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Kosovo PM Misusing Public Cash, Opposition Says
Isa Mustafa, head of the opposition LDK, has accused Prime Minister Thaci of “using public and state resources to campaign. This is illegal," he said.
"He is putting the stability of the country at risk; similar actions by other politicians have led Greece, for example, into an economic crisis,” he said.
Restoring normality
Does Greece have what it takes to become a normal European country? In fact, this should be our overall objective in the years to come.
The reforms, which will soon be put to vote in Parliament, are a step in this direction, but they need the support of political parties across the left-right spectrum.
Militant Islamists taking the Greek road to Syria
Militant Islamists living in the European Union have tried to cross Greeces borders on their way to back the armed struggle against the Assad regime in Syria, Greek security officials have told Sundays Kathimerini.
Government works on new milk rules
Government officials were working over the weekend on the wording of a new law governing the sale of fresh milk, which is proving to be the key obstacle to coalition MPs full support for the multi-bill of reforms Parliament will have to pass for Greece to receive its next bailout tranche.
Cypriot Defense Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos dies
Political parties in Cyprus canceled all their public events over the weekend as a mark of respect for Defense Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos, who died at the age of 48 on Saturday after suffering a brain hemorrhage at his office a day earlier.
Probe into legal firm's alleged role in prison uprising
Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani has ordered an investigation into whether a solicitors office had knowledge of or helped a recent uprising by prisoners at Domokos jail in central Greece.
There are allegations that lawyers were aware that there was going to be a protest against plans to build a maximum-security facility in Domokos.
Minister and unionists fail to agree on future of 212 teachers
The union representing secondary school teachers in Greece (OLME) failed to reach an agreement on Friday with Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the future of 212 teachers who entered the public sector mobility scheme on reduced wages eight months ago but are now due to be sacked.
Samaras urges greater unity as list of dissenting coalition MPs grows
A schoolteacher chants anti-austerity slogans with a loudspeaker during a sitting protest in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, on Friday.
Deportation provision may return, says PM's aide
A contentious provision that would lead to any immigrants who make false claims against law enforcement officers being deported from Greece is likely to be brought to Parliament for a third time, the governments general secretary Takis Baltakos said on Friday.
Immigration bill article pulled after coalition rift
The government on Thursday removed from a draft immigration law a provision foreseeing the expulsion of immigrants found to have made false claims of racially motived violence after the proposed measure nearly caused a rift in the fragile coalition.
Three coalition MPs may oppose multi-bill, threatening gov't majority
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras takes part in a news conference after a Tripartite Social Summit ahead of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, on Thursday.
Israeli FM dampens pipeline expectations during Athens visit
Talks in Athens on Thursday between Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman indicated that the possibility of a pipeline being built to carry natural gas from Israel to Greece via Cyprus has diminished.
Greece set to return to markets within 3 months
Greece could opt to sell 1.5 to 2 billion euros of five-year bonds in a test issue in the first half of the year to end its four-year exclusion from bond markets, a senior Greek Finance Ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday.
‘Racist’ provision removed from Greek draft law
Deputy Interior Minister Leonidas Grigorakos on Wednesday removed from a draft immigration law a provision that foresaw the immediate expulsion from Greece of any migrants that made a false complaint to authorities.
The provision met with criticism from opposition parties.
SYRIZA MP Vassiliki Katrivanou called it racist and dangerous.
Greece seeks higher offer for old Athens airport development
Greece has given the only bidder in a deal to develop the former Athens airport of Hellinikon a week to improve its offer, the country's privatisations agency HRADF said on Wednesday.
Three times the size of Monaco, Hellenikon, one of Europe's biggest real estate projects, is crucial for the debt-laden country to meet its 2014 privatisations target.