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PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe interview Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave to Alpha TV on Thursday night was dominated... about Libya’s maritime deal with Turkey are not respected grabbed the headlines, but Mitsotakis also... economic migrants,” Mitsotakis told Alpha TV. “Whoever is not a refugee will be sent back
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Tsipras needs to sign a deal, but which one?
Agorathe proposal put on the table by the institutions. Therein lies the problem for the SYRIZA leader: The risk... problem. As was the case with his predecessor, Antonis Samaras, he knows that agreeing to the terms... problem. To a large extent Tsipras only has himself to blame as he sued for snap elections in January
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Thinking outside of the box
Agorathat the problem in Greece is not whether there are four or five or six TV licenses, nor if the public... of accusations about who is genuinely in favour of a free press. The government’s tender for national TV... been held, making Greece the only European Union country not to have auctioned TV permits. Instead
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Mitsotakis said in a TV interview in December. At the time, the premier admitted that the lockdown.... Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture... Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis. Altogether, 17 changes were made, including
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday... for relocation and find itself on the Greek calends. Perhaps, though, a more serious problem for Greece
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Greece being boxed in by refugee crisis and security concerns
Agora, a more serious problem for Greece is that while its officials run from pillar to post to deal... a way out of Greece. The figurative fence-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday to tighten passport checks at the external borders
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Talk of refugee returns adds to stretched Greece's anxiety
PoliticsForeign Policyproblem is on the islands, where there are more than 12,500 migrants even though the official capacity..., where security continues to be a problem. Reports suggest that around 150 migrants broke out... government was put on alert by comments from German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizier, who
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020
, especially in Libya,” Pompeo explained. PM Mitsotakis was, no doubt, encouraged by Pompeo’s statements... respondents were particularly keen on the idea of legislation to address the problem of late payments
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Athens homing in on non-permanent seat at UNSC
PoliticsForeign Policyboundaries within the so-called “Blue Homeland” doctrine, which includes the Turkey-Libya maritime... problem within a UN framework. Diplomatic sources in Athens, though, stress that it would be a great
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