Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Dora Bakoyannis, a former minister and prominent MP and member of governing New Democracy, has dismissed Monday's scathing comments by former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras leveled against the government, as being reactionary and petulant.

The first list of 2,400 Egyptian nationals who will work in Greece was received from the Egyptian government by Migration and Asylum Minister Dimitris Kairidis during his visit to the country on Friday.

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, the New Democracy lawmaker and former shipping minister who relinquished his parliamentary seat last week to pursue a career in the private sector, has ruled out a return to politics. 

New Democracy (ND) lawmaker and former shipping minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said on Thursday he left politics to work in the private sector.

Varvitsiiotis announced earlier in the day he had resigned his seat in Parliament, after being elected MP 11 times, without citing a specific reason.

New Democracy lawmaker and former shipping minister MIltiadis Varvitsiotis announced on Thursday he had resigned his seat in Parliament and is leaving politics, without citing a reason.

The surprise announcement was made after he informed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this morning, sources said.

Understanding the intent behind Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis' statement following the tragic death of 36-year-old Antonis Karyotis is challenging. Karyotis drowned late on Tuesday while attempting to board the Blue Horizon ferry after being pushed into the sea by the crew.