Christoforos Vernardakis

A "rhetoric of hatred" in Greek politics was condemned by a government minister on Friday, in a week which saw police break up a suspected neo-Nazi cell, and lawmakers face criticism for controversial outbursts. In an announcement carried on a...

The Greek government is prepared to introduce an amendment that will allow thousands of municipal contract workers to be hired on a permanent basis via the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP), Minister of State Christoforos Vernardakis said...

In light of the Syriza-led government’s plans to restructure the country’s media landscape, New Democracy’s newly elected president Kyriakos Mitsotakis made an announcement today to the Greek website liberal.gr in which he says that “one of the most precious...

The Greek government will soon introduce legislation to stop public-sector employees found guilty of serious transgressions or even criminal actions from returning to their jobs while their case is being processed, Interior Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis told the radio station...

Greece’s Administrative Reform and Labor ministers announced they will speed up the work of disciplinary councils handling pending cases of hundreds of civil servants accused of crimes or misdemeanors, following a meeting earlier in the day. Alternate Minister for Administrative...