Konstantinos Tsiaras

Agriculture and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras highlighted the intensification of market controls as a key priority during his visit to the Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) on Friday.

"I believe EFET is a particularly critical organization and for this reason, its operations must be supported," Tsiaras stated.

Following Marios Salmas’ removal from the New Democracy the parliamentary group, the party finds itself in a state of heightened activity. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is currently in New York for key meetings with world leaders such as Tayyip Erdogan and Emmanuel Macron.

Minister of Rural Development and Food Kostas Tsiaras on Monday presented a detailed breakdown of the four measures for the primary sector announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).

Minister of Rural Development Kostas Tsiaras announced that traditional August 15 festivities will take place without lamb, hinting that slaughterhouses across the country are expected to remain closed next week.

"We will be without lamb on August 15," Tsiaras stated in an interview with Skai TV.

Two outbreaks of plague peste des petits ruminants (PPR) of sheep and goats have been detected in Crete, the Creta24.gr website reports.

This morning the farmers of Karditsa held a mobilization with agricultural machinery and cars at the junction of E65 in response to the call of the United Federation of Agricultural Associations of Karditsa.

Court operations and auctions of foreclosed homes will be suspended from May 17 to 24, due to the national elections on May 21, according to a circular by Justice Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras released on Tuesday.

Specifically, the circular outlined that civil and criminal court operations in Athens and Thessaloniki will be suspended from May 17 to 26.

European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, will visit Athens on March 16 and 17, to discuss the EU's findings of the Rule of Law 2022 report for Greece, and other justice-related issues.

Greece's privacy watchdog has asked to brief the parliament's institutions and transparency committee on its findings regarding its investigation of the wiretapping scandal.  

Επιστολή πρόεδρου της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης Δικαστών σε Τσιάρα για νομοπαρασκευαστικές επιτροπές