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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek Politicscontroversy. Official statements from the Greek coastguard stated that they had become aware... at the reflexes displayed by the caretaker prime minister, a senior judge, in declaring an official period... backlash against the official line. Greek Solution, ultra-conservative Niki, and Spartiates (Spartans
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Government lines up crackdown on NGOs as next piece in harsher migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politics, NGOs could be stripped from the official registry if they run migration campaigns counter... to channel labour migration into official corridors, hoping to undercut people-smuggling networks. SYRIZA.... Citing official data, Tsipras notes that between 2015 and 2019, incomes for the poorest 10 percent rose
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe official registry on the basis of a prosecution alone, even without a conviction — a provision... to cast doubt on official accounts. Opposition criticism Opposition parties delivered fierce criticism... and accused the government of hiding behind official coast guard statements. They also accused New
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Trouble from Turkey prompts plans for extra defence spending after years of cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics,” the spending increase would start this year. The next day, on Tuesday, an unnamed government official told... from France. The anonymous official denied that any deal was in place already. State Minister Giorgos...The growing tension between Greece and Turkey has sparked talk among government officials in Athens
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Newsletter 449 - 31/01/2025
are significant because they cast considerable doubt on the official version of events. So far, officials – including PM Mitsotakis – have insisted that the fire was not caused by anything being... by the new regime after the official body for tax disputes rejected the first round of appeals
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Paris attacks change backdrop for Tsipras visit to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras' first official visit to Turkey (November 18-19) has suddenly turned... official responses to these points. Athens's main target is to limit the influx of migrants and refugees..., as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has suggested. Government officials have recommended
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Novartis affair moves back to political centre stage as accusations fly
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemocracy.” It is worth noting that Mitsotakis’s official Twitter account rarely publishes tweets... stage of ratification is due to be completed in the coming days. There has been no official statement... opposition parties and judicial officials. The Union of Judges and Prosecutors argued the minister
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Govt, experts sound alarm over risk of Covid-19 control being lost
PoliticsGreek Politics. Responding to journalists’ questions, Tsiodras acknowledged that the often-hectoring tone of official... recent weeks. While official guidance has strongly recommended the wearing of masks where physical... a corresponding rise in hospitalisations or deaths. Government officials and experts in Greece have been
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Newsletter 340 - 03/06/2022
threat” emanating from Turkey was also raised by an unnamed official who told parliamentary...-left party has demanded an official explanation from the government about the deal with Germany... government officials in March was that, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there was enough
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Greece must tackle foreign bribery by Greek firms, OECD says
Societynational who allegedly offered a $7 million bribe to a Georgian public official to a Georgian public official to convince the Georgian government not to appeal a 2010 international arbitration... in foreign jurisdictions against foreign officials for receiving bribes from Greek nationals
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