Michalis Chrysochoidis
Economy
More Battling In Samaras Cabinet Over Austerity
Ministers in Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ new, revamped Cabinet, formed to bring more cohesion to government policies, are battling with each other - and him - over austerity measures.
Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, had to step in...
Economy
The Samaras Reshuffle Shuffles Along, Bakoyianni On Board
A long pending Cabinet shakeup by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is reportedly set to take place, and a former minister, Dora Bakoyianni may be in line for either Finance Minister or as a European Commissioner.
The two, who had barely spoken...
Crime
Prosecutor Probes Baltakos Affair Video, Samaras Plans Strategy
An Athens prosecutor is set to investigate a secret videotape in which a former top aide to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is heard telling the spokesman for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that the government trumped up charges against...
Greece
Free Wi-Fi across Greece by year-end
Greece could enjoy free internet access by November, realizing a pledge the prime minister made several months ago to get Greece online, according to Greece's Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis.
According to a joint announcement by Chrysochoidis and the general secretary of the Telecommunications & Post Ministry, Menelaos...
Greece
Shootout In PASOK Lifeboat
PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos' already shaky hold on his fast-fading once-dominant party took another blow when Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis sided with the group's previous leader, former premier George Papandreou in a dispute over whether the Leftists should...
Diaspora
Toll Increase of up to 60% in Greece
The route from Athens to Thessaloniki is going to cost more than 56 euros.
New toll increases are coming in 2014, with the new tariffs to be applied in all motorways. It is indicative that the tolls on the route...
Greece
Locals Protest Detention Center in Northern Greece
Residents of a northern Greek town have erected barricades along a road leading to a disused army base to prevent it from being turned into the country's first major detention center for illegal immigrants.
Residents of Neapoli, a town about...
Greece
PASOK Ministers Push for Leadership Elections- Papandreou Remains Silent (Again)
“The procedures for electing the new PASOK leader should be completed by January” stated according to sources, FM Evangelos Venizelos during Pasok’s political council on Tuesday. Venizelos proposed the preparations to begin before January 15 in order to be...