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Samaras criticizes gov’t amendment on residence permits
Former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras has criticized a government amendment that would grant residence permits to third-country nationals living in Greece for many years without legal documents and working in undeclared jobs.
Samaras, who was premier from 2012 to 2015, said Greece was becoming a "beacon for attracting illegal immigrants" with such legislation.
Kathimerini, New York Times celebrate enduring partnership of 25 years
Over the past 25 years, journalism has undergone profound transformations. Traditional media has grappled with the rise of digital platforms, recognizing that readers now turn to Google or Facebook rather than the pages of newspapers for news. Many long-standing print publications have vanished, while others persist with resilience, facing the future with optimism.
Antonis Samaras’ reasonable concerns
With two statements - one in the Sunday edition of Kathimerini (November 26) - the former prime minister presented, as he should, his concerns both on national issues and on the issue of marriage for same-sex couples. Antonis Samaras does not belong to the center-left or to social democracy.
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The new tax legislation and Poul Thomsen
The changes to the taxation of the self-employed and freelancers proposed by the Finance Ministry brought to mind a discussion I had in 2012 in Washington with Poul Thomsen, the then head of the International Monetary Fund's mission for Greece and later the Fund's director for Europe.
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Former premier tests positive with Covid, will not attend PM’s speech
Conservative former prime minister Antonis Samaras has tested positive for Covid-19 and will therefore not be attending the 87th Thessaloniki International Fair (Sept. 9-17) and the prime minister's speech, government sources said on Tuesday.
The annual Fair is where prime ministers present the basic parameters of their four-year government plan.
Kasidiaris-backed Spartiates party makes it into Parliament
The far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party, which has been backed by jailed neo-Nazi Ilias Kasidiaris, looks set to cross the 3% threshold needed to make it into Parliament, with the latest exit polls showing it clinching as much as 5.6% of the vote.
Former Novartis executives cleared of bribery; 15 doctors charged
Four former executives of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis and a former politician were cleared on Monday of bribery and direct complicity in the offense, as part of a probe into allegations that doctors and public officials had accepted kickbacks from the company in a period spanning 2006 to 2015.
Mitsotakis attends signing of road agreement in Messinia
An agreement to build a road linking Kalamata, Rizomilos, Pylos and Methoni in Messinia, along the southwestern section of the Peloponnese was signed at Kalamata airport on Friday, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and by former premier Antonis Samaras, under whose government the project began.
The gauntlet of politics for women in Greece
New Zealand is a country where its prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, stepped down at the age of 43 because she has "no energy to seek re-election" and because "it's time." Greece is the country of "do you know who I am? I wear the pants" (Antonis Samaras in the tumultuous year of 2012).
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Editorial: The old wolf doesn’t change
Former prime minister Antonis Samaras one week ago adopted an aggressive stance on Greek national issues.
He did so in a flashy manner on the eve of the resumption of exploratory talks with neighbouring Turkey in Istanbul.
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