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Israeli defense chief in Athens for security talks
The leader of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot (left), is seen during an official visit to the Defense Ministry near Athens on Wednesday where he met with the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis (right).
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Yiannis Dragasakis appointed Economy Minister in reshuffle
Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis is to assume the portfolio of the Economy and Development Ministry after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was forced to moderately reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday, following the resignation of two ministers this week.
Pressure mounting for reshuffle after ministerial resignations
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to proceed with a mini-reshuffle in the coming days after losing two ministers from his government in as many days.
Gov't accused of surplus hirings at Rosco
Within a period of just 14 months, the government is accused of making 424 hirings that have more than doubled the number of staff at state-owned railway carriage maintenance firm Rosco, which is about to be privatized.
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Casino licensing process for Elliniko to start within 20 days
The process for launching a tender for the license to operate the new casino at the Elliniko plot in southern Athens will begin in the next 20 days.
A decision signed by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos last week authorized gaming watchdog EEEP to start the procedure.
Stathakis puts forward ideas on energy firm privatizations
The representatives of Greece's creditors returned to Athens on Monday for the start of the fourth bailout review and had their first meeting with Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis and Finance Ministry officials. The aim of the creditors and the government is to have the review wrapped up by May, and for the deal on the Greek debt to be completed by June.
ND wants preliminary inquiry into Kouroublis, Xanthos and Polakis
Greece's conservative opposition was to submit on Tuesday a proposal for the formation of an investigative committee to conduct a preliminary inquiry into whether former health ministers Panagiotis Kouroublis and Andreas Xanthos, as well as alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, are guilty of breaches of faith.
Another three ministers - one current, two former - requested rent subsidies, Skai reports
Another three members of the SYRIZA-led government requested state rent subsidies, Skai has reported following the resignation of Alternate Social Solidarity Minister Rania Antonopoulou in a benefit row and that of her husband, Economy Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou.
The Novartis case and SYRIZA's institutional primitivism
More telling about the leftist-led government's treatment of its political rivals and society than the snickers of Greece's alternate health minister, the bad-mannered Pavlos Polakis, was the parliamentary address of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last Wednesday: Not only did Tsipras choose to ignore the fact that Greece's pharmaceutical spending was drastically reduced after 2010 thanks to the
Journalist arrested following legal suit lodged by ex-PM
Journalist Costas Vaxevanis was arrested on Monday following a legal suit lodged against him by former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras for defamation.
Shortly before his arrest, an appeals court in Athens had exonerated him over another defamation suit against him brought by Lina Nikolopoulou, the wife of Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras.