Government of Greece

A group of six individuals barged into the offices of conservative lawmaker Adonis Georgiadis in Exarchia, central Athens, on Thursday afternoon, throwing leaflets and painting slogans on the walls.

One of the largest glass wrapping producer in the Balkans is to be acquired by Portugal's BA Glass, a declaration filed with the competition watchdog reveals.

Druzhba staklarski zavodi AD was until now owned by a Greece-based company controlled by the Voulgarakis family.

The government is attempting to contain the fallout from the debacle over its recent auction of television licenses so it can move on to a much-delayed reshuffle and breathe new life into the administration, possibly as early as next week.

Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis appeared confident on Tuesday that Greece would wrap up the second bailout review by international creditors by the end of the month, adding that he does not foresee additional measures in the future.

The Greek government has backed down from its plans to introduce an interim bill that would allow TV stations to operate with temporary licenses, following opposition party New Democracy’s (ND) refusal to consent on the formation of the new National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV) during the Parliamentary Council of Presidents session, Monday.

Despite its effort to appear open to dialogue over the way forward after its TV license law was deemed unconstitutional, the government on Monday showed no signs of seeking consensus after it submitted an amendment to Parliament that essentially suspends the right of Minister of State Nikos Pappas to grant nationwide broadcasting rights, rather than meeting the demand of opposition parties to a

After a meeting with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed concern about the state of the country and repeated his call for snap elections.

After an hour of talks with Pavlopoulos, Mitsotakis said he had conveyed his "intense concern about the economic crisis and the undermining of democratic institutions."

The Greek government is taking steps to de-escalate tensions caused over the TV license controversy, following its decision to propose Vyron Polydoras as president for the National Council of Television and Radio (NCRTV), Greece’s independent media watchdog.

The dispute between the government and the main opposition New Democracy continued on Monday with ND insisting on opposing the government's proposal of the rightwing veteran Vyron Polydoras to head the National Broadcasting Council (ESR).

The Greek government has proposed former Minister and former MP of conservative major party New Democracy, Vyron Polydoras, as the President of the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV), after a meeting with PM Alexis Tsipras and president of the parliament Nikos Voutsis, Saturday.