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Overflights spat marks resumption of Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign PolicyMeasures process initiated both bilaterally and at NATO, the meetings of which Greece has been... in Ukraine. Athens will stress to its NATO and EU partners that this incident underlines that Ankara has... for the Dardanelles Strait as far as the movement of NATO troops is concerned. Alexandroupolis has also turned
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New energy subsidy scheme nearing launch as public remains sceptical
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe public and win back some of the support it has lost over the last few months as the cost-of-living crisis has gripped Greek households. The launch of the scheme cannot come soon enough for the ruling... to be fought over day-to-day issues such as energy costs rather than foreign policy. ND has a distinct
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Athens bracing for fresh tension with Turkey, sends letter to UN
PoliticsForeign Policyurged the US not supply Turkey with the F-16 fighter jets. Ankara has been putting pressure... demonstrate Turkey's revisionist stance.” Athens acknowledges that a new round of tension with Ankara has.... This was Greece's response to Ankara’s letter to the UN last September. Turkey has been criticising
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ND draws battle lines around universities as tensions flare over reforms and policing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s latest education reform bill has been put to public consultation amid tensions..., and were later repealed. The union representing academic staff, POSDEP, has already rejected the new... on university campuses around the issue of policing. This is a divisive issue that New Democracy has promised
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Tsipras talks up prospects of snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has added to the ongoing speculation about snap polls in the autumn by indicating... months ahead of schedule. Tsipras, like his New Democracy counterpart, has been touring the country... has realised that his policies are leading to a dead-end for his party, forcing the PM to prepare
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ND stakes claim on social policy, highlighting referendum anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has announced that it is launching a debate on social policy, in a move widely... the government believes it has delivered on social issues. The list included a reduction in unemployment from... noting that while New Democracy has a substantial lead over SYRIZA in many policy areas, social
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Newsletter 344 - 01/07/2022
positive surprise. The challenge for the ministry is that it has already allocated all... five months of the year. The total package has reached 8.44 billion euros. Five billion euros of this comes from the Energy Transition Fund and does not hit the deficit. Nevertheless, the budget has
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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign Policyalso certify to the relevant House and Senate committees that Turkey has not "taken steps... member countries." The issue has prompted reaction in the Turkish media, but no official statements... and the US do not share a view on the extent of Greece’s airspace,” the US State Department has said
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Newsletter 347 - 22/07/2022
to reassure citizens that Greece has a credible plan to deal with the energy crisis over the winter... with what he claimed were “thousands of gaps in the fire service”. The opposition has long... that there has not been any significant progress in the state’s response to such natural disasters
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politics. The row over the rescue of a group of migrants on the Greek-Turkish border has also given... to be that the timing of the revelations over the peak of the summer holidays has worked in the government’s favour and that the public will be focussed on other matters. Mitsotakis has his eye firmly
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