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Positive mood but little substance in Tsipras's Turkey visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' first official visit to Turkey ended with no major breakthrough on Wednesday either with regard to the refugee crisis or the crucial issues related to bilateral relations. Even though the atmosphere during the joint ...
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Tsipras gauges EU mood on Brexit as gov't strives for support on change to electoral system
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras headed to Brussels on Tuesday for the first European Council since the referendum in the UK but attention at home was still on the government’s plans to change the electoral law. Government spokesperson Olga Gerovassi...
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Sceptical mood in SYRIZA, pending agreement with creditors
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government swiftly dismissed unsubstantiated rumours on Thursday morning about Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras preparing to call snap elections but it is clear that as long as there is no significant progress in its talks with the institutions s...
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Mood sours as Greece and Turkey head for new round of exploratory talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece and Turkey return on Wednesday for the 63rd round of their exploratory talks, this time in Ankara, with the possibility that they could eventually lead to international arbitration if enough common ground is found. It will be the third time that ...
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Athens buoyed by content, mood of Mitsotakis trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek officials seem very satisfied with the results of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s trip to Washington, which gave the Greek leader an opportunity to raise a wide range of issues. The main aim for the Greek side was to carve out a new place on ...
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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor those expecting snap polls in a few months, the government’s announcements about the latest inflation-busting measures on Tuesday were the latest evidence needed to back up the theory that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will call a snap vote tow...
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Economic sentiment slides by 3 pts in July to lowest in over a year, construction mood sours
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) declined further by 3 points to 101.1 in July, after dropping by 3.7 points in June, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Economic sentiment had been on the mend for a while, having recovered f...
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Opposition anger at constrained surveillance inquiry not yet reflected in public mood
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe opposition parties are growing increasingly frustrated with what they see as the government’s attempts to obstruct any meaningful investigation into the surveillance scandal, which for the time being seems to be low down on the list of Greek voters’...
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough the attention of Greece’s main political parties is shifting to the first round of local elections this coming weekend, the government’s manoeuvring last week - which led to replacement of board members at the country’s communications privacy w...
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FM gauges mood in Middle East, seeks to bolster ties with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe ongoing war in the Middle East as well as the increasing maritime insecurity in the Red Sea topped the agenda of talks Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis held during this week’s mini tour of countries in the region. Gerapetritis visited Saudi Ara...
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