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Move to block far-right fuels conflict between ND and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe legislation continued to be a sore point in the relations between New Democracy and its main rival... the integrity of the electoral process. New Democracy’s response, led by Interior Minister Makis Voridis... in a follow-up ballot as the winning party will be awarded a bonus of up to 50 seats. However
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Newsletter 386 - 23/06/2023
looks more questionable. Until recently the main challenger to ND, the leftist opposition took a severe... and Infrastructure Ministry. Previous reports had suggested that the Digital Governance and Interior... suggest that up to nine parties have a chance of winning seats, although no more than seven have a strong
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Androulakis presents vision for fairer Greece in response to PM’s tax cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics- inequality and unaccountability. In doing so, the leader of Greece's main opposition party... will shrink and two key ministries (Interior and Digital Governance) will merge into a single operations... would not be willing to take part in a coalition government led by New Democracy, should the winning
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For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
AgoraNow that the rather bizarrely termed “bank holiday” has come to an end in Greece after three weeks - although domestic and external capital controls - continue, it is appropriate to take stock of the situation and inquire where do we go from here. As th...
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Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014
, have played up these fears over the past few days. It is certain that this will be one of the main... the parties differ With snap elections due on January 25, the two main Greek political parties, New... measures to cover the 2015 fiscal gap anticipated by the troika, which is seen as the main obstacle
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
who write scenarios.” Despite the reservations in both camps about their unusual cooperation... coalition parties will focus on the main tasks ahead, as set out by Kammenos in his comments to reporters following Tuesday’s meeting. “This coalition was formed with two main aims: Firstly, to get Greece
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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicsbelieve the pension reforms should not be passed by Parliament. Greece’s two main unions, GSEE... groups organising protests. Last week, there was the unusual sight of lawyers and other... to reports) and to accept cuts to existing main pensions. The government has pledged that it would
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Athens angling for tougher EU stance on Turkey ahead of summit
PoliticsForeign Policytension between Athens and Ankara. The main aim of the Greek side is to prove to its EU partners... actions that could lead to sanctions. This was Mitsotakis’s main message during a teleconference led... Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. According to press reports, the main scenario regarding the measures
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Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign Policy. That was the main message at the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit in Thessaloniki... act. He followed this up by taking the unusual step of tweeting his statements in Greek. “We warn... Turkey will also celebrate 100 years since the creation of the Turkish state. Greece’s main line
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Tempe rail crash charges reignite debate about scrupulousness of investigation
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentatives and employees of the contractor were charged with instigation of subsidy fraud... signalling-telecommand systems, but the contractor attempted to construct an entirely new signalling system
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