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Mitsotakis backs Ukraine as Athens tries to balance position with Trump administration
PoliticsForeign Policyinterview with Bloomberg last Thursday, that it was important for the EU to “speak with one voice... one and therefore, “no permit is required and, therefore, there are no legal grounds under... results in a relatively short time. One achievement is tranquility. Don’t ask me how long
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PM emerges wounded from confidence vote as Konstantopoulou boosts ratings
PoliticsGreek Politics’ performances as one of the ways in which standards could be improved. In a nod to the demands made... to appear conciliatory given that one of the common complaints from the families of the 57 Tempe... conservatives was the behaviour of one the party’s MPs, Dimitris Kyriazidis, who was ousted from New
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Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
PoliticsGreek Politicssuffered one loss in Doxiadis, Mitsotakis will find it hard to weather another without taking a blow.... One in two of those surveyed said they are in favour of early elections, while two in three say they would prefer a change of government, compared to one in four who would opt to give New Democracy
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PM set on sharing out more economic benefits in bid to recover support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFestival in September. According to reports, one of the options being looked at is indexing the tax... at bringing down the level of tax on income from rentals. One of the measures announced by Mitsotakis last week will see renters who fulfil certain income criteria receive up to one month’s return back
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Government tries to polish economic image as it prepares for big gamble on relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the government and the opposition. One of these is the state of the economy, which New Democracy wants to preserve as one of its key selling points to voters but which PASOK and other... tell 10 million Greeks… that it proposes… only public sector employees should receive one salary
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Mitsotakis tries to rally MPs amid lacklustre poll data, resurfacing of Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the father of one of the victims of Greece's deadliest rail disaster decided to go on hunger...’s search for something different. In short, the post-TIF landscape is one of suspended animation... been chosen, paving the way for proceedings to begin. But it is the public protest by one
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PM under fire for foreign policy handling after Erdogan snub
PoliticsGreek Politicsincluded a one-to-one with the President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides to clear the air over... and president of one the families’ associations, accused the minister of not being truthful. A group of 85... of the bereaved families and the government’s refusal as “one more attempt to bury the truth
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Newsletter 478 - 03/10/2025
challenge for New Democracy. Security and foreign policy add to voter unease. Seventy-one percent... in the short-term rentals market. It is a segment that exceeds one million offered beds, beating the total... million people. The rate for women improved by over one point year-on-year to 10.6 pct, while
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsuncertain outcome. Portraying his party as one of responsibility and his opponents as dangerous populists seems to be one of the tools that Mitsotakis wants to use to build back support for his administration. One of the triggers behind this latest drive is the publicity surrounding the hunger strike
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Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025
government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis likened post offices to obsolete technologies: “No one rents VHS tapes anymore - why should we keep post offices no one uses?” He insisted that 92% of pensions and 90... democracy, not a technocratic one.” Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias added that the state should
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