No more cheap slogans
Those who know the “deep” SYRIZA – that is, the core party cadres that were there when the party was polling no more than 3% – certainly appreciated the humor of their leader, Alexis Tsipras, who resigned last week.
Those who know the “deep” SYRIZA – that is, the core party cadres that were there when the party was polling no more than 3% – certainly appreciated the humor of their leader, Alexis Tsipras, who resigned last week.
The ministers of Economy, Health and Justice will be responsible for most of the crucial reforms that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to implement in his second four-year term.
Greece’s new Parliament was sworn in on Monday, following the general elections held on June 25.
New Labor and Social Affairs Minister Adonis Georgiadis has been tasked with some tough battles in the labor and social security fields.
The atelier of Greek painter Alekos Fassianos (1935-2022) on the island of Kea, which opened just once last year for an educational program for local children, will be open to all this year from July 15.
The new government is planning to introduce legislation in parliament, possibly as early as this week, with the aim of implementing further tax reductions and measures to support low-income individuals, according to sources.
A high-ranking SYRIZA official told Kathimerini last Sunday, when the party suffered its second successive crushing defeat, that the party’s supporters until then had voted for Alexis Tsipras and that, starting from the expected party congress, they should learn to vote for SYRIZA.
Two recently graduated Dublin teenagers, who were classmates at the same school, have died while on vacation on Ios island.
When Alexis Tsipras took over SYRIZA in 2008 – thanks mainly to Alekos Alavanos – the Synaspismos party had shed the permanent angst of the progressive left about whether it would make the 3% cut to enter Parliament.
The members of Parliament elected in the general elections on June 25 will be sworn in on Monday, in a celebratory opening session commencing at 11 a.m. in the presence of Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.