2026 budget approved with 159 votes in favour
17/12/2025
The State Budget for the fiscal year 2026 was approved by the Plenary of Parliament with 159 votes in favour and 136 against, following a roll-call vote. The new budget…
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Opposition mocks ‘extremely lucky’ ruling party executive after testimony about repeated lottery winnings and frozen assets
26/11/2025
PASOK sources criticised the testimony of Ms Semertzidou, a New Democracy executive, at the parliamentary committee investigating the OPEKEPE scandal, saying she failed to convince interrogators over questions about her…
Minister hails ‘historic’ social agreement to expand collective labour agreements
26/11/2025
The government and national social partners have signed a ‘Social Agreement for the Strengthening of Collective Labour Agreements’, a deal that the labour minister, Niki Kerameus, described as ‘historic’ and…
KKE condemns EU vote on military mobility as dangerous and costly for the people
25/11/2025
A so-called ‘Military Mobility Package’ – dubbed the ‘Military Schengen’ by critics – was approved in Strasbourg on Monday night by a joint sitting of the European Parliament’s Security and…
Former prime minister’s memoir prompts sharp rebukes from allies and opponents
24/11/2025
The publication of Alexis Tsipras’s memoir, Ithaca, has produced a spate of heated reactions from his former colleagues and political opponents after excerpts criticised several figures from the Syriza era.…
Tsipras attacks former ministers and party figures in new memoir ‘Ithaca’
24/11/2025
Alexis Tsipras lashes out at former ministers and senior SYRIZA figures in his new book, Ithaca, published on 24 November. The memoir contains a series of pointed criticisms of colleagues…
Volos mayor calls anti-LNG protesters ‘scoundrels’ as mass rally denounces FSRU plan
24/11/2025
The mayor of Volos, Achilleas Beos, criticised participants in a large demonstration against a proposed floating LNG unit in the Pagasitikos Gulf, dismissing many as ‘known unknowns’ and saying the…
Greek Prime Minister tells Bloomberg ‘the years of crisis are behind us’
23/11/2025
Speaking at the Bloomberg Forum on Friday, the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, presented an optimistic appraisal of the Greek economy, saying with confidence that ‘the years of crisis are behind…
PASOK demands answers as teacher vacancies persist after third recruitment round
23/11/2025
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Mitsotakis announces permanent €250 top-up for low-income pensioners, to start Monday
23/11/2025
The prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said on Sunday that a new, permanent additional payment of €250 for low-income pensioners will be paid from Monday 24 November, earlier than first scheduled.…