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As bank debate rages, ND's support slips further and PM loses economic adviser
PoliticsGreek Politicslooking for a new chief economic adviser after Alexis Patelis, one of the PM’s closest aides over the last... and high charges for transactions. PASOK’s decision to table an amendment proposing an extra five... Akis Skertsos tried to defend the government’s position on the matter. He argued that New Democracy
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Opposition front against new President Tasoulas not sufficient to unite left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties continue to question PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s selection of veteran New Democracy... that the former Speaker’s distinguished career showed that he enjoyed broad support across party lines... PASOK commented in a statement that Tasoulas’s election marked a break from one of the few consensual
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Fringe parties gain from Tempe furore as judiciary becomes embroiled in row
PoliticsGreek Politicsand an extremely high level of public scepticism in the government’s handling of the Tempe rail crash. Against this backdrop, the war of words between the government and opposition ahead of next Friday’s protests to mark the two-year anniversary of the rail tragedy is intensifying. The country’s judiciary
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Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s junior cabinet appointments have come under aggressive scrutiny, complicating what he had hoped to be a clean start after the Tempe protests. New Democracy’s... not satisfied Mitsotakis’s critics in the opposition and within his own party. Several of his former
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Newsletter 460 - 02/05/2025
Democracy’s ratings slide has stopped and that the ruling centre-right party has started to edge up... receive up to one month’s return back from the state. The reduction in the tax rate on rental income..., along with the measures announced last week, will form one of New Democracy’s main weapons in its
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsand had not been trailed. Monday’s declaration marks more than just an environmental milestone. It can..., Mitsotakis asserts Greece’s role not only as a guardian of biodiversity but as being in the vanguard.... The Southern Cyclades park stirred immediate reactions in Ankara. Turkish officials claim the park’s location
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Opinion polls signal fragile political stalemate and rising public anger
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s fate. The Prorata September Pulse and the Interview poll for Politic.gr both show New... undecided rates, weakening party cohesion relative to 2023, broad disappointment with the country’s... but brittle lead for the ruling party. Prorata’s proportional estimate places New Democracy at 27
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ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe resignation of the organisation’s CEO will not resolve. Grigoris Sklikas, the CEO of Hellenic Post (ELTA... to submit a question in Parliament, after Sklikas’s resignation caused the postponement... intended to rescue ELTA. Questions have also been raised about ELTA’s recent decision to sign
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Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025
, and HelleniQ Energy. The deal marks the country’s first exploratory drilling in nearly four decades.... Mitsotakis hailed the corridor as “the central energy artery of Eastern Europe,” underscoring Greece’s role.... By showcasing Greece’s international relevance, he hopes to reframe the domestic narrative and present himself
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US-China port spat gives Athens taste of diplomatic challenges ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe ownership of Piraeus port, highlighting the risks posed by the Greek government’s growing... by the US’s new ambassador to Athens Kimberly Guilfoyle in a TV interview. The embassy’s representative... relations and described her intervention as a “serious interference in Greece’s internal affairs
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