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PM on defensive over Covid-19 stance as debate rages over testing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the second wave of Covid-19, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave a TV interview on Monday in an attempt... critics, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to Alpha TV on Monday night in which he attempted... “moments of relaxation” in order to hide his own responsibilities, while Communist Party KKE responded
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politics, the conservatives want to maintain their dominance in order to banish any ideas that an early trip to the polls.... It highlighted the data from the recent Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV, which suggests that 39 pct... Mitsotakis in a TV interview, when he argued “Ever more citizens are defining themselves as centrists and I
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Tsipras launches attack on New Democracy as reactions to lockdown mount
PoliticsGreek Politics’s position on a number of critical issues. In an interview with Athens TV station Kontra... and TV personality Menios Fourthiotis was recently stripped of police protection after police unions... presented inflated salary details in order to claim pandemic relief. Vroutsis directly linked the incident
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Newsletter 324 - 21/01/2022
it would create in public revenues. Speaking on TV this week, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said... for Mega TV, also shows KINAL’s fortunes improving steadily. According to the poll, the centre-left party... of 15.8 billion. The demand throughout the year was strong, reaching an aggregate order book of circa 125
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SYRIZA accuses ND of covering for cronyism in wake of MP's expulsion
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been rebuffed on the grounds that the investigation is still ongoing. According to ERT TV, the financial crime prosecutor has requested the file on Patsis’s assets from the committee in order... in uncontested contracts from state companies including Hellenic Post, state TV channel ERT and power grid
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Newsletter 358 - 11/11/2022
backlash and perhaps even disquiet within his party. In his TV interview, Mitsotakis warned “football... unsubstantiated, while Star TV, which is affiliated with the Vardinoyiannis family, focussed instead... recently, it contained moderate policy interventions in order to secure the fiscal commitments
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Election speculation gathers steam while surveillance claims mount
PoliticsGreek Politicsdepartment is responsible for planning the elections, suggested in an interview on Mega TV that the date... are scheduled for late June. Elaborating on his statements in a separate interview on ANT1 TV, Voridis said... in order to maximise his popularity ratings. Opting for a spring date, it is argued, would also allow
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Transparency concerns emerge among voters as leaders clash over wiretapping
PoliticsGreek Politicsand order will play a role in their decision. Surveillance concerns A ProRata poll for Attica TV indicates... the spring onwards. The MRB survey for Open TV suggests that support for New Democracy and SYRIZA has
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New Democracy pins hopes on minimum wage hike to reverse poll losses
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to make it effective by April rather than June. New Democracy denied accusations... the picture painted by earlier soundings. Figures released by Pulse for Skai TV and Metron Analysis for Mega TV show ND losing a significant chunk of its lead over SYRIZA and dropping below
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PM targets elections in May as polls show outcome is finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politicsfour-year term, in early July. In an interview on Alpha TV, the PM assured viewers that elections.... The PM believes it is “very likely” that second elections will be required in order to potentially... with Karamanlis personally. A GPO poll for Star TV published on Tuesday indicated that 64.6 pct of Greeks
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