Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Crime
Greek Finance Ministry's Employees Accused of Tax Evasion
Greek authorities have found 143 employees of the Finance Ministry who had deposits amounting to 32 million euros in Swiss, German, British and Cypriot bank accounts.
The audits began when the Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis requested the close examination...
Greece
New Dismissals in Public Sector
The Greek government has announced that it will proceed with new dismissals in the public sector since Greece will have to reduce its civil servants by 11,000.
The Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that about 48,910 civil servants...
Greece
Greek Reform Minister Calls for Fewer MPs, Smaller Electoral Districts in Athens
A change in the electoral law calling for fewer deputies, the breaking up of Athens into smaller electoral districts and the better management of political funding are priorities if more transparency is to be achieved in political life, Administrative...
Greece
Public Sector Employee Permanency Needs to be Discussed
The Greek Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance, Kyriakos Mitsotakis responded to questions about whether Greece will be able to fulfill its commitments to the Troika, concerning the number of public sector employee suspensions and lay-offs.
“We will fulfill every goal...
Greece
Standing Holy Synod to Control Church Property
With an Amendment brought to Parliament by ministers Yannis Stournaras, Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Michalis Chryssochoidis, all matters relating to the management and use of Greek Orthodox Church property will be governed from now on by Regulations issued...
Economy
Number of Greek Civil Servants Has Decreased
After the demand of Greece's lenders for staff reduction in the public sector, it appears that the Greek government managed to decrease the number of civil servants.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Minister of Administrative Reform, reported that Greece is likely to recover...
Crime
Employees of Tax Department Accused for Tax Evasion
The Internal Audit Service of the Finance Ministry, after an investigation of the income declarations of 93 employees of the tax department, revealed several cases of tax evasion.
Many officials of the tax department had "forgotten" to declare expensive cars...
Greece
Protesting School Wardens Arrested
At about 5 am on Tuesday morning, eighteen school wardens gathered outside the Ministry of Administrative Reform to protest against the dismissal and suspension measures that they are facing. Some of the wardens who managed to get to the...
Economy
Mitsotakis and Stournaras Bump Heads Over Taxation of Greeks
On Monday, the Greek Administrative Reform Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said that he disagrees with the statements of the Greek Minister of Finances, Yiannis Stournaras -- that Greek citizens are not paying enough taxes. As a matter of fact, Yiannis...
Greece
100 Years Since Crete's Union with Greece
The 100th anniversary of Crete’s Union with Greece was celebrated yesterday with the hoisting of the Greek flag over the historic fortress Firka in the old port of Chania.
Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, represented the government and gave...