Yannis Michelakis
Greece
Rights Group Blasts Greece Immigrant Law
ATHENS — Rights groups have assailed plans by the Greek government to put a clause in a draft immigration law that would allow for the deportation of migrants making false claims of abuse against law enforcement officials.
Human Rights Watch...
Greece
Greek Parties Favour Cutting State Funding for Far-Right Golden Dawn
Governing and opposition legislators say they will back a proposal in parliament to suspend state funding for the far-right Golden Dawn party, a day after parliament lifted the immunity from prosecution of six of its lawmakers.
The conservative-led coalition and...
Greece
New Regulation for Issuing Residency Permits to Immigrants
Ministry of the Interior in Greece presented new regulations on Monday relevant to immigrants. According to Greek Minister, Yiannis Michelakis, the documents for issuing a residence permit to foreigners were 50, and now reduced to 19 in a difficult...
Crime
Released Golden Dawn MP's Claim Victory
Three senior lawmakers from Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn who were released from pre-trial detention while facing an array of charges including murder, extortion and money laundering stormed out in anger, with one of them, party spokesman, punching and kicking...
Greece
New 24-hour Strike in Municipalities
POE OTA members, the Panhellenic Federation of Workers of all specializations in the municipalities and local communities of Greece, decided a 24-hour strike on July 9 and a gathering at 11 in the morning at Karaiskaki Square.
The welfare services...
Greece
Conservatives Drop February Election Demand
Conservative New Democracy party dropped its insistence on holding elections as early as February 19 on Tuesday, potentially giving technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos a few more weeks to pass reforms and get a vital debt restructuring deal.
New Democracy...
Greece
Conservatives Soften Election Demands
Conservative New Democracy party signalled on Friday it would drop its insistence on holding elections in February, a move that would give Prime Minister Lucas Papademos more time to pass reforms and secure a vital debt restructuring deal.
Shortly afterward...