Lefteris Avgenakis

By Lefteris Charalampopoulos

One is today confronted with an unpunished foray of Dimitris Melissanidis on a football field, indifferent policemen and absentee ministers who do not honour their oath.

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a meeting on Friday to discuss the prospects of state-run TV channel ERT and ways to turn it into a modern and pluralistic public service broadcaster.
The meeting was attended by government spokesman Stelios Petsas, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and Deputy Sports Minister Lefteris Avgenakis.

By George Gilson

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has expelled from New Democracy a key campaign official who attacked in an unprecedented manner outgoing European Parliament member Konstantina Kouneva (SYRIZA).

Opposition parties have stepped up calls for former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to face official scrutiny over his time in office after the economist confirmed that he described his country as bankrupt in a meeting with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.

Main opposition New Democracy elects the secretary of its new political committee on Wednesday as part of the wide-ranging bid of party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to reform and restructure the conservatives.

The latest “chink” in the now defunct coalition between radical leftist SYRIZA and the rightist-populist AN.EL party emerged on Friday when one high-profile deputy of the latter, comedic actor Pavlos Haikalis, admitted to owning an … offshore company.

The opposition continued to keep up the heat on the government this week, with 20 center-right ND deputies on Wednesday tabling a question in Parliament on whether a current minister owns an … offshore company and if another minister exported significant amounts of money overseas a month before the January election.

Now, wouldn’t this be special?

A main opposition New Democracy (ND) deputy on Tuesday tabled a question requesting an inquiry into whether a “well-known” government minister withdrew …200,000 euros from a fixed-term savings account days before capital controls were imposed!