© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu, 1998-2025The need to protect the least protected workers in the private sector as well as the strengthening of collective agreements of employees for the proper implementation of the minimum wage, based on the relevant...

Athanasios Platias writes The recent episode in Kasos was a classic application of "gunboat diplomacy", where Turkey, demonstrating its naval power, effectively canceled the Greek-Egypt EEZ delimitation agreement. Turkey's strategy...

The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on July 24, 1923, between Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania, the Serbo-Croatian-Slovene State of the one part, and Turkey, of the other part, with the provision in Article 1 , that from her...

With a lot of audacity, the Macedonian undertakers, Tsipras and Kotzias, participated in an event for the Prespa Agreement on the day that marked exactly six years since its signing. On June 17 and 18, the International...

The Balkan region has always been an area of ​​tensions and political rivalries. In recent years, however, the tension seems to be increasing, with multiple fronts opening up on the Greek horizon. Lately, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan...

It is "brighter than the sun" that in recent years our Motherland has entered the "constellation" of decline, national, moral, political, religious, social, economic, cultural, biological, and Hellenism in general emits a dramatic SOS. Demoralization, ...

We have heard a lot about the passion of politics and the passion of power. But, unfortunately, we also have our own, personal, tragic experiences.. So, it is worth our attention to this huge issue, especially nowadays since politics and politicians, with the...

Kosovo is a very important testing ground for the Serbian People and International Law. This region has been at the center of international debate and conflict for many decades, as Kosovo's independence from Serbia has caused...

            European elections are coming, and day by day the political thermometer is getting closer to the red. The first stabbings between the candidates have already begun. Below the belt for men, above the belt for women and in unspecified places...

It is customary every year at the economic forum in Davos to discuss global economic inequality. Indeed, it is a very important issue that every civilized society should be concerned with. Unfortunately, the data presented each year shows a...

It is no wonder that for centuries now scientists et al. do they use terms like natural, paranormal, unnatural, normal, abnormal about people's behavior? In other words, anything that doesn't belong to the great majority (as if it's an election issue)...

Libya notifies the UN of its ministerial decision that it has a zone of 12 nautical miles of territorial waters, and above all that it declares a contiguous zone for another 24 nautical miles. to the north, a right he has based on the United Nations Convention on...

Political review of the Royal Suite Wiretapping 2023 started with the much-discussed case of wiretapping in progress, for which we had continuous revelations and fake news, and until now, when the year ends, it still has not been clarified. THE...

In the middle of last week, information was released that during the very short conversation they had, a few days earlier, in Dubai, Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to his invitation to Nikos Christodoulidis to go to Ankara....

More and more I wonder if we live in a country of paranoiacs, mentally crippled or simply...stunned by the post-traumatic shock of memories. And I am not referring to the chorus of all sorts of suspicious or unruly people who are easily baptized "sprayed". I am referring to a...

While... "the world is burning" literally, comic-tragic scenes are unfolding in the Greek Parliament with the MPs of the Spartan party slaughtering each other. Is the choice of the name of this party symbolic? Of course they don't try...

In ancient Athens "municipality" meant the assembly of citizens as a sovereign political body, and then the administrative subdivision of ancient Attica, the largest municipality at the time. Today, we are not, of course, in the age of antiquity, but in a much more difficult one,...

The Bulgarian embassy in Athens condemned the move of the Bulgarian detained in Kavala after lowering the Greek flag in the port of the northern Greek city. The behavior of the person in question during his stay in Kavala on August 4 and 5 of...

It is a common truth that we Greeks have a tendency to despise the laws, and this defect has weighed on us since the times of classical antiquity! I have previously referred to the issue from this column, and I am coming back, because the same phenomenon has...

Promise to renew the firefighting forces The reinforcement of the firefighting forces is a subject that is constantly in the topics developed by Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis from 2019 until today. In fact, a few days before the fatal fall of...

There is a lot of talk about the election and the presence of Singular Logic, a private company, in charge of gathering, processing and announcing the results. Much could be said about this. Mainly the fact that, now, the results...

The elections in Turkey are over and the big winner for the 13th time is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, invincible, longest-lived and all-powerful. We should emphasize here that whoever was elected to the leadership of Turkey, its High Strategy...

With the count having reached 99,59% on the morning of Monday, May 22, it appears that the map characterizing the 2023 national elections and their outcome is shaping up like this... An undeniable and sweeping, one would say, trend, brings the...

From 7 in the morning, the Greeks entered to vote yesterday, Sunday, May 21, in order to elect the new government. 9,8 million registered voters, and the new voters this time amount to 400.000. The Greeks of Omogenia voted on Saturday, May 20...

