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A marriage of inconvenience
AgoraIn March 2004, Greece’s young prime minister was a witness at the wedding of Esra Erdogan. Twelve... to Iran permission to fly over Turkey recently. Ankara regards the prime ministerial plane as a military... Rhodes. Instead, the prime minister’s flight plan was changed and the aircraft landed in Egypt
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared himself satisfied with the outcome of Friday’s EU... was the Greek prime minister’s first appearance before the press at an EU summit in more than a year... Kammenos. The Greek prime minister gave no indication that he intends to sack Mouzalas and suggested
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greece’s neighbour as “Macedonia” sparked speculation that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might part... on in advisory capacity. Finally, the prime minister is reportedly thinking about an extensive reshuffle... invitation to Potami chief Stavros Theodorakis and ex-prime minister George Papandreou, who founded
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Greek-Turkish relations back in focus amid overflights and NATO chief's visit
PoliticsForeign Policystate. It seems this is why Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras decided to convene the Government Council... about Kammenos' decision. The prime minister tried to water down the impression given... prompted foreign diplomats to make their complaints known to the prime minister in the past. Stoltenberg
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Club Med in Washington
Agoraparties represented in the Cortes have not been able to form a new governing coalition. The acting prime.... Time is now running out in Spain. If the Cortes fails to elect a new prime minister by May 2... the institution. As the climate for regional Italian banks worsens, the government of Prime Minister
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The diversions of the past
AgoraSamaras when he was prime minister) to prove to the hardliners within his party that he... when it comes to the actions of those around him. The prime minister took no action at all against... or “fascist” behaviour, then he had a prime opportunity to do so by declaring that there was no place
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Reshuffle speculation mounts as offshore law sparks new political row
PoliticsGreek Politicsconservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, regarding links to offshore firms. There was a longer...-tranche, worth 7.5 billion euros. However, it may help to convince Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that his... some of the benefits of a period of relative stability. The prime minister is thought to want to avoid
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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyEven before SYRIZA came to power, it was interested in improving Sino-Greek relations so Prime... in the country reached 37,196 from 28,328. Tsipras’s visit comes three years after Prime Minister Li..., the prime minister’s cousin, and the Secretary General for International Economic Relations at the Foreign
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the Communist Party vote against the proposal unanimously, there is no way that Prime Minister... to change SYRIZA’s electoral law if he becomes prime minister. Opinion polls Apart from the obvious impact... that the prime minister said he wanted to change the electoral system because he is not able
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicspreparing a series of other bills as well. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a meeting with his ministers... that the prime minister wants the president to have almost the same authority he had under the 1975.... This would allow the president to block draft legislation, nominate a prime minister
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