Both Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his predecessor, main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras, have failed to deliver on the promises they made to the electorate in order to get elected, PASOK-KINAL party leader Nikos Androulakis said on the Alpha TV programme "Happy Day" on Thursday. He accused them of lacking credibility and particularly highlighted the handling of the phone tapping scandal, saying the problem was not just the scandal itself but that Mitsotakis "did not allow this scandal to be investigated".
He repeated a pledge that no child will be denied a place in a kindergarten or daycare centre and also that PASOK-KINAL will introduce legislation for a maternity benefit for self-employed mothers.
"We must build a society that creates prospects for families," he said, noting that the difference in tax rates in Greece for a family without children and a family with two children was just 3 pct when in Portugal it was 10 pct.
Himare's recently-elected ethnic Greek mayor, Fredi Beleri, must remain in custody until trial.
In a statement, Georgoulis' lawyer Stamatia Malla said that Georgoulis had personally proposed to the competent Belgian judicial authorities that he appear and provide explanations, but this was not...
Talking about the upcoming elections on June 25, he said that labour issues will be one of the main issues at stake, promising that SYRIZA will support safety and security at work, restoring...
He revealed that his government's first bill, if ND wins the elections, will be to update the executive state and the second will concern priorities in tax policy.
He was re-elected with the support of all parliamentary parties except the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), whose MPs abstained.
In the list of countries with highest PV penetration, Spain comes first with 19.1%, followed by Greece at 17.5 %, Chile at 17% and the Netherlands and Australia at over 15%.
The citizens granted New Democracy a strong mandate to govern in the elections on May 21 and they must now "back up" this choice in the June 25 elections, ND President said.
After three difficult days of reflection, he noted, "the time has come to declare an end to mourning and to sound the battle alert," urging his party to "regroup immediately, without any delay," and...
Maintaining the focus on improving the business environment and banking sector, along with the implementation of milestones and reforms under a national recovery plan, will help support economic...
"Investors are hopeful that the New Democracy Party - the clear winner in Sunday's election though it fell short of an outright majority - will stay in power after a repeat vote in June and continue...
The swearing in ceremony was concluded with the traditional photo of all the members of the new caretaker government.
