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Protests and policing shake up political agenda as early election scenarios resurface
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the aftermath of the accident circulated, among them one appearing to show a traffic policeman intimidating
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PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsa policeman shot and seriously injured a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki was deemed as a thinly disguised attempt
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Sports-related violence on the agenda again as PM struggles to find response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor at least the third time since it first took power in 2019, the New Democracy government is examining what measures it can take to rein in sports-related violence after a policeman was seriously injured at a volleyball match. The officer needed extensive emergency treatment after being hit
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Latest hooliganism crackdown greeted by mixture of anger and scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s response to the latest hooliganism incident has managed to anger the country’s top football clubs while questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the measures. Following the serious injury of a riot policeman by a flare fired outside a sports event last weekend, Prime
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
PoliticsDespite turbulence for govt, opposition seems more troubledA week that began with the government trying to come up with yet more measures to tackle hooliganism after a policeman was gravely injured by a flare ended with focus shifting to the budget debate in Parliament ahead of Sunday’s
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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials should stand trial in connection to the death of a policeman who was hit by a flare before
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Energy drives closer cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
PoliticsForeign Policyprocess on the Syrian crisis, while also expressing “serious concerns over the situation in Libya.” The instability in Libya and the presence of jihadists there was highlight by the Egyptian president
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal
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In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsa maritime agreement with Libya that infringes on Greece’s sovereign rights. Some commentators... with Libya is “null and void” because it ignores the exclusive economic zones of Greece’s islands, which he
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