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The tension between the health minister and the Panhellenic Medical Association is an acute symptom of a chronic ailment – the lack of organization in the public health system and the absence of necessary coordination with the private sector.
The Olympic Games aim to bring nations together to compete in the spirit of friendship, but sometimes countries get banned from this show of goodwill. The 2024 Paris Olympics features a notable case, with Russia having faced an IOC ban since 2022, when Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. Controversial MP and ex-minister Pavlos Polakis, notorious for his attacks on friend and foe alike, has behaved much worse than he did Thursday during a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs.
Greece is celebrating 50 years of democracy, the restoration of which followed the collapse of the seven-year junta that ended disastrously with the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974.
Controversial SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis was expelled from the party’s parliamentary group on Thursday by opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis following an incident in parliament.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou is determined to do her duty until her last day in office in March 2025 and will not speculate on whether she will allow herself to be nominated for a second term in office.
The Panhellenic Medical Association (PIS) announced on Thursday that doctors will boycott the electronic prescription system from Friday through Monday, with exceptions made only for medical emergencies and disabled individuals.
PASOK MP Milena Apostolaki has withdrawn from the socialist party’s leadership race, according to an announcement made late Wednesday.
A sudden outburst by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis during an online meeting of the opposition’s commission preparing the next party congress and the departure of several prominent members are indicative of the party’s fragile unity.
Greece is looking for an important portfolio in the new European Commission, to be headed again by Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen. Kathimerini understands that the main portfolios Greece would be interested in are Agriculture, Defense and the new Housing position.
Sweeping shake-ups are taking place at the Attica Regional Authority Department of Sanitation and Health and at the Athens Municipal Police following the recent revelations of a major corruption scandal involving local officials.
The European Commission released its annual report on the rule of law in EU countries on Wednesday, stressing that Greece has made progress but calling on it to implement further reforms to improve the situation.
The 50th anniversary of the Metapolitefsi – the transition from dictatorship to democracy in 1974 and the period since – necessitates a rethinking of our relationship with historical time. In fact, the polysemous Metapolitefsi itself challenges our calculation of historical time, in each and every version of it: the Metapolitefsi as an event and a state, a transition and a time period.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated on Wednesday that the only solution to the decades-long dispute over Cyprus is to establish two separate states on the island.
The past 50 years have been marked by both historic breakthroughs and missed opportunities for Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a parliamentary speech commemorating the anniversary of the restoration of democracy Wednesday, emphasizing that the key national goal must be catching up with more advanced EU states.
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