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Reshuffle expected to follow minister's departure in wake of Mati disaster
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Polakis be removed from his position. The government has struggled to find a coherent way in which... on Sunday, for instance, claimed that fire brigade helicopters did not have a proper way to communicate.... For now, Toskas’s duties have passed to Interior Minister Panos Skourletis. This is just a stopgap
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor SYRIZA and could have an impact on the way thousands of households vote. Election timing... is that the European Parliament vote will not turn out the way that Tsipras would like and that SYRIZA... with 4,500 next year. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry estimates that there are roughly 35,000
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SYRIZA unveils array of pledges to win over voters ahead of July 7 vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsShortly after asking President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to dissolve Parliament and pave the way... administration in a way that is friendly to investment and growth. It is no coincidence that the opposition... Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou and Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis, the governing party set out
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe formality of Monday night’s confidence vote in Parliament is out of the way and the government... to the way that municipalities are run as New Democracy wants to overcome any difficulties created... for the 14,706 people who own property worth more than 1 million euros. Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos
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Newsletter 224 -25/10/2019
the recent decisions issued by the Council of State. The court verdicts are expected to affect the way... political opponents in a way that previous governments were unable to. The only opposition party..., Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos emerged to announce that a compromise had been reached that would
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
trip to Athens left promise but little in the way of tangible or immediate economic benefits... also paved the way for future cooperation in the energy sector, with Chinese firms invited to get.... Opposition SYRIZA were quick to condemn the police’s actions, with former Interior Minister Alexis
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agoraof the populist mould, unwilling to let principles get in the way of achieving his goals. The first half of 2015... there is still a long way to go in the recovery process. Public finances, meanwhile, are probably... the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009
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Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe opportunistic, revealing in this way that they appreciate that they are not in a position to fight it out with the conservatives, who have garnered high levels of support for the way they handled... need,” he added. The premier’s view was echoed by Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis. Speaking
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Govt faces pushback from food service sector over re-opening rules
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the officers. So far, Greeks have earned plaudits domestically and internationally for the way... also been repeated suggestions from its political opponents that the assailants were in some way linked... the rates they charge. Speaking on ANT-1 TV on Wednesday, Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos gave
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Polls indicated support for two main parties growing as start of elections marathon looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsto navigate its way to a parliamentary majority. The majority of commentators expect that this will translate... so new elections can take place. This is seen around April 20, paving the way for the second national.... This will be followed by Interior Minister Makis Voridis stepping down on March 12 so an interim minister, who
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