Panos Skourletis

Greek Labor Minister Panos Skourletis, speaking to Greek TV on Tuesday, called indirect taxes unfair, while referring to the VAT changes he said transactions that were uncontrolled until today will be checked. Regarding the Unified Property Tax (ENFIA), Skourletis quoted Prime...

Greece intends to make due payments to lenders and reach an agreement, but the International Monetary Fund insists on tough labor reforms, said Labor Minister Panos Skourletis. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the finance ministry negotiating team are trying...

The Greek government's pledges for minimum wage and collective contracts will be implemented, Greek Labour Minister Panos Skourletis on Tuesday reassured addressing an event on the occasion of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Skourletis stated that...

Greek Labor Minister Panos Skourletis, in statements to Greek television on Friday, expressed his optimism over the successful outcome of the country's negotiations with its international creditors. He referred to frank negotiations with the Greece's partners and expressed his view that...

The first trilateral meeting between representatives of the social partners and the Greek government over labor legislation is underway at the Greek Labor Ministry. The restitution of the power of collective bargaining and the timetable for the gradual restoration of...

Just days after Greece's agreement with its European loan partners, government officials express concerns that there will be fiscal gaps in the 2015 budget and a need for further aid. A few hours earlier, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made the...

Greek Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Giorgos Katrougalos announced that he is going to sell the majority of state cars provided to Ministers and Greek government officials. The Deputy Minister, who owns an old collectible MG convertible, stated that he...

The restitution of minimum wage, granting citizenship to children of immigrants born here, the rehiring of public sector employees unduly laid off, were some of the reforms that will be implemented immediately, as reported after the first cabinet meeting. Labour...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA on Monday unveiled its nationwide state MPs ballot that is led by sociologist Constantinos Tsoukalas, a professor in the University of Athens' Political Sciences department. SYRIZA's list of 12 state MPs includes party spokesman Panos Skourletis in third place, academic Rania...

The possibility of forming a government of special purpose, which, among others, would conclude the ongoing negotiations between Greece and the Troika, ruled out the main opposition SYRIZA spokesman, Panos Skourletis, during an interview on Greek television. Skourletis highlighted that...