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First general strike an awkward but telling moment for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras experienced his first general strike as prime minister, rather than opposition... in organising the strike, a fact that was seized upon by the international media and Greece's lenders... by SYRIZA's apparent equivocal stance. Strange & dangerous logic in Athens: Syriza organises strike against
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Faltering relationship with farmers a sign of wider concerns for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecords a public divided over Alexis Tsipras’s decision to resign from Parliament, with 47.9 pct judging... of the Panos Ruci affair. In raw voting intention, ND stands at 21.5 pct, down 0.3 point on the September poll... politics and should continue to focus on the Tempe issue. Public reaction to the Ruci affair is sharply
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Challenges piling up for govt as spokesperson departs
PoliticsGreek Politicsto public health and finances, the stand-off over the hunger strike of terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas... been asked to resign, seemingly undermining the spokesperson. This was symptomatic of the government... is coming under increasing pressure over the ongoing hunger strike by November 17 hitman Dimitris
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PM under fire for foreign policy handling after Erdogan snub
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe handled by the independent judiciary. Ruci is on hunger strike outside the Houses of Parliament... striker Pano Ruci, who is demanding the exhumation of his son’s remains to investigate the cause... for political reasons. Ruci was supported on Sunday by thousands of protesters who joined him in Syntagma
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Mitsotakis brushes off latest strike, opposition sides with protesters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government shrugged off Wednesday’s strike – the second in as many weeks – as the action... public transport came to a halt in Athens on Wednesday, the participation in the strike was deemed... by the New Democracy government since it came to power in July. Perhaps sensing that the second strike had
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Mitsotakis tries to rally MPs amid lacklustre poll data, resurfacing of Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsstrike in front of Parliament. The opinion polls published following Mitsotakis's speech... strike at Syntagma Square in front of Parliament. He is protesting the refusal of the judicial... of the victims’ relatives that is a more immediate problem for the government. Pano Ruci, the father
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Newsletter 481 - 24/10/2025
for Ruci’s hunger strike reportedly irritated the prime minister, who had chosen to ignore the protest... of the legislation have raised eyebrows, particularly as it followed a 23-day hunger strike by Panos Ruci, father of a Tempe rail crash victim, who had turned the area into a makeshift memorial
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Puzzling reaction to army reservists' call for government to resign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn unusual announcement by a little known army reservists’ group calling for the government to resign prompted an emergency late night meeting of top ministry and judicial officials on Wednesday. There was surprise that the government gave such attention to the statement, which amounted to a demand
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
proposals. Ahead of the latest general strike on February 4, farmers in particular have been stepping... wrath over her refugee policy that 40 percent of Germans would like her to resign, what is to keep mere... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot
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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek Politics(PPC) looks to be over but a number of political loose ends remain. After a court ruled the strike... and public transport employees back to work) but moved extremely swiftly in the case of the PPC strike... to complete to receive further bailout funding and fears that the strike would be a rallying point
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