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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is unfurling more voter-friendly measures in a bid to counter the impact of the cost-of-living crisis as SYRIZA is moving towards an election footing, reflecting the growing feeling that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is likely to call snap polls in the coming weeks
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Authorities say no new measures on the way despite surge in Covid-19 cases
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHealth Minister Thanos Plevris has dismissed the prospect of a return of Covid-19 measures after a rapid rise in infections and hospitalisations in recent weeks put Greece on course for a sixth wave of the pandemic. On Tuesday, the number of new infections exceeded 20,000 for the first time since
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Newsletter 345 - 08/07/2022
the last few weeks that this would be the course chosen by the PM, barring any public relations disasters
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Explanations sought as PM backs away from prospect of early elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fallout from Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s insistence this week that he does not have plans to call snap elections in the autumn continued on Friday as the local media attempted to explain his decision given that early polls were considered a near certainty over the last few weeks. Kathimerini reported
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsto elect a government. However, this concern had been raised in previous weeks and did not dampen
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Opposition parties step up pressure after back-and-forth over election date
PoliticsGreek Politicsweeks, building up to the appearance of SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras at the Thessaloniki
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Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
PoliticsGreek Politics”. In recent weeks the prime minister has been put on the defensive by a series of reports
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Government on mission to manage expectations in anticipation of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsweeks earlier, Skrekas had reassured the public that Greece was better-placed than many European
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PM prepares response as pressure over spying scandal mounts
PoliticsGreek Politicssome two weeks ago, when he filed a complaint with the Supreme Court prosecutor’s office
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ND struggles to shift spotlight away from wiretapping fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsare hoping that events in the coming weeks will push the spying scandal down the political agenda, starting
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