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Macedonia name talks face stalemate as core issues go unresolved
PoliticsForeign Policy“on finding a political and sustainable solution in Syria; a solution that will end the war and restore...Recent events suggested that there is no swift conclusion in sight for the name talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the name issue. The meeting between
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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), including leader Panos Kammenos, did not vote for the law. PASOK, To Potami, the Union... within the government. ANEL has cultivated its image on being socially conservative and close..., there was a positive surprise in three ANEL lawmakers breaking with their party line and voting in favour
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Clearer picture ahead of confidence vote but Tsipras not secure yet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsElena Kountoura, an MP with departing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL). Kountoura’s announcement led to ANEL leader and departed defence minister Panos Kammenos ousting her from his party. He took the same action with another ANEL lawmaker, Deputy Agricultural Development Minister Vassilis
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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals
PoliticsGreek Politics. The biggest potential hurdle along this path is the Macedonia name issue, where SYRIZA and ANEL have...’s office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain... prominent issues. The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those who
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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL..., especially if he does not have any support from ANEL MPs. SYRIZA currently has 145 lawmakers.... This is what the two men had agreed in September. He will also reportedly ask for any ANEL
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ND clarifies plans for emergency health system capacity as public mood over Covid-19 sours
PoliticsGreek Politics, which has faced criticism for an error in procurement which saw oversize masks distributed to students... to two thirds of respondents finding support for businesses and workers inadequate. Up to 38 percent... becoming prime minister Mitsotakis “has done only positive things for North Macedonia”, and has “fought
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Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
Societywas built upon by subsequent governments and extended with a strategy which saw the creation of numerous... to power of the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition in 2015, the official unwinding of the Diamantopoulou law began... of the Diamantopoulou law criticised what it saw as a deep politicisation of decision-making on all
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Name and shame
Agora(ANEL) MP and the vandalism of the city’s Holocaust memorial. The impression left is that if Mitsotakis... that their coalition partner is whistling a completely different tune to them. Defence Minister and ANEL leader... a majority in Parliament without the support of ANEL (PASOK and To Potami seem willing to back
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Newsletter 431 - 12/07/2024
Parliament elections, New Democracy is finding it hard to shake off the downbeat feeling among voters, while... picked the leftist opposition. Social democrats PASOK are narrowly beaten into third place with 11.1... direction, while only one in ten said they think things are going well. The poll findings suggest
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Newsletter 141
minister and leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL). Parliament is due to debate on Monday claims... into the ANEL chief’s exchanges with Makis Yiannousakis, a shipowner convicted as part of the Noor-1 heroin... party, over his continued alliance with the ANEL leader. The focus on the alleged scandal overshadowed
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