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  1. OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A compressed, post‑Easter political week opens in Athens with the government facing simultaneous pressure on two domestic fronts - the OPEKEPE case files and the revived surveillance affair - while also navigating a sharp rhetorical clash with Ankara and preparing for Emmanuel Macron’s visit later

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  2. Minister pledges swift resolution as public anger over rail crash mounts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the crash, the minister said that although human error was probably a factor, the appropriate safety... criticised for rushing to blame human error in his first response to the crash. Gerapetritis... which relieved the network operator and its private contractors of the obligation to deliver

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  3. PM forced to adjust line over deadly train crash amid public anger
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on lifestyle issues such as book recommendations. However, this Sunday’s post carried a much more sombre... not want to, and we must not hide behind the human error.” In his televised address last Wednesday, hours after the fatal accident, Mitsotakis had suggested that the crash was mainly down to human error

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  4. Newsletter 418 - 29/03/2024

    Newsletters

    that human error was solely to blame for the accident that killed 57 people last year. However... that led to their botched execution. He also stood by the government's claim that human error... since 2019 and more than 18 pct in the post-pandemic era. The ministry also points out that Greece

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  5. Athens homing in on non-permanent seat at UNSC
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    for the period 2025-2026. Greece previously held this post in 1952-1953. For Greece to expand its geopolitical... boundaries within the so-called “Blue Homeland” doctrine, which includes the Turkey-Libya maritime... mistake for Greece's effort to secure a post at the UNSC to be received by other members as being

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  6. Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026

    Newsletters

    , the sharpened messaging and the immediate post‑congress outreach all pointed to a party that has... understand Greek concerns about Turkey’s revisionist rhetoric, instability in Libya and migration flows... position, with the budget expected to post a total surplus of 0.8% of GDP this year and 0.6% in 2027

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  7. Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    Agora

    as spring boards – a model seen at work in Antwerp, the base of Belgium's far right Vlaams Belang

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  8. Tempe rail crash charges reignite debate about scrupulousness of investigation
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    representatives and employees of the contractor were charged with instigation of subsidy fraud... signalling-telecommand systems, but the contractor attempted to construct an entirely new signalling system

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  9. Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    actions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia

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  10. Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    employees’ compensation rights. Also, firms are no longer responsible for ensuring that sub-contractors abide by labour regulations. The sub-contractor is responsible for ensuring workers’ rights...-contractors they use and employees having the right to take legal action against employers even

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