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PM pledges higher wages for armed forces in bid to win over voters, own party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis has revealed that there will be an additional increase to the salaries of members of Greece... Greece has the necessary military personnel is as important as securing the appropriate equipment... within the ruling party. There has been unease among New Democracy MPs since last summer’s European
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Mitsotakis gets through to Trump with "win-win" message on tariffs
PoliticsGreek Politicsinauguration, the Greek PM has made a conscious effort to downplay his close links with the Biden... derided. This has included reeling back his more socially liberal policies, over which he had... flagging momentum. Since briefly surging to second place at the end of 2024, PASOK has now been
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Doubts about GSI resurface as Turkey raises objections over electricity cable
PoliticsForeign Policy, Cyprus and Israel faces headwinds again. Greece has firmly stated that the project will proceed, but has kept the timeline for resuming research operations under wraps amid increasing pressure from..., a Navtex for the operation has been delayed, reflecting the sensitivity of the situation, which is further
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ND directs fire at PASOK over Tempe as ruling party’s MPs grumble over land decree
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has taken advantage of the Tempe issue moving back to the top of the political agenda... of a proposed change to the legal status of land in small settlements around Greece. It has been noticeable over the last few days that PASOK has been the main target for New Democracy’s Tempe-related
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Opposition amps up criticism over Gaza stance and farming payments scandal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament. The European prosecutor’s probe into agricultural payments has also been seized on by the opposition, who accuse New Democracy of harbouring corruption and incompetence. The government has... attributed to Foreign Ministry sources noted that Athens has been in constant communication
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Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended his decision to shut down the organisation at the centre of the farming subsidy scandal that has put his government in an uncomfortable spot at a time... has been recovering recently and the government’s focus is on building on this revival. In comments
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Mitsotakis defends his record against backdrop of tough migration package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s record in government, which marked six years earlier this week. The PM has faced... of the government. He argued that “ten years on Greece has turned a page”, and warned against the risk of backtracking. This was a clear reference to former SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, with whom he has
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Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
PoliticsGreek Politics. This means the panel will have fewer powers and carry less weight. Secondly, New Democracy has not followed... that Greece has been fined 2.7 billion euros by the European Commission for the misuse of agricultural.... PASOK is also set to table its own motion. However, the fact that the government has a parliamentary
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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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