A new development law to be tabled to Parliament soon will include 3-4 basic principles, it will be simplified compared with a prevailing bureaucracy and will put an end to mistakes made in the past such as no safeguarding of funds and piling up state debts to private investors, Economy Minister George Stathakis said on Monday.
The development of the industrial sector should become a national target if we want at some point to leave from the vicious circle of the memoranda and of the neoliberal European economic subordination, noted Deputy Economy Minister Theodora Tzakri in statements within the framework of the first meeting of the forum for the industry.
A 28-day baby girl was pronounced dead at the Venizeleio Hospital in Heraklion on Friday, doctors announced over the weekend.
The government will be ready for the evaluation by the institutions, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday during a brief discussion with reporters at Maximos Mansion.
The weather service warned that temperatures will drop significantly in the next 24 hours in Greece, with sleet and high winds expected for most of the country, and snow forecast for the mountainous and northern regions.
Snowfall is expected in the northern parts of Athens.
Security is being stepped up in major European cities ahead of New Year celebrations, with officials wary of possible terror plots.
It is technically feasible to maintain archaeological finds unearthed during the prolonged excavations for a new metro in the northern city of Thessaloniki and at the same time to complete the necessary underground tunnels, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis said on Tuesday.
"The brutal criminals of Daesh are enemies of the Democracy and the Civilization and commit crimes against Humanity. And as such they must be treated immediately and efficiently," President Pavlopoulos said on Wednesday while receiving 21-year old Nadia Murad Basee Taha who managed to escape from ISIS.
Frontex has launced “Poseidon Rapid Intervention” plan yesterday, replacing the ongoing Joint Operation Poseidon Sea with a larger number of officers and technical equipment to support Greece in handling the unprecedented number of migrants arriving on its islands.
More than one million refugees and migrants have reached Europe by sea since the start of 2015, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says.
The Ministry of Health has decided to hire more doctors and to send more medical supplies in Eastern Aegean islands’ hospitals, where increased refugee flows are observed.
According to Stratfor Global Intelligence, in Greece, the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces two main problems: political fragility and social unrest.
The issue of social reforms is causing friction among government members and tension with opposition parties. “The solution in the social security plan is to increase revenues and not to cut primary pensions”, stated Government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili.
Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs Nikos Filis apeared categorical that there is no discussion in the government on the issue of military high schools.