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Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan as Greek ties with Russia collapse
PoliticsForeign Policyrather than neutral territory. The two leaders have met already three times - in New York, London... countries that rely much more than us — 70, 80, 90 percent — and I would like to hear their opinion... need to be dealt with in a logic of solving problems and not of adding new ones,” he said. The meeting
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Newsletter 336 - 06/05/2022
to their current levels, but would still be 30 pct higher than before the crisis began. The change... than energy imports from the latter, and the help of EU funds, it is still at 3.1 pct in real terms..., arguing that problems are piling up and the centre-right administration seems incapable of handling them
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Verbal exchanges with Turkey intensify, but voters still largely focussed on inflation
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion polls that have shown Greeks are more concerned about the cost of living than anything else... than in May. SYRIZA’s backing has risen by half a point since last month to 24 pct. PASOK-KINAL has... still remains very much focussed on the problems caused by inflation. It is also worth noting
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Government claims tourism season a major success, opposition begs to differ
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greece is on course for a better tourism season than in 2019. Earlier, Tourism Minister... from a higher-than-expected influx of tourists to cover the additional relief measures it wants...-to-day problems faced by Greeks, such as the cost-of-living crisis. Linked to that, she also accused
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Newsletter 363 - 16/12/2022
that came less than 48 hours after SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras had asked Prime Minister Kyriakos... Androulakis became its leader last year are ideologically closer to ND than they are to SYRIZA... Democracy has another weapon in its arsenal to divert attention from its problems, in the form
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Government dampens expectations for handouts in PM's speech
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn less than three weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attempt to set the tone for his... execution looks more favourable than expected at the moment because energy prices and business revenues... dissipated over the last few weeks due to a series of problems to which the state has responded poorly
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Newsletter 393 - 15/09/2023
that things could be much worse than they are now. There is a feeling in the opposition camps... to abandon the belief that this government is more professional than previous administrations... by a sense that the same chronic problems which plagued Greece in the past are still prevalent
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PM brushes aside political cost of self-employed tax bill as main opposition unravels
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government held anything less than a commanding position. However, having just secured a convincing second... a new parliamentary party, rather than operating as independents. It is unclear whether they would... and tackling what they describe as “imported” problems revolving around the cost-of-living crisis
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Mitsotakis targets reforms, but day-to-day challenges set to dominate agenda in 2024
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the European Parliament elections, due to be held in Greece on June 9, than the reforms being enacted... opinion polls have suggested that his party’s ratings are slipping, rather than rising. Opinion... asked to pick the three biggest problems facing Greece currently, 63 pct of respondents chose
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Newsletter 412 - 16/02/2024
to benefit from full rights rather than be left in the current legal limbo. He emphasised that the aim... the problems faced by the primary production sector. PASOK accused New Democracy of showing disdain for the farming community by seeking to lay the blame on the EU rather than taking responsibility for poor
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