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Who Really Governs Greece? The Wiretapping Scandal Shaking the Country
The wiretapping scandal in Greece has rocked the conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis who is under growing pressure to reveal who-if not the prime minister himself- is responsible for tapping the phones of politicians and journalists.
On Tuesday the chief...
Greek News
Greek Government Survives Censure Motion on Snowstorm Fiasco
The Greek government survived on Sunday a censure motion on the handling of the emergency following the recent snowstorm that paralyzed Athens and trapped thousands of drivers in their cars for hours.
The censure motion was tabled by the main...
Economy
Energy Storage: Is Greece Becoming Europe’s Battery?
A series of ambitious plans by the Greek government on energy storage begs the question: Is Greece's ambition to become Europe's battery? Converging environmental and financial circumstances might offer an answer.
Early last summer, the government announced an ambitious plan...
Greek News
Greek PM Mitsotakis Reshuffles Cabinet After Catastrophic Fires
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday as his conservative government has come under criticism over its handing of the pandemic and the catastrophic August fires.
Government spokesperson Yiannis Economou announced the following changes in the cabinet,...
Education
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Gets $2.4 Million Gift from Athens
The Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) has recently received a gift of two million euros ($2,388,000) from Greece.
Greek News
Greek Cabinet Reshuffle: The New Government Makeup
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled the Greek cabinet on Monday.
Economy
Athens Adopts Italian Model of Attracting Super-Rich to Tax Registry
The Greek government has decided to copy, and attempt to implement, Italy's model of encouraging ultra-wealthy individuals and large companies to move their tax residency to Greece, according to media reports on Monday.
The final formula for the new tax...
Greece
Greek Government To Stop Documenting Students' Citizenship and Religion
The Greek Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday that from now on, all diplomas issued by the country's secondary schools will include neither the citizenship nor the religious affiliation of the students.
This comes as a result of a recent...
Business
Capital Controls to Be Lifted by the End of September, 2019
The Bank of Greece and the Greek government are ready to completely lift capital controls in Greece, media reports suggested on Thursday.
The restrictions to capital imposed in June of 2015 will be lifted by the end of September of 2019,...
Economy
Greek Shipowners Agree to Pay €75 Million Annually to Greek State
The Greek Prime Minister’s office issued a statement on Wednesday in which it announced that the Greek Shipowners Association has reached a new agreement with the Greek government.
According to this agreement, the shipowners will have to pay annually at...