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  1. Wildfires and healthcare failings test government over summer season
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    of serious blazes burning overnight in western Greece and on the island of Chios. The situation has prompted... Mitsotakis has interrupted his schedule for a briefing. Reports say numerous homes, businesses... remained below the 20-year average. This claim has been overturned overnight, according

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  2. Building on flurry of policy pledges, Mitsotakis vows to back research and innovation
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    Looking to build on whatever momentum he has generated as a result of his recent policy announcements at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged... half the EU average of 284.70. As a share of GDP, R&D spending has inched up from 0.44 percent

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  3. PM under fire for foreign policy handling after Erdogan snub
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    cancelled with a few hours’ notice a long-anticipated meeting between the two leaders has led opposition... annoyed at Athens’s decision to publicise the meeting in advance. The PM’s office, meanwhile, has... as undesirable both by Erdogan and by Trump, with whom he has not been able to secure a meeting since

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  4. OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move

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    The parliamentary inquiry into the fraudulent farm payments scandal has heard claims of political.... In a parliamentary process that has been tightly controlled by the government majority, the opposition has... has strenuously denied. Commenting on the claims, the spokesman for main opposition party PASOK said

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  5. Tempe reverberations continue as PM reacts to ongoing protests

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    . And Democracy has the power to overcome any obstacle. So, Panos Ruci’s protest ended with his demands... over the coming months, there will be distinctly uncomfortable moments for the government, which has... to distance itself from any responsibility for the accident. This has led to accusations

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  6. Amid publicity storm, Tsipras publishes 'Ithaca' and fuels speculation about new journey
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    The much-trailed publication of Alexis Tsipras’s Ithaca has sent ripples through Greece’s political..., the book has reignited speculation that Tsipras may be preparing a political comeback, possibly... and directionless. Bigger picture Although the book has already prompted negative reactions from the former

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  7. Farmers’ fury grows as government scrambles for response
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    to search for ways to quell the protests. What began as scattered blockades has now evolved... and that the protests could last for weeks. Faced with mounting disruption, the government has sought to project calm and control. Its response has coalesced around a threefold message: December will be a month

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  8. No surprises in Trump’s NSS for Greece as Athens outlines Ukraine position
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    elements of the White House’s global approach. For Greece, the NSS confirms what Donald Trump has... Athens’s assessment of Trump’s foreign policy, which has been clear from the outset and has guided... of the Willing and backed by the US. Greece has made clear it will not participate in any military presence

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  9. Mitsotakis seeks to wrestle back initiative by launching new revision of Greek Constitution

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    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has moved to reopen the dormant debate on constitutional... that has served Greece well for half a century but now requires bold updates to match contemporary..., centres on a cluster of articles that New Democracy has long wanted to revisit. At the top

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  10. Government's ongoing stand-off with livestock breeders heralds resurgence of farming protests

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    vaccination, which has been a major point of contention between the government and breeders. The PM... and has “a Plan B” to fight the disease, dismissing the debate over vaccination as a “distraction... that the approach is overly punitive and does not provide adequate compensation. The government has argued

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