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Athens ponders US scepticism about EastMed gas pipeline
PoliticsForeign Policyof US State Department’s technocrats and diplomatic staff to all interested parties: Israel, Cyprus... note. This argument is seen as serving Turkey’s interests in the region as well as Ankara’s...” and unhelpful Turkey’s harassment of the oceanographic vessel, ‘Nautical Geo.’ The viability
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Arrival of new fighter jets draws attention as EastMed pipeline issue simmers in background
PoliticsForeign Policyas the first major step to strengthen the country’s armed forces. This move was deemed necessary following 2020 when tensions with Turkey reached unprecedented heights, testing Greece’s stamina. Greece... fighter jets will increase the country’s deterrent power and are a clear sign that Greece is “changing
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Newsletter 326 - 28/01/2022
through Sunday’s no confidence vote in Parliament, triggered by SYRIZA in the wake of the weather-related... a permanent fixture of the Greek state’s fiscal arsenal. Mitsotakis was not tested by the censure motion... last year. It should be noted that this year’s budget projects revenues being 70 million euros lower
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Mitsotakis faces pushback from left on arms to Ukraine
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s decision to supply arms to Ukraine has prompted criticism from the main opposition party SYRIZA and other parties of the left about the nature and extent of Greece’s involvement... minister’s office with the defence minister and the leadership of the armed forces, Mitsotakis
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Leaders explain differing views on how to approach Ukraine war
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTuesday’s parliamentary debate on the war in Ukraine and the government’s decision to break... the one that can best safeguard the country’s security, as well as its place within the West. Mitsotakis... Greece’s defence needs seriously, evidenced by its recent objections to purchases of fighter jets
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Newsletter 330 - 04/03/2022
fallout from Russia’s invasion. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to break with Greece’s..., in “standing on the side of democracy” and upholding every country’s right to “protect its territorial... in the week. Mitsotakis’s rivals argued that he should have called a meeting of party leaders before making
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PM focuses on high prices, food supplies as snap election option fades away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe cost-of-living crisis remains the government’s number one priority after little progress was made on containing energy prices at last week’s European Union leaders’ summit. Prime Minister... circles. Some analysts believe Greece’s CPI could reach as high as 10 pct in March from 7.2 pct
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SYRIZA hope Tsipras re-election ballot will bear fruit as poll figures remain stagnant
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the opposition party’s leader on Sunday, showing that the leftists can rally their voter base as Greece moves towards the last 12 months of the current government’s term. The SYRIZA ballot is being held just a week after centre-left PASOK-KINAL members elected to reinstate the party’s traditional name
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ND exults in Saudi Arabia deals as opposition calls for answers over spyware
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to ensure that a blaze of positive publicity accompanied the range of agreements that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signed with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin... as having the potential to change Greece’s fate and were met with celebratory coverage in most
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday, when PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis rejected the government’s handling of the revelation that he had been the subject of surveillance by Greece’s intelligence service. While the conservative... and was being “shown the exit door” by the country’s democratic majority. The government has been
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