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  1. Gennimata handed task of transforming PASOK into broader centre-left alliance
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    political challenge to SYRIZA and New Democracy. Gennimata took home almost 57 percent of the vote... round, and Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis, who took third place. At the very least, Gennimata must... thought in the second round, when roughly 156,000 people took part in the election. Pollsters have

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  2. Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023

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    opposition party SYRIZA. Kouretas took around 60 pct of the votes in Sunday’s run-off ballot, which... points from victory in the first round. Doukas took around 56 pct of the vote, in what was a major... more emphatic victory for the opposition-backed candidate, Stelios Angeloudis, who took around 67 pct

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  3. Athens wary of North Macedonia PM's intentions, hopes for EU support over name issue
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    . However he and his government took the oath under the constitutional name and avoided what the country’s... to her country as Macedonia while she took the formal oath of office. This sparked a strong reaction..., Gerapetritis took a tougher stance: "The state and the political leadership of North Macedonia has chosen

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  4. Newsletter 436 - 11/10/2024

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    to be held by 2027. In the first round of voting last Sunday, Androulakis took 29.6 pct... votes more than his experienced rival. Doukas, who only took up his position at Athens City Hall... government and New Democracy since it took office in 2019. Boosted by solid revenue performance since

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  5. Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015

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    in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... government, with Pavlopoulos as Interior Minister, issued a presidential decree that allowed fixed-term

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  6. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

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    portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos

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  7. Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
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    within the government, even leading to thoughts of removing Panousis’s portfolio from the Interior.... Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Hountis

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  8. Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left

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    Former Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday, highlighting the fragmentation in this part of the Greek political spectrum. With PASOK... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He

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  9. Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
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    in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos

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  10. Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
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    that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings

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