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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis matter. Speaking to ANT-1 TV on Wednesday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis said that Kammenos’s... on Tuesday to Skai TV, shadow defence minister Vassilis Kikilias suggested that New Democracy would
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the ENFIA property tax by 30 percent across-the-board. In an interview with Open TV on Thursday morning... is formed by those who go and vote.” According to a poll by Pulse for Skai TV made public..., Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou, Administrative Reform Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou and Interior
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Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
PoliticsGreek Politicsa year-long SYRIZA embargo on Skai TV, where he is due to appear on Tuesday night for a live interview... to power is not halted by a low turnout. In an interview on Skai TV on Monday, Mitsotakis also..., may take over the Interior Ministry, Nikos Dendias might become the next foreign minister, Yiannis
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Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, likely leading to a further easing each time. Speaking on Skai TV on Monday, government spokesman... need,” he added. The premier’s view was echoed by Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis. Speaking to Skai TV, he argued that Mitsotakis had given a “crystal clear” response to the question
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Govt's management of Covid-19 response challenged again after latest measures, PM’s trip
PoliticsGreek Politicsof epidemiologists and other health experts appearing on TV to present their differing estimates... to ensure that the scenes in Ikaria are not repeated. However, Interior Minister Makis Voridis suggested on Skai TV on Monday that it is inevitable that when a politician as “respected and loved
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Government under fire for supporting controversial fertility conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsgreeted the TV spot used to promote it, which featured a woman expressing her regret for putting her... a more nuanced understanding of the demographic issue in an interview with Star TV on Monday, in which... in the right-wing populist wing of the ruling New Democracy party, including Interior Minister Makis
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Election speculation gathers steam while surveillance claims mount
PoliticsGreek Politicscurrently favoured by the prime minister. Last week, Interior Minister Makis Voridis, whose department 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
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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals
PoliticsGreek Politics, a new opinion poll by Marc for ANT-1 TV will have been met with concern by Androulakis and his... TV indicates that 25.1 pct of respondents intend to vote for New Democracy, 14.2 pct for PASOK, 7 pct... Karolos Papoulias in 2005 or Alexis Tsipras choosing former interior minister and New Democracy
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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsactivist Zak Kostopoulos. Critics of the move argue that the directive violates the constitutional
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policycounterpart, Nikola Poposki, did not discuss the name issue, as “there was no point” given... at the most difficult point in the refugee crisis. Amid new concerns over how the crisis will evolve... and Skopje that will allow the resolution of the name issue at some point in the future. According
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