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Mitsotakis starts to put New Democracy on election footing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told his party to start preparing for general elections in the near future and has described the upcoming vote as a moment for “catharsis and rebooting.”
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is finding it difficult to put the incident involving PAOK chairman Ivan Savvidis behind it even though the Greek-Russian businessman and his family have reportedly returned to Russia.
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No sign of coalition letting up on Novartis case as poll shows gap closing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Novartis affair continued to dominate the domestic political scene over the weekend, with the government suggesting that more revelations could surface in the days to come.
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Parliamentary inquiry to handle bribery claims as parties build differing narratives
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA debate lasting more than 20 hours ended early on Thursday with Parliament voting to set up a preliminary judicial inquiry into claims that Novartis bribed 10 politicians to secure favourable treatment.
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New Democracy turns up heat on Tsipras and Kammenos
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy increased the pressure on the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition on Thursday, launching attacks on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos.
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Large rally over name issue ramps up pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has vowed to continue negotiating with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) despite another large protest on this issue.
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Political talks on name issue deepen divisions but PM eyes consensus
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMeetings between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and opposition leaders on Saturday over the Macedonia name talks did not yield any immediate signs of consensus between Greek politicians and worsened the divisions between SYRIZA and New Democracy.
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Greek parties face fine balance as they discuss name issue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras was due to begin on Friday the process of informing Greek officials of the state of play in the talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) aimed at solving the longstanding name dispute between the two countries.
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis head in opposite directions over talks with Skopje
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis took completely different paths over the Macedonia name issue on Wednesday in what appears will be a major political battleground between the government and the opposition over the months to come.
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Thessaloniki rally highlights political complexities of addressing name issue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA large rally in Thessaloniki on Sunday underlined that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have his work cut out to reach a settlement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the name dispute and that the issue still has the potential to impact on Greek politics.