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New government looks for way to open discussions with Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens feels has been provoking Greece in recent weeks. Athens is aiming to defuse tensions... explained that for this meeting to be fruitful and beneficial, "there has to be a serious framework. Turkey has to help this framework. It has to understand it. We won’t be dragged into talks under
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
that the government has tightened up the asylum procedure with the latest legislative change, is creating closed...-hysterical coverage in the Greek media, has heaped pressure on New Democracy, which appears to have been... public dissatisfaction with their handling of migration. The government has responded by escalating its
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New asylum strategy to centre on relocation to closed camps, enhanced border protection
PoliticsGreek Politicsto new hosting facilities in other parts of Greece by the end of 2020, while the government has also... weeks has increased pressure on the already overstretched and under equipped asylum service and focussed... asylum procedures. However, under continuing pressure from its critics, it has now announced a further
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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has been left to watch from afar the latest international diplomatic initiatives aimed..., was excluded. Germany has invited the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US... be represented at the meeting. Athens has made no secret of its frustration at being excluded from
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PM brings law and order back onto agenda as foreign policy issues dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsfew days, although the government has tried to shift focus back to internal matters via its law... and media coverage has been dominated about the relationship between Athens and Washington, Turkey’s role... on the international stage. Despite the apparent warm welcome for Mitsotakis in Washington, the government has
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Newsletter 238 -07/02/2020
that New Democracy supported while in opposition as well, but has not provided tangible evidence to back up... motives may have been to blame but, again, no serious evidence of provocation has been forthcoming... Ministry that was scrapped last July. Tzanakopoulos argued that this shows New Democracy has no idea
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Tensions within SYRIZA en route to membership ballot, party conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeetings and decisions scheduled between now and May. Open letters This has been another fractious... of a long-drawn-out identity crisis for the party. Leader Alexis Tsipras has made clear his desire... debate the SYRIZA’s strategy in opposition. Alexis Tsipras has made it clear he wishes to focus
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Newsletter 242 -06/03/2020
Friday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to close the crossings, a decision which has paid... in a position statement issued on Wednesday, however the move has caused disquiet among the progressive wing of the party. Since the eruption of the crisis at the Evros border there has been very little room
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Newsletter 247 -10/04/2020
to be flouting the rules has been increased from 150 to 300 euros. Government officials also denied... to other countries in Western Europe. This has led to it circulating charts comparing the number of cases..., this has put the government in the awkward position of advertising its apparent success in tackling
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Reshuffle back on the cards as PM unveils plans for Greek industry
PoliticsGreek Politicsnears its completion. The prime minister has also unveiled his vision for a national industrial... after July 1, once the economy has fully reopened after the lockdown and “at a time of the PM’s... has been successful, and point to a series of polls recording high approval ratings
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