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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...