Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Economy
Greece Wants Troika Deal Before EU Presidency
Hoping to beat the clock before Greece takes over the symbolic, but powerless, rotating Presidency of the European Union for six months on Jan. 1, the government is pushing to conclude a deal with its international lenders before then...
Economy
Greek Road Fund Closure
The discussion between the heads of the Ministry of Administrative Reform, e-Governance and Troika representatives went smoothly according to a senior member of the Ministry, seeing as Kyriakos Mitsotakis received the "green light" for the prerequisites that the lenders...
Greece
Kyriakos Mitsotakis: 15,000 dismissals by the end of 2014
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Minister of Administrative Reform, during an interview in Vima FM, talked about the 15,000 dismissals in the public sector by the end of 2014, based on the commitments of the Greek government towards the creditors. He also...
Economy
Suspension Threat for Civil Servants
The developments concerning the mobility scheme, and mainly the suspensions of Municipalities civil servants are expected to evolve rapidly.
As the Alternative Minister of Interior, Leonidas Grigorakos made clear in an interview he gave to Greek TV channel SKAI--only those...
Economy
Troika Puts Off Meeting with Mitsotakis
The meeting between Troika representatives and the Greek Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, scheduled for Monday afternoon, has been postponed.
According to Ministry sources, Greece’s creditors asked for the meeting to be put off, as they first want to hold...
Economy
Another 1,000 Civil Servants Under Threat of Suspension
Any final decisions concerning potential suspensions and the mobility scheme program in the Greek public sector will be made on Monday.
The Greek Administrative Reform Minister, in an interview on Mega Channe'sl morning show, stated that interventions must be made...
Crime
Greece Tells Troika Cuts Not Needed
Frantic to avoid imposing more austerity measures after vowing not to do so, the Greek government has told its international lenders that it can bring in 2.2 billion euros ($2.94 billion) in revenues by going after tax cheats -...
Economy
Greece Asks More Time To Fire Workers
Administrative Development Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who hasn't been able to meet a timetable to suspend, transfer or fire 25,000 workers this year, is reportedly going to ask international lenders for more time, and to include workers being fired at...
Greece
SYRIZA Tries Censure Over ERT Raid
Greece's major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras filed a motion of censure on Nov. 7 in Parliament asking the members - a majority of whom are controlled by the government - to reprimand...
Economy
Troika, Greece Still At Odds On Reforms
Greece's hopes for a swift resolution to a disagreement over the extent and acceleration of reforms in return for continued rescue aid have been dimmed by a tough stance taken by international lenders who are squeezing the government to...