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Leonidas Grigorakos

Greek Alt. Health Minister: We are Prepared to Face an Ebola Incident

Greek Alternate Health Minister Leonidas Grigorakos said on Saturday that Greece is prepared for the Ebola virus. "We are ready. We are taking precautionary measures. We have set a special room at "Amalia Fleming" hospital in Athens with two beds. What interests...

Papandreou Perplexed By DIMAR Book Launch Flap

"What's all the fuss?" was former prime minister George Papandreou's stance when he appeared at a book launch for a member of the Democratic Left (DIMAR) who had left his PASOK Socialists. Papandreou, the former head of PASOK, had been...

Greek Parliament Passes New Migration Code

The Greek Parliament late Tuesday night passed a draft law concerning principles of the migration code. The new bill was supported by New Democracy, PASOK (ELIA) and DIMAR, but rejected by Independent Greeks (ANEL), Golden Dawn, and the Greek Communist Party (KKE). Opposition...

Immigrants Awaiting New Law on Greek Citizenship

The bill of the Greek Ministry of Interior on the new immigration code, which features many changes and improvements, passed on Friday with a majority in the competent committee of the Greek parliament, having the support of New Democracy...

Greece Plans Easier Immigration Code

Amidst criticism from human rights organizations that Greece has not treated immigrants properly, Deputy Minister of Interior Leonidas Grigorakos said the government is readying a code to cut red tape in applying for citizenship and allow thousands of migrant...

First Greek Crematorium to Open in Volos

The first crematorium in Greece is planned for the city of Volos, Central Greece. The legal framework allowing the creation of crematoria has already been unanimously passed by the Greek parliament, while the required joint ministerial decision and presidential decree have...

Suspension Threat for Civil Servants

The developments concerning the mobility scheme, and mainly the suspensions of Municipalities civil servants are expected to evolve rapidly. As the Alternative Minister of Interior, Leonidas Grigorakos made clear in an interview he gave to Greek TV channel SKAI--only those...

German-Greek Assembly in Nuremberg Oct 22-23

The active interest of Greece and the importance given to the Greek-German cooperation, now entering a new phase, was shown by the participation of the minister of Interior Giannis Michelakis, the minister of Rural Development and Food Athanasios Tsaftaris;...