Zorbas (photo) was summoned to give a statement to the Parliament Inquiry Committee on structured bonds. Members of the Committee carefully examined the three reports he had drawn on...

New Parliament regulation brings significant reforms in its operation. The Speaker of the House, Philippos Petsalnikos said reforms would upgrade the role of the Parliament, improve operation and effectiveness of modern parlamentarianism to the benefit of the citizens...

ND party leader Antonis Samaras, during his visit to the Social Solidarity Center of the Athens Municipality, expressed his support to Nikitas Kaklamanis ( present Athens mayor) candidacy in November local administration elections. “We are certain that...

A draft bill for reforming the public-sector pension system was passed by a majority of Parliament MPs on Thursday. Articles 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the bill were voted on in a roll-call vote...

Minister for Justice Transparency and Human Rights Haris Kastanidis announced the submission of 2 draft-bills till the end of summer providing for three new institutions which will accelerate the judicial system. In the meantime, General Inspector of Public Administration...

An important number of Greeks is interested in migrating to Australia, according to the elements of the Greek organizations in Australia and the newspaper "Neos kosmos". In the newspaper, it is mentioned that messages are sent daily from Greece...