Skourletis

Energy Minister Panos Skourletis gave hope to Greek households by stating that there might be a reduction in electricity rates. He announced a potential drop in the Public Power Corporations (PPC) rates for 2016 during an interview on Monday with private MEGA TV.

Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis refered to the statement made by French President Francois Hollande on Thursday in support of Greece. “The louder the voices in Europe, the more things we will do that are not included in the agreement,” he said, adding that never before had there been such a statement made from a person occupying such a high position.

The new Greek government was announced by SYRIZA MP and new government spokesperson Olga Gerovasili. The new government is expected to be sworn in Wednesday at 10.30 am (Greek time):

Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras

Government Vice-President: Yiannis Dragasakis

Minister of State: Nikos Pappas

Former Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) prime minister Alexis Tsipras has been in Thessaloniki since early Sunday morning ahead of a speech he is due to give at the 80th Thessaloniki International Trade Fair (TIF) in the evening. He was greeted at the Macedonian airport with limousines that transferred him and his associates to the TIF’s facilities.

The Greek Council of State (CoS) issued a ruling on Thursday practically overturning a decision by outgoing  minister Panos Skourletis to temporarily shut down the gold mines in Skouries, Chalkidiki prefecture, northern Greece. The Council of State said that the reasoning behind Skourletis’ decision to suspend the works at the mine was unsubstantiated.

The workers of ‘Hellas Gold’, the subsidiary of Canadian gold mining company ‘Eldorado’, decided after a long union meeting to take action in protest against the Greek government’s decision to shut down the mining operations at Skouries, Chalkidiki, in northern Greece.

Following the quandary of the privatization of the 14 regional airports, the Greek government announced the temporary stoppage of ongoing works in the Skouries Gold mine, in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece.

Productive Reconstruction and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis had a phone contact on Tuesday with the Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak. The two officials discussed the accelerations of the preparation procedures for the 9th Joint Interministerial Committee meeting in November.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the Ministry of Agricultural Development at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. He met with Productive Reconstruction Minister Panos Skourletis and Agricultural Development Minister Vangelis Apostolou.

Labor Minister Panagiotis Skourletis, outgoing minister of Labor and Social Solidarity, gave over his ministry to George Katrougalos before taking over as Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister. He takes over from Panagiotis Lafazanis who heads the left platform.