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Mitsotakis faces press in attempt to defuse criticism over wildfire handling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an extended press conference on Thursday as part of what... to support his claim. The prime minister also pledged to restore everything destroyed by the fires...’ top priority, above saving property and the environment. The prime minister acknowledged
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Newsletter 308 - 17/09/2021
by the measures set out by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which involved a fiscal package so substantial that it immediately sparked fresh and substantial speculation that the prime minister is considering... commentators have focussed on the timeline between now and May 2022, which is seen as a prime date for snap
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Pandemic and pushback rows spark political clashes
PoliticsGreek Politicssituation has put the government under increasing pressure and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... experiencing a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” The SYRIZA camp believes that the prime minister’s... that there are no such thoughts on his mind. In a strongly worded response to the prime minister’s intervention, SYRIZA issued
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
pressure and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reacted on Tuesday by turning his fire on SYRIZA... in a meeting of his parliamentary group. The SYRIZA camp believes that the prime minister’s reaction... response to the prime minister’s intervention, SYRIZA issued a statement calling on him and his
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PM unveils 1.1-billion-euro anti-inflation package to opposition scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsinflation on households and businesses, but the opposition is accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos... was made by the prime minister in a televised address on Wednesday evening and fleshed out in a press... would not be able to take on all the burden of price hikes. The conservative prime minister said
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Newsletter 348 - 12/07/2022
that the National Intelligence Service (EYP) spied on a political rival and the prime minister... was the PM’s televised address on Monday. The prime minister said the intelligence service had carried... national security. To address the shortcomings exposed by the Androulakis affair, the prime minister
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New Democracy moves to corral far-right vote, as PM braces for more surveillance evidence
PoliticsGreek Politicsof further revelations from the communications privacy watchdog. Opposition parties have seized on Prime... outside Athens’s Metropolitan Cathedral showed sections of the crowd booing the Deputy Prime Minister and the Culture Minister who represented the government, while cheering the former prime minister
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Seeking showdown in Parliament, SYRIZA tables censure motion over surveillance report
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the latest bid by the opposition to confront Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the subject, following..., a former national security adviser to the prime minister and two senior officials in defence procurement..., all of which had been dismissed by the government as groundless allegations, and by the prime
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PM strikes public diplomacy coup with Zelensky visit, faces criticism over wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsstates in Athens gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis some brief respite from the troubles... diplomacy. They also praise the prime minister for a number of smaller successes with respect... of stability in the region. SYRIZA accused the prime minister of putting party politics and public image
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PM hopes to contain farmers' protests, seeks to close other open fronts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hoping to keep tensions with farmers from boiling over, as he..., the prime minister reiterated his assurance that farmers’ concerns were reasonable... energy costs. The prime minister also promised to speed up the payment of compensation and other
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