PASOK-Movement for Change chief Nikos Androulakis has accused PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of “arrogance” and said he failed to answer crucial questions at a parliamentary debate on the Greek intelligence service and alleged attempts to tap the opposition party leader’s phone.
Greece’s prime minister on Friday defended the workings of the country’s intelligence service in the face of a wiretapping scandal, saying its operation is essential to the country’s security despite what he described as the misstep of tapping an opposition politician’s phone.
It is only a few years since the Grexit horror movie ended. But sadly, Greece’s creditors, investors and allies need to start worrying about the country again. A bugging scandal threatens Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ government and prolonged political instability.
The government has approved 53 investment plans from pharmaceutical firms that owe payments for the public health service’s medical expenditures.
A 70-year-old man is facing charges of serial attempted murder on Friday after being arrested for shooting at a group of minors that had entered his property at dawn in Alepochori, leaving two injured.
Deposits of households and private non-profit institutions increased by 788 million euros in July 2022, compared with an increase of 722 million euros in the previous month, the Bank of Greece said on Friday, while the annual growth rate remained unchanged at 4.1%.
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay launched his own barrage of threats against Greece on Friday, doubling down on earlier threats by Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
The activation of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue’s Eispraxis (“Collection”) system in September will allow the tax authority to have a clearer picture of all the properties held by those with debts to the state.
The United States warned Turkey’s largest business group of possible sanctions risks this week if its companies do business with Russian entities and individuals targeted by Washington over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday reacted to a barrage of Turkish provocations, saying that Greece will not be lured into an escalation of tensions with its Aegean neighbor.