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Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment’s fading prestige following the ousting of several members of the cabinet in connection... Minister Christos Boukoros, as well as the Rural Development Ministry’s general secretary, Giorgos...’s Office (EPPO) being sent to Parliament a few days earlier. Crucially, as part
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PM pledges water reform in bid to avert scarcity crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe fragility of the country’s climate defences but the years of systemic neglect that preceded them. Now... in water infrastructure and mitigating future shortages. At the heart of the government’s response is a radical restructuring of the nation’s water infrastructure. More than 700 municipal water companies
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Parties line up for second day in OPEKEPE debate as rivals accuse PM of cover-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a slide it its ratings. On Tuesday, Parliament voted by a majority of 166 MPs to accept New Democracy’s... Kyriakos Mitsotakis argued that the government’s intent was to bring catharsis after years... throughout OPEKEPE’s history. The prime minister argued that there is no evidence in the case file
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Controversial migration bill divides government factions
PoliticsGreek Politicscriticised by moderate New Democracy lawmakers, including Plevris’s predecessor, who argue... as “rewarding illegality”. The bill was condemned by human rights organisations, including Greece’s Ombudsman... criticised by Plevris’s predecessor, Dimitris Kairidis, who called for the establishment of more paths
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PASOK seeks to carve out own space as Mitsotakis speech dominates agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is hoping to follow the long build-up to this Saturday’s speech by Prime Minister... the start of the year, New Democracy’s average in the opinion polls has fallen by three points, from 30 to 27 pct, according to Politico’s Poll of Polls. In terms of raw voting intention, Prorata measured
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Growth treads water as PM targets relief for households
EconomyMacroeconomyAhead of the PM’s recent keynote speech and extensive press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair, ELSTAT released the latest set of GDP data for Q2, where the Greek economy’s annual... to meet the government’s estimate of 2.3 pct growth in 2025. Final consumption growth also slowed
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Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed
PoliticsGreek Politicsconvinced he had grown Greece’s diplomatic capital by securing face-time with CEOs at Lockheed Martin... Sea Interconnector (GSI), and restating Athens’s red lines with Ankara from the UN podium. Government... funding, EU strategic autonomy and energy projects. A key pillar of Mitsotakis’s pitch to the UNGA
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Tempe train crash amid ongoing disquiet about how the investigation into Greece’s deadliest rail... the fourth week of his hunger strike, demanding the exhumation of his son’s body so forensic tests can be carried out to establish the exact cause of death. Thousands of people have visited Ruci’s camp
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Predatorgate and OPEKEPE offer opposition ammunition amid deteriorating public sentiment
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA court case over the deployment of illegal spyware has revived the opposition’s claims that the PM’s office was running an eavesdropping operation on political rivals and other public figures, while... the government’s credibility. The latest poll captures a slide in public trust in the political system
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Grave OPEKEPE claims add to climate of mistrust affecting ND, political system
PoliticsGreek Politicsdisapproval and consternation within the governing party’s ranks. The scandal engulfing Greece’s farm... at the organisations and a key figure in the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) probe.... Xylouris had well-known links to New Democracy and is currently being investigated by Greece’s Anti
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