Interview of Ioannis Ambatzoglou with Isaias Konstantinidis in the context of the book launch of the trilogy "The Prespa Agreement and the Struggle for Macedonia", which was published in e-Mystras on April 19, 2023. Which, in your opinion, are...

The latest information wants Germany to pressure Greece to send 100 Leopard tanks to Ukraine, and then to buy 100 German armored vehicles and upgrade the existing ones, for 3,1 billion euros. The Federal Ministry of Defense had...

The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, in one of the notes in his work Philosophical Grammar observes: "Tell me how you pursue something and I will be able to tell you what it is that you pursue" [i]. So our initial question will be how can...

The upcoming elections, I think, give all parties the opportunity, alongside the much-vaunted "purification", to succeed in the despised "self-purification". ..

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair a cabinet meeting on Thursday, March 9, to discuss issues related to the tragic rail accident at Tempi (possible legislative actions, measures that must be taken immediately, etc.). According to sources, there will be no...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis requested that security measures be intensified at all coastal ferries and tourist vessels in view of the upcoming Orthodox Easter holidays, in a meeting with Shipping & Island Policy Minister Giannis Plakiotakis on Tuesday....

The General Secretary of Hellenism Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Chrysoulakis, participated as a speaker at the High Level International Conference "Sustainable Development and Regional Integration in the Mediterranean within the Current...

A. Human Rights: Greek Politics The protection and promotion of democracy, Human Rights and individual freedoms constitute the basic principles of the Greek Constitution and are an integral part of our national legislation. Greece...

LONDON (ANA-MPA/N. Mourelatos) - "I believe that it is possible to win the majority in the next elections. My opinion is that the country needs a government that makes decisions quickly and I have proven that a one-party government does not prevent the participation of...

In our time, Greek men and women who want to succeed at home or abroad, starting with our country, in a multitude of fields, from the arts, letters, sciences, research, technology to start-ups start the first they...

Grade school children from six ethnic minority schools in Rodopi Prefecture, NE Greece, paid a visit with their teachers to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Maximos Mansion on Thursday afternoon. The teachers discussed the operation of the schools, the students'...

"It's best not to listen to loose talk about renegotiating the [Recovery and Resilience Fund] with a single law and a single article," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday during a meeting at the Megaros Maximos with the Vice-President of the European. ..

The 2023 Budget will be submitted by the Minister of Finance Christos Staikouras to the Plenary Session of the Parliament on Monday. The Economic Affairs Committee will work on the draft budget between November 23 and 25, while the debate in the Plenary...

"The investigation into the operation of the spywares in Greece has already been launched by the Greek Justice with the support of the public authorities. In parallel, the government is preparing legislative initiatives to radically address the issue" stated...

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias sent a clear message that Greece's national sovereignty and territorial integrity are beyond dispute, in an interview with the Sunday edition of Eleftheros Typos. Dendias also said that against the escalating threat from Turkey, Greece...

After the revelations of Documento, Vimas and Neos on the subject of interceptions by Predator, Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview where he confirmed the data that came to light. Nevertheless, the prime minister denied any involvement and...

The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, is currently in Turkey in order to stimulate the preparation of the B40 Balkan Cities Network Summit, which will take place in Athens, in January 2023. Today,...

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in an article in the Sunday edition of Kathimerini spoke about his visit to Kiev and described the pictures of the destroyed buildings that were hit by Iranian drones, "something nobody would expect to see in a European capital in...

Christos Rammos made some very interesting revelations during his testimony to the Investigative Committee of the Parliament on the issue of wiretapping. In particular, the president of AADE, according to information, allegedly revealed (reading the relevant minutes) that the...

Visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the USA today, in the context of the UN General Assembly, where he will attend and deliver his speech on Friday. The prime minister is expected to arrive in New York tonight, and among the topics on his agenda is the...

As expected, the Vellideo Conference Center where Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis' Speech was given at the opening of the 86th TIF, was full. His agenda included announcements on the current economic situation, support measures, studies on...

The association of Leonard Stern with acceptance of crime products of illegal trafficking of antiquities is proven by documents of the Association of Greek Archaeologists in a bombshell announcement that exposes the minister L. Mendoni one day before the passing of the bill accused...

Change of General Secretaries in the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, and in the Ministry of Citizen Protection. In the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, instead of Apostolis Dimitropoulos, the president of the Hellenic Open University and the Rector of...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Tuesday afternoon. At the Maximos Mansion government headquarters they discussed global and regional developments, as well as the challenges posed by Russia's...

