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Samaras Says Reforms OK, Foreclosures Next

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, in a meeting with key ministers on Aug. 20, said he wanted to prepare Greeks for the coming firing of public workers and the foreclosures of homes by banks from people who can't afford to...

Greece Wants EU To Pay Immigrant Hospital Fees

Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who is reviewing whether to impose a 25-euros per visit fee for being seen at hospitals, said he wants the European Union to pick up the cost of treatment for illegal immigrants inundating Greece...

Suspension of 1,618 Health Care Employees

According to the Greek Ministry for Health planning, 1,618 employees of the Health sector are expected to enter the suspension regime. A ministerial decision will be issued and the evaluation procedure will immediately begin. Minister for Health, Adonis Georgiadis, referring...

SYRIZA Leads ND, DIMAR Blames Both

As the battle of dueling polls continues to show the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) trading places as number one, the tiny Democratic...

Health Minister Georgiadis Assaulted at Hospital

New Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, whose appointment in a Cabinet shakeup raised eyebrows because of his extreme stances, got a hostile reception and a beatdown when he visited Attikon Hospital in Athens from staff angry he's going to be...

Georgiades Readies Health Care Knife

Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, is to proceed in changes in the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Nursing Staff Unions (PASONOP) and the public health system in general. As he stressed, within the next two weeks all plans on hospital mergers,...

Human Rights Watch Decries Forced HIV Tests

Human Rights Watch has accused the Greek government of violating people's rights and stigmatizing vulnerable groups after it reintroduced a health regulation granting the police powers to detain people and force them to undertake tests for HIV and other...

Composer Kraounakis Praises Natasa Karamanli

Stamatis Kraounakis, one of the most important contemporary Greek music composers, referred to the time he was ill and almost lost his leg and to the medical assistance offered by Natasa Karamanli, wife of former Greek Prime Minister Kostas...

Voridis Snipe At Andreas Papandreou Opens Rift

Only days after Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras brought the PASOK Socialists into an alliance government with his New Democracy Conservatives - which he had said he would never do - the fragile administration has opened a wound after...

ND's Voultepsi Declines Health Ministry Post

New Democracy's Sofia Voultepsi quit as deputy Health Minister late on June 24 citing “personal reasons.” She was replaced by Zetta Makri, also from the conservative party. Reports on June 25 said Voultepsi's decision was linked to the the appointment...