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Karystianou’s party makes political debut as confrontation over scandals continues
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Mitsotakis raises alarm over Hormuz, Turkey and new geography of European security
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Government faces renewed cover-up claims over OPEKEPE and surveillance scandals
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After ND congress, Mitsotakis sets course and Tsipras sets date
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PM puts on show of unity from ND congress stage as party cohesion frays
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Mitsotakis heads to party congress amid internal unrest as Karystianou sets date
OPEKEPE inquiry sparks new political clash as despondent public looks on
The parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farming subsidy scandal has been thrown into turmoil, with the government being accused by the opposition of ensuring that a key witness Giorgos Xylouris – a Cretan farmer and former New Democracy member nicknamed “Frappé” - will not testify.
His refusal to appear was met not with a forced summons, as opposition parties demanded, but with a referral to the prosecutor on charges of disobedience. Critics argue this manoeuvre effectively sidelines him, since judicial proceedings will outlast th...
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