Greek government-debt crisis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is departing on Wednesday for Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday and Friday, his press office announced.

The number of migrants arriving in Greece has dropped dramatically over the past two years, while the number of asylum-seekers living in the country has also fallen, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis has said.

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) will release its November 2022 data on industrial turnover this Friday.

"Today's meeting makes me optimistic that our Schengen admission process, which could not be completed at the end of last year, will be finalized at the beginning of the second half of this year." This was said by Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev after a meeting with Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi.

The Finance Ministry anticipates fresh debt settlements from banks and management organizations over the next five months, ranging from 1.5 to 1.8 billion euros through the out-of-court settlement mechanism. 

Greece insists on the immediate acceptance of Bulgaria and Romania into Schengen, which, according to Athens, is in the interest of the entire European Union. This was announced from Vienna by Minister of Migration Notis Mitarachi, who is on an official visit to the Austrian capital.

Deputy Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos will also represent the government at the funeral of Greece's former King Constantine II, it was announced Friday.

This follows an earlier announcement which declared that the government would only be represented by Culture Minister Lina Mednoni.

The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) on Wednesday announced the completion of the updating process for its divestment strategy, according to a 2010 law.

All interested parties are in agreement and it has been approved by the Finance Ministry, it said in a statement.

The opinion of the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Isidoros Dogiakos, which provides that under the new law in force, the Independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the power to inform citizens whether their communications have been intercepted for national security reasons, caused the sharp reaction of ADAE'S President Christos Rammos who stressed that "n

The head of the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) said on Tuesday that "no state body can exercise any form of preventive control or prudential supervision over the authority."