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  1. Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calling snap elections this autumn an added dimension. Turkish... and there is concern in Athens that Ankara might view this three-week period as a prime opportunity to move... was not as clearcut as the headline and quoted an unnamed source with access to the prime minister who said

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  2. Mitsotakis insists on no early elections, accusing opposition of sowing division
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    The ongoing speculation about early elections took another twist on Wednesday, when Prime Minister... parliament and a prolonged period under a caretaker government. The latest evolution in the prime.... Polls The latest polling figures offer some support for the prime minister’s rediscovered

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  3. Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , the government was rocked on Friday by the resignation of the Prime Minister’s general secretary... and transparency that reach all the way up to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The two officials... in on the politician using other means. This discovery, according to the report, is what prompted Prime

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  4. Scepticism greets govt denials of involvement in surveillance, as communications missteps snowball
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the opposition suspects was a wider surveillance programme sanctioned by the prime minister. Themistoklis... Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to come out fighting. According to the game plan hinted... of the prevailing mood that Economou’s statement earlier this week that “the government and the prime

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  5. First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    earlier this month of the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the Prime Minister’s... to the Prime Minister and his decisions. “You haven’t realised it, but your premiership is over,” Varoufakis... and Greek Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras, did not attend the hearing. This could

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  6. PM brushes aside spying scandal, lowers expectations for handouts

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    took on threatening proportions for his government and the Greek Prime Minister used the opportunity... was under the aegis of the Prime Minister’s office, was spying on one of Mitsotakis’s main rival.... Bratakos will also take up the position of deputy minister to the prime minister, broadening

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  7. Athens responds to Erdogan's accusations as Mitsotakis readies UN address
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    threats over a possible military operation in the Aegean, as he continuously did over summer. Prime... if Dendias agrees with the Prime Minister on any possibility of a meeting with Turkey’s leadership... for consultations. It is not the first time that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister disagree

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  8. Opposition parties reject official conclusions of surveillance inquiry
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with the version of events given by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in August, but reports issued... of a “double scandal”, accusing the government of a cover-up whose purpose was to shield the prime..., all the way to the prime minister. PASOK accuses New Democracy of orchestrating a cover-up through its

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  9. SYRIZA steps up cronyism allegations on eve of EP committee visit
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    Tsipras tabled a parliamentary question for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in which he cited... of spyware in Greece. The opposition leader called on the prime minister to cooperate fully... for the pandemic response coordination centre in the prime minister’s office. Polakis alleges

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  10. PM rides into new, bigger storm after publication of phonetapping list

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    as the substance of the claims. Economou argued that there is not a shred of evidence that Prime... a departure for the publication. “What the Prime Minister knew about all this is not known. Even... the revelations about the wiretapping began and certainly at any point since he became prime

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