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  1. Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The latest budget performance figures offered a pleasant surprise for the government, which has immediately got to the task of balancing public expectations for more assistance with the need to reassure the markets of its commitment to fiscal discipline...

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  2. PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The turn of the year gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an opportunity to reinforce the message that the government will continue to provide relief for hard-pressed households, as elections loom ever closer on the horizon. In what has become a patt...

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  3. Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Opposition MPs stormed out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee handling the surveillance affair over what they claim is a concerted attempt by the government to cover up a politically motivated spying operation on domestic targets including jour...

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  4. Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Several months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras. Buoyed by encouraging signs from recent polls ...

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  5. Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    With the cost of living and the economy dominating much of the public debate in the run-up to next week’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific interventions that the government is mulling for after ...

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  6. Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Last week’s five-day debate on the 2025 budget concluded on Sunday without any complications for the government, and the economic plan is certainly in line with the Greek authorities’ narrative that stabilising the economy is one of the current administ...

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  7. What would Willy do?

    Agora

    Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Willy Brandt was born in Lübeck. The charismatic leader

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  8. Quasi-statesmanship and political gymnastics

    Agora

    It’s been quite a few days for Alexis Tsipras. The Greek Prime Minister has been deemed worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize by commentators outside of Greece, while domestic critics have accused him of being a traitor. In reality, both claims are excessive, but truth is not a currency that many people

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  9. Our daily bread
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    Agora

    , including Maritsa Mavrapidou who also died recently, a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize

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  10. SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the opposition investing in a pessimistic outlook that bears no relation to reality. “If the was a Nobel

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