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Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026
understand Greek concerns about Turkey’s revisionist rhetoric, instability in Libya and migration flows... of this is unfolding against the backdrop of rising tensions with Turkey and a shifting European
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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary groups respectively. As we flagged earlier in the day, SYRIZA’s Stathis Panagoulis abstained from the vote and ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos voted... that has been largely alien to him now; that of the enforcer. His coalition partner, ANEL leader Panos
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicslongevity after suggesting that he would pull his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party out of the government... (at least 180 out of 300 MPs) in Parliament. The ANEL leader suggested that he would trigger national... to be that the vote in Greek Parliament will be the trigger for SYRIZA and ANEL to pave the way for a managed
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Tsipras maps out path to next elections via Prespes Agreement and possible confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a confidence vote in Parliament should his coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos... but in a live TV interview on Wednesday, Tsipras explained what the implications of that meeting... that if the ANEL chief decides to rescind his backing for the coalition as a result of the Macedonia
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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... their separate ways over ideological differences. Kammenos appeared on Skai TV on Thursday to discuss..., seemed to question the role of the church in Greece. While being interviewed on TV about the recent
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those...-left, the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsdiscussions with Kammenos. The Independent Greeks (ANEL) admits speaking to Giannousakis but insists that he... in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politics-Independent Greeks (ANEL) administrations between 2015 and 2019 to see that the appointment of party...’ Protection Ministry, where former Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis took over from outgoing... and Interior Minister Makis Voridis. The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) issued
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PM hopes for return to normality by summer, but vaccine progress remains slow
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the end of the summer. In his remarks, Mitsotakis shrugged off the focus on daily vaccination... have supported jobs through aggressive furlough schemes”, Mitsotakis noted in his Davos remarks... of health measures. Speaking on Skai TV, a member of the government’s pandemic advisory committee
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Initials signs for Greek-Turkish exploratory talks seem unpromising
PoliticsForeign Policycontinue our talks?” Erdogan's statements came following Mitsotakis’s remarks last Monday in Nicosia...,” Mitsotakis said in an interview with Skai TV last week, sidestepping Erdogan’s comments. Both sides... of stability in the region.” In his joint remarks with his Iraqi counterpart in Athens, Dendias also
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