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Apart from bailout review, plenty to keep Tsipras busy in autumn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the summer holidays winding down, focus in Greece is gradually shifting to the varied tasks that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will face this autumn, both domestically and on the European... year. Tsipras’s other goal in holding the meeting is to try to create a united front on economic
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Newsletter 409 - 26/01/2024
. This is due to the winding down of the Next Generation EU funding that plays a pivotal role... from the cabinet. The draft legislation has been put to public consultation with a view to holding
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
that cumulative collections stand at just 277 million so far. Those banks (six commercial and six... of the presidential vote has two distinct advantages. By holding the ballots on December 17, 23 and 29, rather than
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Stage set for censure motion as Parliament votes to review charges against deputy minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor interfering with the scene of the crash. The motion was carried with 277 votes in favour, 12 against... and have a three-day debate on the issue before holding a confidence vote, which the government
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...
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Tension rises in Greece but creditors see potential for agreement soon
PoliticsGreek PoliticsProspects for a deal between Greece and its lenders hang in the balance going into the Orthodox Easter weekend after another round of inconclusive talks on Wednesday. Alternate Finance Minister... up hope of finding common ground with its lenders, even if that may lead to more concessions from
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Newsletter 41 - 04/09/2015
but has managed to hang in there. Under the new leadership of Fofi Gennimata, it is casting itself... and New Democracy. However, if the winning party’s margin of victory over the one in second place
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ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage
PoliticsGreek Politicsstruggled to hang on to conservative voters alienated by socially liberal policies implemented earlier... appears to be redirecting its efforts at winning back socially conservative voters with a raft
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Health service in spotlight as govt scrabbles for more measures to contain Covid
PoliticsGreek Politicsof ideological hang-ups that turned off many voters during the last few years. The latest case came... by holding an online event to present their proposals for an overhaul of the national health system
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