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Aided by opposition parties, PM faces low risk over bland choice of president
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom within his own party’s ranks, Mitsotakis has overturned the trend that has been in place... of their own for the presidency. SYRIZA tried to get ahead of Mitsotakis’s announcement by nominating..., indicating that the PM’s goal of solidifying support for the centre-right party and getting his own MPs
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Athens concerned but silent as Trump administration criticises Europe, lines up Ukraine talks
PoliticsForeign Policy, with Kallas noting afterwards that “Europe stands united in supporting Ukraine and strengthening our own... has come for its geopolitical adulthood” and called for the EU to find its own position in the new... collectively and united to defend its own rights. However, the Greek PM did not appear concerned about
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Parties gear up for fresh tug-of-war over Tempe investigation
PoliticsGreek Politicsis to submit its own proposal based on which Karamanlis would be investigated for misdemeanors. While it would be unusual for a party to recommend one of its own MPs be investigated, this would... allow the opposition parties to argue that the government is only interested in protecting its own
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Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025
narrative in his favour, as pressure mounts from both the streets and within his own party. Last week...’s Sokratis Famellos branded Mitsotakis a “fugitive” fleeing a “perfect storm” of his own making... working and social conditions than my own" registers a high 4.2 out of 5. This domestic pessimism has
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Mitsotakis targets rivals as Androulakis tries to shrug off doubters
PoliticsGreek Politicsterm by shaping the battlefield on its own terms. The PM’s office appears to have entered a phase..., which also received public sector contracts. PASOK, meanwhile, faces its own barrage... opponent”, New Democracy, but insisted that PASOK must maintain its own autonomous strategy rather
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Newsletter 27 - 22/05/2015
-it-or-leave-it offer. The government has suggested that if there is such a proposal, it would have to be put... political secretariat and senior members of the parliamentary group over the last few days in a bid to put... promises. EBC lifts ELA marginally Deal delay would put pressure on Greek bank liquidity The ECB decided
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Tsipras denies Grexit plan, has work to do to keep Greece in euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsattempted to put a positive spin on any potential agreement that could be reached in the next few days... for Tsipras in his efforts to convince his party to reach a deal. The swift attempt to put... will base its proposal on the plan put forward two weeks ago by the European Commission, which
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Blame game follows collapse of Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policyof the security arrangement in 15 years. AKEL, however, citing EU and UN sources that put the blame... proposal to be put in writing. These sources claim that during talks on Thursday evening the conditions... but with the pre-requisite that Ankara would put in writing its commitment to withdraw its interventionist rights
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Coalition turns to growth plan for relief from negativity, poor poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicsplaying a key role in promoting the plan, which was put together by Economy Minister Dimitris.... The government’s growth strategy will be put to public consultation at these events. The 260-page scheme... poll published in Saturday’s Parapolitika newspaper put New Democracy almost 15 points ahead
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Greece registers 42,425 asylum seekers at rising rate in two years of EU-Turkey deal
Societydecisions went up notably in 2017 compared to 2016. This was put down to the necessary infrastructure...) of 2016, around which time the EU-Turkey deal was put in place, the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017... to registered totalled 1,906 at the time of the report’s publication. The EU-Turkey deal was put in place
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