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Greece steps up effort to bolster relations with Iran
PoliticsForeign Policyan “action plan” with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif which will be ready to be signed when...Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias visited Tehran on November 29-30 in an effort to enhance Greece’s bilateral relations with Iran as well as to prepare the ground for the visit of Prime Minister
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Government on mission to manage expectations in anticipation of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicscrisis are being addressed. The PM has also let it be known that he intends to be out and about mixing... to the electoral map to the existing seven, mostly in the islands and rural areas of the country.... in a bid to prepare for the eventuality of a total interruption of natural gas supplies from Russia
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You can call it reform if you like
Agoraannounced this week the formation of a party committee to prepare for a review of the Greek Constitution, he chose Pavlopoulos to head the panel. So, let’s get this straight: The government is checking..., former Interior Minister and current New Democracy MP. Pavlopoulos has spent the last few years
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsis facing an uphill struggle to reduce New Democracy’s large lead in the opinion polls, let alone... be leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing
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Predatorgate and OPEKEPE offer opposition ammunition amid deteriorating public sentiment
PoliticsGreek Politicsaltogether has also been hinted at by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Rural Affairs Minister Kostas... are stoking discontent in rural areas, with farmers accusing the government of neglecting the sector, while... relating to the quality of democracy and 68 pct feeling let down by the government’s attempts to improve
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Post Office branch closures spark internal revolt in ND as voter scepticism grows
PoliticsGreek Politics. “The country isn’t a corporation,” said Katsaniotis, echoing concerns that rural communities are being left... to let the issue fade quietly and the government giving the impression that it is not in touch with the mood within the ruling party, let alone among voters. Opinion poll The ELTA furore has erupted
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About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsa coffee shop, let alone such an important ministry. There are conflicting reports on what led to the about...’ Protection Ministry, where former Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis took over from outgoing... and Interior Minister Makis Voridis. The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) issued
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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek Politics, while some rural districts will lose seats as a result of dwindling population. Three seats will also... across electoral districts. Interior Minister Makis Voridis stated recently that the government intended
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorabefore: Agree to the terms of the official lenders or face default. After being let down so gravely... of the populist mould, unwilling to let principles get in the way of achieving his goals. The first half of 2015... the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009
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SYRIZA, PASOK leaders prepare responses to stark choice presented by PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInterior Minister Stelios Petsas in a TV interview, when he suggested that Greeks will have to adapt over...As SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis prepare to travel to Thessaloniki to provide their responses to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech at the trade fair
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