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All-round concern about Greek-Turkish tension in run-up to referendum
PoliticsForeign Policywarned would hurt relations between the two countries. This time, however, Turkey has requested... that he has the support of the leader of the extreme right MHP, it does not mean he can gain the votes of MHP supporters. It is believed that this is why Erdogan has adopted his most nationalistic ever
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Unease grows as new round of Cyprus talks approaches
PoliticsForeign Policyfor an agreement has narrowed considerably as the presidential election approaches in Cyprus and Greece argues... of the European Commission will represent the EU this time instead of Jean-Claude Juncker. The UN has told... to its annoyance at the tactical games of Cypriot leaders, the organisation has considered breaking
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Movement on name issue but Athens keeps expectations low
PoliticsForeign Policymore. Political instability and concerns that the West has about interference from Russia and Turkey and the increase of their influence in the region has fuelled interest about the direction..., has prompted some movement around the unresolved name issue. The visit of UN special mediator
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The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Agorarather than fantasy has understood that the case against the former head of the Hellenic Statistical.... The latter charge has repeatedly been proven to be preposterous and based on numbers that do not add up... government has admitted that when it was opposition and made claims about artificially inflated
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Mitsotakis targets working class votes, centre-left struggles with leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politicsclass – a section of society where his party is competing for votes with SYRIZA, which has repeatedly... on Thursday that this was a deliberate choice as the area has been hit hard by unemployment... months. Two recent opinion polls have suggested that SYRIZA has started eating away at the big lead
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Greece and Albania hold private talks to tackle longstanding differences
PoliticsForeign Policyfor the delineation of the Exclusive Economic Zone; an issue which has been pending from 2009. Since January... of war that has existed between the two countries since the Second World War. Athens, meanwhile, does not recognise the issue of the Cham community, which Albania has been raising since the 1990s
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Tsakalotos douses talk of Tsipras facing post-election leadership challenge
PoliticsGreek Politics. “There will be no leadership issue, and if there is, I will be against it,” he said during an interview with News247... justified because since 2012 he only has victories and increases in the party’s percentages. And, when... minister has always denied that he has such aspirations and has repeatedly rebuffed reports
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
on Turkey by crossing what Ankara has described as a “red line”. The government was quick to rebuff... at a time of its choosing. The response underlines the position that the government has carved out.... On the domestic scene, Mitsotakis’s failure to persuade the EU to announce sanctions at the previous summit has
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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Greek health system has to a high case load during the pandemic and the higher mortality among... mortality rate, which has been well above the EU average since the beginning of November, the government... year. Although Tsiodras has been increasingly less prominent since others assumed communication
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Newsletter 397 - 13/10/2023
the weak presence of the opposition at this level of government. “I believe citizens reconfirmed their trust in New Democracy and the choices it made,” said Mitsotakis. ND has a strong chance of securing... the timeline it has set out for providing compensation to farmers affected by the flooding in central
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