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MEPs agree to keep Tempe file open despite government's efforts to conclude inquiry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKarystianou, who lost her daughter in the crash, has become a figurehead for the campaign relatives... the safety certificate for the Greek rail system until the Tempe investigation has been completed... that the EU’s executive arm has limited powers in what it can do to respond to relatives’ demands
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
will continue, although the politician in question has been removed from ND's yet-to-be-announced list... Parliament elections. Asimakopoulou's withdrawal from the list has left New Democracy scrambling to find... are trying to stifle the investigation into the Tempe train crash, has taken its toll
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Can the Green Transition be just?
Agorabillion has been earmarked for the acceleration of renewable energy sources (RES) development... scheme will be distinct from the existing ETS (ETS-1), which has been in operation since 2005... reveals, Greece has been performing worse than the European average; emissions from the buildings
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Watchdog's ruling in voter email leak prompts opposition calls for minister to resign
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe time of the national elections. Someone from the Interior Ministry, who has not been identified.... The DPA has not yet issued its decision on Theodoropoulos and New Democracy, which has asked for more..., which has tried to distance itself as much as possible from the data breach. The scandal has also
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Kasselakis warns of SYRIZA shake-up, as ND ousts former minister over assault video
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be the last for these organs, as Kasselakis has already indicated that he plans to follow up.... By forging ahead, Kasselakis has communicated that he is more than happy to light the fuse... to be discussed at this week’s meetings. Kasselakis has stated several times that he is not willing
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the political drama that used to surround the election of a new president by Parliament has dissipated... three ballots. Instead, the process has now been simplified so that in the first round of voting the nominee has to secure 200 votes or more out of the 300. This is then followed by a second round, before
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Mitsotakis backs Ukraine as Athens tries to balance position with Trump administration
PoliticsForeign Policydevelopments on the peace negotiations that Donald Trump has begun with Vladimir Putin, said in his.... In contrast with other EU leaders, Mitsotakis has, however, avoided distancing himself clearly from Donald Trump’s call Zelensky a dictator. He said that the US president has a special way to express himself
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ND eyes start of recovery as public interest in Tempe issue appears to wane
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicating the start of a slow comeback that has created significant doubt over whether Prime Minister... Konstantopoulou, has retained the support it won over the last few weeks on the back of its leader’s... in the three soundings is that PASOK has not managed to end its drift. The social democrats
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Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has suffered another serious blow to his image and his... revolves around a widespread misuse of EU agricultural subsidies overseen by OPEKEPE, which has... much money has been distributed based on fraudulent claims but Tassos Telloglou, the investigative
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Government adamant snap polls are not under consideration
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the government due to the public backlash over the Tempe train crash, has fuelled speculation about... will be held in 2027, as Mitsotakis has repeatedly stated. Snap elections are far from unusual in Greece. Since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974, Greece has held 20 national elections
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