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PM pledges handouts amid discontent and gripes over coronavirus strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsaiming to provide a Christmas handout to some Greeks as New Democracy tries to respond to the heavy.... The proposal for the suspension of property auctions was put forward by ultra-nationalist Greek Solution... this year, government officials feel that the scope for handouts is minimal. Mitsotakis did not put
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Teachers threaten revolt over education bill as opposition gears up for summer confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsbriefed on a reform-heavy legislative agenda on Wednesday. Many of the proposals are already facing... a pandemic-induced hiatus which put a freeze on the party’s long-awaited regrouping since its return... to put forward a truly progressive alternative. Tsipras called on the party to show readiness
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsto put behind it the fallout from this summer’s wildfires, which cost New Democracy and Prime... Iliopoulos accused the ruling conservatives of being unprepared for heavy rain even though experts and locals... has been high on SYRIZA’s agenda, particularly following the Covid awareness campaigns put together
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ND and SYRIZA exchange broadsides, KINAL catches some flak
PoliticsGreek Politicsfelt it had the opportunity to defend its record and, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis put... to be an indirect reference to the heavy loss of life during wildfires and floods under the watch... claim. SYRIZA, though, feels that it succeeded in its goals, which were to put ND on the spot while
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PM signals April elections as MP at centre of latest sleaze scandal resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat ruled out elections before April, apparently aimed to put a lid on speculation over snap polls that had... mapped out a heavy legislative schedule for the first quarter, after which a source close to Mitsotakis... to emerge, the MP tendered his resignation in a letter, in which he recognised that he put the government
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Newsletter 367 - 27/01/2023
motion against the government in yet another bid by the opposition party to put Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the spot over the issue and perhaps put a bigger dent in his hopes of being re... with the inflation wave, it is evident in the data that Greeks did most of the heavy fiscal lifting
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Reconstruction funds at centre of local elections, as ND makes final push for second round
PoliticsGreek Politics. Funds controversy With campaigning coming to a head, some of the arguments put forward in support of ND... have to manage in the coming years. Critics, however, argue that the latest spin put on the message... the leader’s actions as heavy-handed. Perhaps the most explicit challenge came from Takis Katsaros
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe results of the second round of local elections, held on Sunday, put a substantially different... even though he came under heavy criticism in connection to the extensive flooding in the area.... However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK
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Rule of law concerns in spotlight again as government focusses on farmers' grievances
PoliticsGreek Politicsis concerned. The report, put together by partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR... economic market battered by multiple financial crises, combined with the heavy influence... the government being out of touch with farmers’ problems and have rejected the idea, put forward by some
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks
Agorathe debt restructuring was put on the table, vast majority of the eurozone and the IMF’s financing... the issue of Greece’s debt burden. Greek society has paid a heavy price for the flaws in the design
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