To Vima

A media report accusing Alternate Minister for Administrative Reform George Katrougalos of taking advantage of his post to rehire former clients of his from when he was practicing as a lawyer caused uproar in the political scene of Greece on Saturday.

Alternate Administrative Reform Minister Giorgos Katrougalos' previous work as a lawyer raises serious ethical and political issues according to the Sunday edition of To Vima newspaper.

Members of Golden Dawn received military-style, outdoor training, according to internal documents of the organization published over the weekend by To Vima newspaper.

Questions about Evangelos Venizelos’s leadership of PASOK continued to be asked by party members on Friday despite the foreign minister dismissing internal criticism a day earlier as the complaints of “fifth columnists.”

Andreas Loverdos, a former minister and Socialist heavyweight, on Tuesday said he intends to return to the fold of PASOK after leaving the party to form his own movement, RIKKSY, in December 2012, despite statements last year flatly rejecting the idea.

PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos has ruled out the possibility of the government calling snap general elections.

“There is no such issue,” Venizelos said during a televised news conference on Sunday. “People do not want elections, this is clear to see.”