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Newsletter 374 - 17/03/2023
and one-off benefits. This favourable environment will not be available in the coming years as even... form the flimsiest of coalitions, with a one-seat majority in the 300-seat Parliament, but SYRIZA
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Athens hoping Turkish election result leaves room for relations to continue improving
PoliticsForeign PolicyOrganization. Both sides say that there is a rapprochement similar to the one after the 1999 earthquakes.... The Greek Foreign Ministry responded to his claims. “Our positions are well-known. There is only one... at the table and pick up where they left off in 2021. If there is political change in Ankara
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Storm impact and ferry death engulf political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics. Experts believe it is one of the worst storms ever seen in Greece in terms of the amount of rainfall... but arrived just as the ferry was departing. Video footage shows two crew members pushing the man off... expressed their shock at the death of the 36-year-old man from Crete. Stefanos Kasselakis, the one
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Poll suggests mood souring for government, SYRIZA leadership race wide open
PoliticsGreek Politicsa one-horse race. As Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis prepares for his first policy-driven.... Sixty-one pct of respondents have a negative view of the government, which is the highest this figure..., there will be a run-off vote a week later between the two leading hopefuls. Metron Analysis also examined
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Government faces new storm test as Kasselakis sweeps through SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsspeculation that the ex-PM played some part in getting Kasselakis elected. The one glaring absence will be former labour minister Efi Achtsioglou, who Kasselakis beat in Sunday’s run-off ballot. Achtsioglou... left-wing “Umbrella” faction. One of its most prominent members, former education minister Nikos Fylis
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Opinion polls show drop in support for ND, continuing concern about inflation
PoliticsGreek Politicspoints) and foreign policy (+5 points). One crumb of comfort for Mitsotakis from the latest survey... the last two months, to 34 pct, SYRIZA shows no sign of taking off under its new leader Stefanos... are not in favour of the draft legislation, which might be one of the reasons that the party’s ratings have
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Government tries to appease farmers, will continue to court political centre
PoliticsGreek Politicson their electricity being cut off are under consideration. The PM will be keen to smooth things over... on 43 pct. Kasselakis comes fourth on 26 pct. Loverdos & PASOK One former PASOK minister who.... The party had little impact, attracting just one more MP, and Loverdos ended up returning to the PASOK
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Record year for Greek tourism raises concerns about sustainability
EconomyFeaturesof the Greek economy, there are signs of some worrying trends beneath the surface. One concern is that despite.... Overtourism The traffic figures suggest that the shine may be coming off some of the emblematic destinations...-of-living crisis put holidays out of reach of one in two Greeks. The protests sparked calls
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Slower growth nixes handout plans, fires criticism of ND's economic policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsprices and financially-squeezed households. It appears, though, that a straight handout will not be one... to be negative. Until now, high growth rates had allowed the government to fend off any criticism of its economic... Greece marked the one-year anniversary of the accident in which 57 people were killed, the Alco poll
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Government tries to contain fallout from breach of voters' data
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy is hoping that by leaving MEP Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou off its candidate list.... The issue of voters’ data being properly protected was one of the key topics of debate when the postal vote... that voters’ personal information was given to one of the ruling party’s MEPs undermines further
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