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Newsletter 340 - 03/06/2022
PoliticsTurkey tension resurfaces to dampen hope of quiet summerGreece’s tense relations with Turkey are firmly back on the agenda even though Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had hoped for a calm summer after meeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul just a few weeks ago. Erdogan
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Early summer fire highlights precariousness of snap election option
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the souring of Greek-Turkish relations over the last few weeks. Defence matters overtook “low wages
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Newsletter 341 - 10/06/2022
caused by the souring of Greek-Turkish relations over the last few weeks. Defence matters overtook
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Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign Policy. And the first step must be a decision in two weeks’ time in Brussels to unblock the path of North
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be appointed for at least a period of three weeks, which is the minimum time that has to elapse
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PM eyes pre-election prize as enhanced surveillance draws to conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsbailout in 2018. However, Athens will have to conclude 22 outstanding reforms in the coming weeks
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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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