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After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politicsdoctors being forced to resign was raised. “Over the last year there has been no break with bad old... CEO Anthimos Thomopoulos to resign. The HFSF denied this was the case and Tsakalotos reportedly dodged..., initially resisted calls for her to resign but eventually stepped down. Revenues chief It was not until
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Court delivers serious blow over TV permits, gov't vows to fight on
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition for the coalition to resign. PASOK and To Potami immediately called for State Minister Nikos Pappas, who was the architect of the process, to resign. Given that Pappas is Alexis Tsipras’s closest... that the government should resign because of the failure of the TV licence tender
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
relief, means that Tsipras needs a fresh mandate to implement it. Without it, there is every chance... half of the year. Getting a request for a new mandate in before notices for these payments start... mandate before the fog of confusion lifts and voters start to pose tougher questions. By Nick Makoutzis
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Why Tsipras might gamble on snap elections
Agoracontent and the possibility that it will lead to debt relief, means that Tsipras needs a fresh mandate... tax in the second half of the year. Submitting a request for a new mandate before notices... there is all the more reason to obtain a new mandate before the fog of confusion lifts and voters start
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KINAL vies for space, plays hard-to-get ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicssaid that KINAL would enter discussions with other parties “only if the exploratory mandate ends up... the mandate to form a government in New Democracy’s hands first. If the conservatives fail to put... Democracy and SYRIZA and would only enter serious discussions if it has the mandate in its hands
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agoraelectoral hopes for a third mandate. The usual tricks on the campaign book seem less appealing this time... was granted candidate status within one year of his first mandate in 2014, progress on opening accession... areas within a third mandate. Considering that immunization has become a central piece
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Govt weighs escalating impact of Ukraine war on public finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe governing party to seek a renewed mandate by calling early elections before the summer. The retail... the political landscape and it is now legitimate for the PM to ask for a new mandate ahead of time... for the winning party. Few now believe that ND could secure the 180 votes to secure a mandate under
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsreturned the mandate to form a government within a few hours of receiving it from President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Monday morning. The mandate for exploratory talks technically lasts three days..., as Tsipras returned the negotiating mandate on the spot. SYRIZA dramatically under-performed
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
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