A main opposition SYRIZA Progressive Alliance delegation will visit the National Intelligence Service (EYP) on Tuesday at 17:00 and meet the newly appointed EYP Chief Themistoklis Demiris, party sources said. The same sources said that the delegation, led by the...

Foreign reports on the wiretapping issue and government positions continue. It's Spiegel's turn, which states that Kyriakos Mitsotakis governs in an authoritarian manner. As the German newspaper states, "Greece is sliding into totalitarianism". "Greece...

  Following the resignation of Grigoris Dimitriadis due to the wiretapping issue, Yiannis Bratakos, president of the Greek Association of Public Security, will take over as Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister. Yiannis Bratakos' responsibilities will be those of the Secretary General of the Prime Minister, as announced...

Le Monde reports in today's article that the wiretapping case, or the "Greek Watergate" as it calls it, weakens Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis. As the article states: "His turn toward authoritarianism is causing concern in the corridors of...

PASOK-KINAL requested an investigative committee on the issue of wiretapping, while ND is said to be voting "absent". This decision of the ND was announced by Dimitris Kairides, who mentioned that the Constitution, based on the latest revision, enables the...

After the New York Times, it's the Financial Times' turn to take a hard look at the issue of wiretapping, raising the question: Who is exempt from wiretapping? The proposed commander of the EYP after the dismissal of Panagiotis Kontoleon, Themistoklis Demiris, yesterday...

The New York Times article is not suggestive at all when it comes to the sensitive issue of wiretapping in Greece: it speaks of rot at the heart of Greece. This is the second publication of this publication, as a few days ago the title quite loudly...

As every year at the Thessaloniki fair, the prime minister announces the measures that will follow. This year, Kyriakos Mitsotakis' TIF speech has a specific agenda. New increase in the minimum wage at the beginning of 2023 to be above the...

 At 14.00:XNUMX p.m. today, as announced, Kyriakos Mitsotakis' official statements were made regarding the issue of the EYP wiretapping, which has created a storm of reactions. Following the resignations of the Secretary General of the government, Grigoris Dimitriadis, and the leader of the...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday spoke on the phone with the main opposition leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Government sources said that they discussed current international and regional developments. Mitsotakis underlined Greece's stable volition...

Tsipras prevailed with 99% in 80% of the count. There were 110.000 new member registrations, more than 150.000 voted, and a total of 172.000 were party members. All that remains is to complete the part of the integration since in the remote areas there were no ...

National Sovereignty, National Self-Determination and Economic Nationalism In the first part of this research, which can be found at the following link: ...

With this research, we seek to offer our readers a systematic and concise way of effective understanding of international relations, on the occasion of the evolving crisis in Ukraine, but also the evolving crisis in the international political economy ...

The role of the United States, as well as Germany, in the implementation of the Prespa Agreement has been crucial and has been highlighted many times. It is clear that the Americans had aimed to sign the above agreement. Of course, these two states - USA ...

According to the decision of the Parliamentary Committee for the Control of Assets Statements, nine parties will be able to receive anonymous funding in 2022 (regardless of whether elections will take place or not) through the so-called "coupons", with an amount (s.s. the maximum total amount...

The Minister of Civil Protection, Takis Theodorikakos announced a series of changes in the Greek Police. Mr. Takis Theodorikakos stated The Chief of the Hellenic Police handed me on Friday, within the five-day deadline that had been set, the conclusion with ...

The Greek-French agreement on cooperation in defense and security was ratified with 191 votes in favor in Parliament. This agreement was voted by New Democracy, KINAL and Hellenic Solution, while on the contrary, SYRIZA, the KKE and MERA25 voted against. No MP voted ...

SYRIZA's refusal to vote for the Greek-French agreement together with the statements of the party president Alexis Tsipras in the parliament are strongly commented in the Turkish publications. Hurriyet newspaper headline, "Athens's nuclear threat against ...

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Mrs. Liimets for her kind invitation to speak at this topical meeting. Greece is proud to participate in the organization of today's event, from ...

 Alexis Tsipras posed a topical question to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis entitled "Will the Prime Minister take responsibility for the disastrous results of his government in managing the pandemic?" In it he emphasizes that since August and ...

The Council of Ministers met through a teleconference chaired by the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In detail, as stated in his announcement by the Deputy Minister in spite of the Prime Minister and government representative Giannis Oikonomou: 1. The Minister of Finance Mr. Christos ...

The Ministry of Finance submitted an amendment to the Parliament with the measures to support employees and companies announced by the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the TIF. The regulation for the support measures is expected to be voted tomorrow in the Parliament and among other things it provides: -...

