Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Greece
Greek Administrative Reform Minister Presents Public Sector Agenda
Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the reform agenda of the ministry which includes 12 priorities for the national strategy "Administrative Reform 2014-2016" aimed at reforming the public sector.
The reform agenda, which includes, among other things, the evaluation of...
Crime
Greece Targets Fraud Hires
The Greek government said it will try to weed out people who got their jobs by faking their qualifications and that they would face disciplinary action, but it wasn't said if they would be fired.
Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis,...
Greece
Greek Teachers Occupy Mitsotakis Office
Members of the secondary education teacher federation, OLME, as part of their demonstration on Thursday, proceeded to occupy the political office of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek Minister of Administrative Reform. They were protesting against the government's plans for layoffs in...
Greece
ADEDY Announces 48-Hour Strike
Greece's largest trade union (ADEDY) has announced a new 48-hour strike on Wednesday, March 19 and Thursday March 20, protesting against the Greek coalition government’s suspension and dismissal policies, as well as the troika's demands regarding employment in the country.
The...
Economy
Government Negotiations with Troika Continue; Hopes for Agreement by Monday
Earlier today, after a six-hour meeting between the Greek Finance Ministry and the heads of the Troika, a Ministry official announced that the banks' draft law will be tabled immediately in parliament and after nine days Eurobank's board will...
Greece
Mitsotakis' Decisions Deemed Unconstitutional
The Greek Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance Kyriakos Mitsotakis has received a double legal slap, from both the Council of State (CoS) and the legal department of the Greek parliament, on some critical legislative initiatives he is proposing.
In...
Economy
Greek Admin. Reform Minister Meeting with Troika Ends Without Agreement
A meeting between Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the heads of the troika of Greece's lenders concluded at the Finance ministry on Thursday evening without a substantive agreement, either for the completion of the second wave of gradual...
Economy
Samaras, Venizelos Meet On Troika Rift
As a logjam over unresolved reforms remains with international lenders, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is set to meet with his Deputy Premier, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, on March 5 to try to find a way to break...
Economy
Long Troika Talks Stall Yet Again
A week after saying it had a deal in hand, the Greek government now is admitting that negotiation with its international lenders have sputtered again over unresolved reforms and a disputed hole in the 2014 budget.
Envoys from the Troika...
Greece
Riots in the Center of Athens Greece
A few hours before Troika arrived at the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform to meet with the Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, members of the Greek Federation of Secondary Education State Teachers (OLME) gathered outside the ministry. It wasn't long before...