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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsfour-year term and even suggested that he would ask for the maximum 20-day extension permissible... expires in September. There has been much speculation that Tsipras will actually call elections..., while remaining within in the 1-for-1 ratio of departures and appointments agreed with Greece’s
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SYRIZA and PASOK join forces to pressure govt as polls show gap between them narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe proposed expulsion of four rebels is due to be debated, is expected to provide the catalyst... committed to remaining within the party to act as an internal opposition. Kasselakis himself has shown little inclination to engage with his critics since the furore sparked by his call for the expulsion
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Greece seeks EU help on refugees after Schengen threat but big challenges remain
PoliticsForeign Policywith the refugee and migrant crisis. The call for help from Athens appears to have been prompted by multiple... as it gave fodder to the opposition parties in Greece. Also, Greece's call for help came a few hours... but this operation will be a real test for the government, which has so far tried to avoid detaining arrivals
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Athens draws up Turkey strategy after EU Council, Biden input
PoliticsForeign Policy. This was the main message of the telephone call between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister... of Independence. According to Kathimerini, Biden told Mitsotakis that the Greek prime minister should call him... relations. The much-awaited phone call has also paved the way for the Greek premier to visit
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Government refocuses on "Law and Order" message as Dokos prank exposes vulnerabilities
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe robustness of Greece’s communication‑security systems four years after the Predator spyware... Dokos, the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser, fell victim last week to a prank call... published the video of the call, prompting immediate criticism from opposition parties. PASOK
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... insisted that he wants to see out his four-year term, thereby marking a return to “normality... to call snap polls lie mainly in protecting New Democracy from extended wear-and-tear from the cost
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Explanations sought as PM backs away from prospect of early elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand call snap elections, his comments this week, including the suggestion that seeing out the four...The fallout from Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s insistence this week that he does not have plans to call... enough to believe that he can continue in office and see out his four-year term without fear
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
Opposition leaders fuel election talk As Mitsotakis and Gennimata call for snap polls, Tsipras..., along with local elections and shortly after the government’s four-year term expires. The date... are in play. The first is for Tsipras to call a snap vote later this year in a bid to capitalise
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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand wants all ANEL’s ministers to do the same. As a consequence, Tsipras said that he would call...: Kammenos, Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha and Kostas Katsikis. It is not clear how the other four lawmakers... against. If Danellis carries through with his pledge, this leaves Tsipras needing another four votes
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Greece agrees package of measures with IMF, eurozone to seal review
EconomyProgrammeapprove the package of measures agreed in Athens. The key measures included in the four draft memoranda... Greece having to achieve a primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP for four years from 2018... of this scenario do not yield 1 percent of GDP, the remaining amount will be covered by further cuts
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