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Encouragement for Tsipras ahead of key vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s hopes of securing the five extra votes he needs in Parliament to pass the Prespes Agreement received a boost over Christmas ahead of what is shaping up to be a defining moment for his government.
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Budget approved as party machinations intensify
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 2019 budget was voted through Parliament on Tuesday night following another head-on clash between SYRIZA and New Democracy, with the significant developments emanating from MPs switching their allegiances.
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Bomb blast fuels political clash as ND limits Tsipras's options on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSince Monday morning, the domestic debate in Greece has been dominated by the bomb blast at the headquarters of Kathimerini newspaper and Skai TV and radio, potentially overshadowing other serious developments on the political scene.
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Mitsotakis pledges more benefits, new faces as election build-up intensifies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis added to the economic pledge he has already made over the last few months at the party’s congress over the weekend as he goes in search of a new boost in the polls that would make a clear majority for the conservatives at the next national elections as certain as possible.
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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe row between SYRIZA and New Democracy over the claims made by opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis rumbled on for another day on Thursday as two opinion polls showed a narrower gap between the two parties than other recent surveys.
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Parties trade blows over name deal, corruption claims in fraught atmosphere
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA and New Democracy continued on Wednesday the spat that was sparked by the allegations from opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament regarding the Macedonia name deal being the product of an exchange between the government and Greece’s lenders over the pension cuts that were due next year.
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Name deal uncertainty set to continue despite ANEL attempt to clarify stance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Macedonia name issue continues to dominate the domestic political agenda even thought SYRIZA’s junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), claimed on Tuesday that they have no intention of bringing down the government over this matter.
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Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras was in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday but at home, the government and opposition election machinery was picking up speed.
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Scandal allegations playing growing role in path towards elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Greece moves towards the general elections that will take place next year the claims and counter-claims, from SYRIZA and New Democracy in particular, regarding scandals look set to intensify.
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New Democracy increases pressure on potential supporters of Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy kept up the pressure over the Macedonia name issue on Wednesday despite attempts by Skopje to row back from comments by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev which were interpreted by some as referring to a so-called “Macedonian” minority in Greece.