Katrougalos
Katrougalos: The Turks harass Greek fishing boats every day but this doesn’t make an area ‘grey’
“There are no grey zones, we do not negotiate our territorial waters and we will do whatever possible to protect the lives of the people in the area of Kalymnos,” Alternate Foreign Minister George Katrougalos said on Thursday. While it was true that the Turks were harassing Greek fishing boats, in violation of international law, […]
The drilling in Cyprus’ block generates Turkey’s restiveness, says Alt.FM Katrougalos
“Turkey’s attitude on all fronts is generally characterised by restiveness and President Ergodan himself linked what is happening in the Aegean with the things happening in Cyprus,” stated Alternate Foreign Minister responsible for European issues George Katrougalos, speaking on Friday to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency radio “Praktoreio 104.9FM”.
Prime Minister Tsipras announces new cabinet: Nikos Filis is out
Government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili announced on Friday evening the composition of the new cabinet in a television address on public broadcaster ERT. It numbers 48 ministers, of whom 15 new, while 11 ministers from the old cabinet have been replaced.
Labour Minister Katrougalos rules out further wage cuts
The issue at stake in the negotiation on labour issues is Greece’s return to social Europe, Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said in a meeting with the social partners on Tuesday.
Creditors have not asked the abolition of bonus salaries, Labour Min says
The creditors have not raised an issue of abolishing the two bonus salaries in the private sector, Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said in statements to public broadcaster ERT on Monday and cleared out that this is not included in the memorandum.
Labour minister says government is preparing meeting with farmers at end of week
Labour Minister George Katrougalos invited farmers who are protesting against the government’s proposed social security and pension reforms to a dialog for possible solutions, following a meeting of the Government Council for Economic and Social Policy on Wednesday.
Labour Minister: ‘The negotiation is very hard’
“It is a very hard negotiation that will continue tomorrow” stated Labour Minister George Katrougalos after his meeting with the heads of the institutions at a downtown Athens hotel. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Economy Minister George Stathakis were also present at the meeting.
Labor minister says Athens will not negotiate some parts of reform proposals
Greece is not prepared to compromise with lenders on some key aspects of its pension reform plan, which the government expects to be voted through Parliament with the full support of all the coalition MPs and perhaps some opposition lawmakers, Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos told Kathimerini.
For the first time we will have one speed pensioners, Katrougalos says
“For the first time we will have one speed pensioners,” Labour Minister George Katrougalos on Friday said in a press conference on social security reforms.
Pensions cannot be less than contributions, Pavlopoulos stresses after meeting Katrougalos
Pensions cannot be allowed to fall below the amount paid in contributions, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday after a briefing on proposed pension system reform from Labour Minister George Katrougalos.