Vassilis Kikilias
Economy
Greece Needs a Serious and Credible Government, ND Spokesman Says
Main opposition New Democracy spokesman Vassilis Kikilias said "we are striving for the largest possible parliamentary majority," in an interview with Parapolitika newspaper, on Saturday.
He also said there has been no other government in the post-junta period as destructive as SYRIZA-ANEL...
Greece
Second Review May Lead to Fourth Memorandum, ND Spokesman Kikilias Says
"On Wednesday's debate in parliament it was proven that the government does not have a plan for the country's exit from the crisis" noted main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesman Vassilis Kikilias on Thursday. "Kyriakos Mitsotakis (ND leader) represents...
Greece
Greek Deputy Migration Minister: Citizenship Granting Bill for Second Generation Migrants to be Tabled First
Greece’s Deputy Migration Policy Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou, in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency, declared that her first bill to be tabled in the Greek Parliament will be the one regarding granting citizenship to second generation migrants. As she said, the bill is...
Greece
Greek Migration Minister: Citizenship to All Children Born in Greece
Greece's newly appointed Alternate Minister of Migration Policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou introduced the Ministry's initiative policies regarding migration. Among others, the program includes granting Greek citizenship to second generation migrants who were born and raised in Greece, as well as...
Crime
Greek Police: Terrorist Xeros Planned a Hit to Korydallos Prison [Video]
With the arrest of former "November 17" member Christodoulos Xeros, Greek Police averted a very serious blow to the heart of the country's prison system, at its biggest prison in Korydallos, Athens, within the general elections period, Public Order Minister...
Greece
Extreme Right Golden Dawn MPs Cause Tension After Announcement of the Presidential Ballot Results
The announcement of the third unsuccessful ballot result for the election of the President of the Hellenic Republic was welcomed with insults and disrespectful gestures from the entire parliamentary group of far right Golden Dawn, while some of its...
Greece
Greek Govt Ministers Preparing for Upcoming Greco-Turkish Cooperation Council [Video]
Under the presidency of Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, the third Supreme Council of Greek–Turkish Cooperation will meet on December 5 and 6 in Athens and government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos asked the...
Greece
Greece to Step up Screening for Islamic Militants
AP - Greece 's top security official says his government has accepted a request from the United States to step up screening at the country's ports and airports for suspected volunteers traveling from Europe to fight with Islamic State...
Greece
Greek Authorities Arrest 77 Illegal Immigrants in Mykonos
Greek authorities arrested 77 migrants trying to enter the country illegally in the sea area of Mykonos.
The migrants – 53 men, 12 women and 12 children – were picked up by a coast guard vessel and transferred to the...
Greece
Samaras Congratulates Greek Police Over Maziotis Arrest
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras visited the Police headquarters at 2:30pm on Tuesday, where he met with the Minister of Public Order Vassilis Kikilias and the Greek Police Chief Dimitris Tsaknakis.
Samaras expressed his satisfaction for the arrest of terrorist Nikos Maziotis and congratulated the Greek Police over...