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  1. Stomach for the fight
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    Agora

    . However, rarely has there been a reshuffle that has been met with such a sense of deflation.... Even the government spokesperson, Sofia Voultepsi, has a history of controversy and confrontation... adjustment program. Samaras has continued the process of cosying up to this extreme of the Greek political

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  2. Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015

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    for the TVXS news website published on Friday suggested that SYRIZA’s lead has narrowed to 5.5 percentage... sources, local media has indicated that depositors were rather calm until mid-December. However, recent... to one monthly salary) in the private sector, the deposit flow has been positive every December since

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  3. Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    existing channels. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has already attracted negative comments... upholding the appeals. New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis has also intervened in the issue, though... last year the government has held up the TV tender as a prime example of its self-professed attempt

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  4. Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017

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    at home and dispel some of the uncertainty that has proved damaging for the Greek economy over... the personal nature of the view expressed by Skourletis and insisted, given the coalition has 153 out of 300 MPs, that it does not need the votes of other parties. There has been a discussion

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  5. Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is possible in the coming months. The resumption of talks between the two countries on this subject has...” in its name and the position that the conservative party will take on the issue. Mitsotakis has so far... the next elections and has heaped pressure on Mitsotakis not to alienate the conservative party’s

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  6. Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
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    ANEL, has called a meeting of the party’s parliamentary group and executive committee on Wednesday... of the political divorce. Kammenos has been insisting for weeks now that he will quit the government... has been engaged in a public battle over the last few weeks. The ANEL chief seemed irked by the fact

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  7. Govt’s “zero tolerance” approach to violent protest provokes accusations of authoritarianism
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of migration. The government has responded by escalating its rhetoric. Commenting on the raids... and order agenda Visible policing has been one of the hallmarks of the New Democracy government since.... In a seemingly unrelated development, fuel has been added to the fire by the arrest of two suspected

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  8. Tsipras plans SYRIZA reboot, as govt pandemic response faces multiple challenges

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    party conference, initially scheduled for September, has been postponed due to the pandemic until.... The postponement will allow Tsipras to make a series of decisive moves, which he has argued are necessary... leftist wing, has frequently found himself at the centre of internal disputes, which have become

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  9. Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap

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    Synod of the Church of Greece has issued a circular addressing concerns around vaccination, which is to be read in churches over the coming days. However, the Synod’s spokesman has stressed... Stelios Petsas, who has been charged with coordinating local and regional vaccination efforts, hinted

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  10. Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
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    this as an indirect threat to those involved not to divulge any details. The invocation of secrecy laws has been... being breached, we do not need to breach other privacy rules that may apply.” Tassoulas has given.... Also, given the governing party has a majority of MPs on the committee, it is expected that New

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