SYRIZA and the KKE accused the Ministry of Education and the government in Parliament that it does not directly condemn the attacks of the "Golden Dawn" against students at the EPAL Stavroupolis. "Unfortunately, the heavy climate in education is aggravated by what happened yesterday in ...

A little while ago, Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in Crete to be informed and to see up close the damages caused after the 5,8 magnitude earthquake in Heraklion. Mr. Mitsotakis was in France, returned to Greece and landed directly in ...

Vazou Christina In an interview given by Fofi Gennimata to the newspaper "TA NEA" talking about PASOK, she stressed that "if there was no Movement for Change, there would be no PASOK today. He would have drowned heavily under the weight of attacks and slander from the SW ...

Vazou Christina Antonis Samaras in an interview with a newspaper was asked if the German Chancellor will be absent from Europe and replied that "Mrs. Merkel was not a visionary. She was an administrator. " As for her attitude during the period of his own ...

Vazou Christina Dimitris Koutsoumbas spoke at the political gathering, which took place at the 47th KNE- "Odigiti" Festival, in Tritsi Park and made the following statements: "We are all here! Present! The KKE, the KNE is here! We are here, determined to "turn the sun". To...

During the ceremony of awarding the Medal of Honor "Markos Daras" to the former President of the Republic and Honorary Professor of the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos on behalf of the Dredes, Mr. Pavlopoulos said ...

The leaders of the countries of the South of the European Union have clarified their commitment to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and to the goal of limiting the increase in world temperature by 1,5 degrees Celsius. The leaders who participated in the EUMED9 Summit for ...

The Greek embassy in Ankara received instructions following an order from Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to protest against Turkish harassment against the Nautical Geo research ship, as well as the issuance of an irregular navtex, according to ...

The Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis, stated for the Immigration Department that "Today Samos is" calming down ". She leaves behind the shameful scenes in Vathi "during the opening ceremony of the new Closed Controlled Structure and reminded that in ...

The Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his videotaped greeting, at the opening of the NATO Military Committee Conference, which is being held in Athens, said that, "Throughout our history we have honored our alliances. Since 1952 the ...

Fofi Gennimata's trip to Thessaloniki was completed with meetings with mayors and a tour of the TIF stands. At noon he visited the Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis Barnabas. While later, he met with the mayors: Thessaloniki ...

The vice-president of the Commission, Margaritis Schoinas, spoke to ERT's main news bulletin and underlined that, "It was proved last year in Evros, a few months ago at the Spanish-Moroccan border in the Spanish city of Ceuta and a few weeks ago at the border ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the Mayors of Western Athens in Peristeri, analyzing the problems of their areas that are looking for solutions. Problems concerning the municipalities were examined and for which its assistance ...

The Minister of Digital Government, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, characterized the resources amounting to approximately 6 billion euros, as the "first Marshall Plan" for the IT and telecommunications sector in Greece. Mr. Pierrakakis stressed that for the utilization of this ...

The president of the Hellenic Solution, Kyriakos Velopoulos, referred to the reasons why the Hellenic Solution did not participate in the Thessaloniki International Fair, during his speech in Parliament for the discussion of the draft law of the Ministry of Interior for ...

MEP Nikos Androulakis stressed in the plenary session of the European Parliament on the natural disasters that struck Europe during the summer the need for a comprehensive restoration plan with development projects in Northern Evia to ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis during the press conference he gives at the 85th TIF, stressed that "There is no scheduled meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in New York within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, after all ...

In a statement, the minister said, "During these two years, the ministry has put industrial property at the center of efforts for the progress of industrial research in Greece, the progress of patents, scientific research and its utilization ...

In a statement, SYRIZA states about the offer made by the Australian Macquarie, "Households will hammer the silverware to pay for the electricity. "Mr. Mitsotakis is selling out HEDNO and impoverishing society." "The privatization of networks and infrastructure ...

A meeting was held between the President of the Movement for Change, Fofis Gennimata, and the Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nikola Smith. After the meeting, Fofi Gennimata stated: "We talked today with Commissioner Nikolas Smith, about ...

Photo: ekriti.gr Alexis Tsipras's Strategic Planning Consultant completely opposed those who disapproved of the Prime Minister at Mikis's farewell ceremony. In a post on Facebook, Nikos Karanikas noted that when a prime minister goes to honor ...

"Irresponsible, if not criminal," Alexis Tsipras said, referring to the government's strategy from Thessaloniki during his visit to the 85th International Fair on the weekend of September 18th and 19th. "The strategy of the government to monitor as ...

