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Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government’s ambivalent stance on the issue, emphasised by State Minister Nikos Pappas calling... extend of the deficit in 2009. The bickering continued on Wednesday, when ex-interior minister Yiannis
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policythe pair met last week. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias decided to set aside the unstable... administration, trans border cooperation, energy, interior affairs and cases of justice. One
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Pappas to oversee the process rather than the National Council for Radio and Television... concern about the developments, culminating in Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis suggesting
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Europe Nikos Xydakis claims that Greece had been offered up to 400 officers from the European..., a spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry, who told the Financial Times that Berlin offered 200
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsto their successors, outgoing Education Minister Nikos Fylis let rip. Fylis was ousted entirely from... leaving Panos Skourletis outside the fold, which led to him being appointed interior minister after his
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SYRIZA on tenterhooks as outcome of review remains in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe details of the agreement are known. Interior Minister Panos Skourletis’s suggestion last week... education minister Nikos Fylis. Recent reports also suggested that Fylis is one of those within the party
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsprocess be overseen by top constitutional law professor Nikos Alivizatos. This is another nod... last week. Ex-Interior Minister Yiannis Ragousis attended the meeting, taking a different approach
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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Interior Minister Panos Skourletis the breaking up of the Athens “B” electoral district... Nikos Sakellariou on Wednesday came as a surprise. According to reports, it is the first time
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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on coalition over wildfire deaths
PoliticsGreek Politicsconference on Tuesday, during which he essentially called for the resignations of Interior Minister Panos Skourletis, Alternate Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, Attica Governor Rena Dourou (all
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Reshuffle expected to follow minister's departure in wake of Mati disaster
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlternate Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas was the first political casualty of the recent deadly wildfire in Mati, for which the death toll has risen to 90. It was confirmed on Friday.... For now, Toskas’s duties have passed to Interior Minister Panos Skourletis. This is just a stopgap
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