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Mitsotakis hits back at Erdogan's rhetoric, but leaves door open for meeting
PoliticsForeign PolicyDuring Sunday’s press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to rebut the latest aggressive rhetoric emanating from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while not ruling out the possibility ...
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Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras unveiled his proposals for the changes to the Greek Constitution on Monday night, indicating that he hopes it will be a process that engages voters and delivers political benefits for his government. The ideas set out by the prime ministe...
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Cyprus talks rolling again but Athens seems sceptical
PoliticsForeign PolicyCyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci have decided to hold four bi-communal meetings starting on April 20. That was the main outcome of the first meeting of the two leaders under United Nations auspices following ...
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Hospital report gets ball rolling in coalition effort to target former governments
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition took on Monday the next step in pursuing former ministers over alleged healthcare scandals, a key element of the government’s pre-election toolbox. The two governing parties, SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL), published on Monday the re...
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Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
EconomyThe Greek government has submitted to Parliament draft legislation that paves the way for thousands of civil servants to receive millions of euros in backpay, marking the start of a period of intense activity for MPs as the coalition plans to follow thi...
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has begun tabling the first draft laws it promised to pass through Parliament before the summer recess begins on August 10. The bill regarding the executive arm of the state was submitted to Parliament on Thursday night. The first part of...
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Mitsotakis gets policy ball rolling as clues sought for decision on next president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to chair his first cabinet meeting of the year on Friday as the moment that he will propose a candidate for the Greek presidency nears. Media reports suggested that the economy was to be the main topic of discu...
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Mitsotakis makes direct play for PASOK voters as SYRIZA questions opinion polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a vote for Androulakis could bring Tsipras back to power by the back door. The prime minister has been.... Spurred on by positive polling figures, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is making direct overtures to potential... statement. The gist of SYRIZA’s argument is that skewed polling results in the run-up to elections
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Mitsotakis urges EU to be proactive, PASOK looks for silver lining ahead of congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsthree months, but left the door open if market conditions deteriorate. The government is also... with strategic ambiguity, factional tension and stubbornly static polling numbers. For leader Nikos...’s polling remains stubbornly flat. Recent surveys show only marginal movement for the party, while
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Newsletter 5 - 28/11/2014
-memorandum Greece. Usually, these client meetings are closed-door affairs. Proceedings remain... is that with PASOK polling under 6 percent in most opinion polls, success would be hard to come by if one
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