A KKE delegation visited the Palestinian embassy, ​​headed by George Marino, a member of the KKE Central Committee and a member of the KKE, and Elias Nazir, a member of the International Relations Department. They met with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Palestinian state Amal ...

The amendment, which imposes severe administrative sanctions and fines on those who issue or display fake vaccination certificates, was adopted by a majority. It was voted by the deputies of the majority and more specifically, SYRIZA, MERA25 and Hellenic Solution do not ...

The reaction of SYRIZA-PS deputies. provoked the statements of the Minister of Education, Niki Kerameos, on how to reopen schools and universities for life. "We denounce the unacceptable statements of the Minister of Education Niki Kerameos according to ...

EU Commissioner Margaritis Schoinas said in an interview with an Austrian newspaper that the events in Afghanistan could be the catalyst for a common immigration policy in the European Union. "It is true that we are now in a major crisis, ...

The next day of the event for September 3, Fofi Gennimata in an interview with the newspaper "KARFI" clarifies the PASOK-KINAL relationship, saying, "The Movement for Change exists because PASOK exists. PASOK exists because there is the Movement for Change. Any...

Mr. Georgiadis thanked the participants at the 69th Panhellenic Conference of KTEL, which is being held in Volos with the presence of the Deputy Minister of Transport, Michalis Papadopoulos and hundreds of delegates from all KTELs in the country and stated that, "KTELs, shareholders and ...

At a Forum in Slovenia, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his disagreement with the positions of the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, who expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the outcome of the Summit in which the ...

The candidates for the leadership of the party so far were the president Fofi Gennimata, the MP and former minister Andreas Loverdos and the MEP Nikos Androulakis. Thessaloniki MP Haris Kastanidis announced his candidacy on Wednesday morning ...

On Wednesday, the ceremony of handing over the duties of Deputy Minister from Mr. Alkiviadis Stefanis to Nikos Hardalias took place at the Ministry of National Defense. The ceremony was attended by the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros, the Secretary General, Mr. Antonios...

The swearing-in of the new government was completed at Megaros Maximos, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. All the members of the new Government were sworn in with a Religious oath. The new Minister of Health Thanos Plevris said: "Great honor, great...

Twitter welcomed the Government Reshuffle with various comments. Most of them had as their main target Mr. Pleuris and his far-right positions, as well as Ms. Kerameos. The Junta trio. All now ministers. Interior - Development - Health. The country in a new...

The government representative, Mr. Oikonomou, launched a fierce attack against the official opposition. Specifically, he stated that all SYRIZA wants is division. Since the morning, Mr. Tsipras has been informed about the appointment of Mr....

The Prime Minister of Greece Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis proceeded with a reshuffle of the Government. Mr. Chrysochoidis, the former Minister of Citizen Protection, was left out of the Government, who is apparently paying for the absence of a plan, in order to be able to...

In an announcement, the Education Department of the Movement for Change notes that, "The final results of the nationwide exams showed the impasse of the access system from its first application. Many candidates, who wrote well or relatively well, are out ...

  The government is moving towards a reshuffle. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is already working on a plan with significant changes. This plan concerns moves that will define the restart of government work after the devastating fires. It remains to...

 Photo: Polakis A storm of reactions has been caused by the post of Mr. Polakis, former Deputy Minister of Health, in which he disputes whether the vaccines, such as that of Johnson & Johnson and Astra Zeneca, cover the Delta mutation. The statement of Nea ...

In his statements, SYRIZA-PS comments on the new measures announced for the pandemic. "The measures announced by Mr. Kikilias without a trace of self-criticism are so wrong that they lay the foundations for the deepest social division, economic impoverishment of the citizens, ...

Kabul is now in the hands of the Taliban and thousands of Afghans are trying to flee their country. This new situation has raised several concerns about a new, huge wave of refugees in Greece. Greece's position regarding the management of any ...

The Minister of Civil Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, visited Evros yesterday together with the Minister of Defense, Nikos Panagiotopoulos. Michalis Chrysochoidis stated: "Our borders will remain secure and inviolable. It is our decision - and this is his mandate ...

.Panos Kaloudas writes....This fraudulent eight-hour workday, which had been conquered with so many struggles and so many sacrifices..This is what is once again undergoing upheavals. Surrendered to the interests of the few. Surrendered to selective enrichment, Always at the expense of the worker. Of...

... Writes Panos Kaloudas. ... The international press continues to comment on the fires that turned our country into a bombed-out landscape. From the first moment, with vivid interest, the whole type of the world bowed with understanding, over our burning country ....