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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the areas in question. The response from Athens has been to reject the Libyan claims and insist... has done more to advance Greek foreign policy than any previous government. He cited maritime... Democracy has edged up by half a point since April and now stands at 23 pct. There has been a significant
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Mitsotakis pledges faster reforms as polls capture disaffection after subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsshould be lost due to lax timekeeping. Mitsotakis has also set out the importance of a policy roadmap... to be fully implemented. The New Democracy leader has been trying to move the agenda on from a series... roughly the same portion (74 pct) say their faith in the government has been shaken. The one bright
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Mitsotakis prepares for autumn gamble after testing summer
PoliticsGreek Politicshas proved a source of concern and frustration for voters throughout the last few years. The package... back voters who have drifted away from New Democracy in recent polls. The government has already... or utility bills. Housing, in particular, has emerged as a critical pressure point. Greece has one
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Wildfires and healthcare failings test government over summer season
PoliticsGreek Politicsof serious blazes burning overnight in western Greece and on the island of Chios. The situation has prompted... Mitsotakis has interrupted his schedule for a briefing. Reports say numerous homes, businesses... remained below the 20-year average. This claim has been overturned overnight, according
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Building on flurry of policy pledges, Mitsotakis vows to back research and innovation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLooking to build on whatever momentum he has generated as a result of his recent policy announcements at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged... half the EU average of 284.70. As a share of GDP, R&D spending has inched up from 0.44 percent
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PM under fire for foreign policy handling after Erdogan snub
PoliticsGreek Politicscancelled with a few hours’ notice a long-anticipated meeting between the two leaders has led opposition... annoyed at Athens’s decision to publicise the meeting in advance. The PM’s office, meanwhile, has... as undesirable both by Erdogan and by Trump, with whom he has not been able to secure a meeting since
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OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary inquiry into the fraudulent farm payments scandal has heard claims of political.... In a parliamentary process that has been tightly controlled by the government majority, the opposition has... has strenuously denied. Commenting on the claims, the spokesman for main opposition party PASOK said
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Tempe reverberations continue as PM reacts to ongoing protests
PoliticsGreek Politics. And Democracy has the power to overcome any obstacle. So, Panos Ruci’s protest ended with his demands... over the coming months, there will be distinctly uncomfortable moments for the government, which has... to distance itself from any responsibility for the accident. This has led to accusations
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Farmers’ fury grows as government scrambles for response
PoliticsGreek Politicsto search for ways to quell the protests. What began as scattered blockades has now evolved... and that the protests could last for weeks. Faced with mounting disruption, the government has sought to project calm and control. Its response has coalesced around a threefold message: December will be a month
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No surprises in Trump’s NSS for Greece as Athens outlines Ukraine position
PoliticsForeign Policyelements of the White House’s global approach. For Greece, the NSS confirms what Donald Trump has... Athens’s assessment of Trump’s foreign policy, which has been clear from the outset and has guided... of the Willing and backed by the US. Greece has made clear it will not participate in any military presence
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