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Rumblings spread in New Democracy in aftermath of post office fumble
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s handling of the sudden closure of post offices has set off a chain reaction... Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to tighten rules on gun ownership and establish a strong police... for the PM’s office, which has been in crisis mode over the past several months trying to contain
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PASOK resists invitation to discuss watchdog appointments, citing ND's questionable record
PoliticsGreek Politics. That arithmetic makes opposition support essential, but PASOK has made clear it will not play ball. Mitsotakis has reportedly sought a meeting with Androulakis to explore common ground on candidates... by the government. PASOK, however, has flatly rejected the overture. Party officials told Naftemporiki
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Newsletter 491 - 23/01/2026
Mitsotakis in a difficult position as his administration has made a point of trying to court the US... response to every twist in transatlantic politics. Mitsotakis has been eager to showcase renewed warmth from Washington, especially on energy cooperation, but the Greenland episode has forced him
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Newsletter 493 - 06/02/2026
PoliticsPM's constitutional gamble: Modernisation or manoeuvre?This week Athens has been consumed... has been recast by the prime minister as a generational project of state renewal to be completed... effort to reset the political agenda ahead of a difficult election season. Mitsotakis has framed
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Newsletter 494 - 13/02/2026
as fragmented, doctrinaire or stuck in the past. The opposition has responded with near‑total rejection. If Mitsotakis’s strategy has a target, it is PASOK — the party most vulnerable to being boxed... into someone else’s narrative. New Democracy has seized on that vulnerability. By treating PASOK
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Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicson the capital, marking the newest chapter in a dispute that has dogged the conservative administration... argue that compensation has been insufficient and that the government’s reasoning on vaccination... electoral coalition, and polling has shown broad public sympathy for the farmers’ plight
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Strait of Hormuz tensions test EU unity and Greece's strategic limits
PoliticsForeign Policyin the Persian Gulf, as they pass through the Strait of Hormuz toward the Arabian Sea, has been widely discussed in the Greek public sphere. This debate has intensified as Athens’ closest EU partners... that he had spoken with Macron and believes France may assist. Indeed, Macron has shown
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Mitsotakis gears up for rule of law debate amid multi-front political crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsa dialogue on institutional reform. Mitsotakis has spent the weeks leading up to the Easter break in fire..., and a proposed six-year term for the office of President. As he has done on previous occasions, the PM... and focus on national priorities. While this approach has worked on previous occasions, his political
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Stress mounts ahead of ECB's tests on Greek banks
EconomyA report over the weekend suggests that the Greek government has expressed concerns to its eurozone... at the baseline, which was the binding scenario for capital shortfalls, and 9.4 billion under the adverse... reservations regarding the BoG stress test outcome. The first relates to the binding scenario with IMF noting
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Amid efforts to help banks reduce NPLs, portfolio sales dominate drive to meet 2018 targets
EconomyBanking. The portfolio has been named Project Pillar. The securitised portfolio includes around 45,000 non... indicates that non-binding bids must be received by December 10, and binding bids by the end of February
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