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Resignations of two key aides undermines PM's attempt to rebuff crash cover-up claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsleave Mitsotakis materially weakened, especially as the government has not been able to shake off... attempted to respond one-by-one to each of the main accusations against the authorities with regard
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Athens wildfire puts government on back foot after efforts to improve prevention, response
PoliticsGreek Politicsoff to some extent in the sense that until Sunday large blazes in Attica were mostly contained... was one the three MPs elected from SYRIZA’s list of state deputies in last year’s general election.... It appears, though, that at least one of those candidates, Georgette Lallis, who once headed
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ND and SYRIZA continue to slide as voter dissatisfaction takes hold
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor ND, this group includes one in four who had previously voted for the governing party, while one... by Pavlos Geroulanos with 9.4 pct. The poll found Androulakis would win a run-off vote against any
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Government sets out fiscal plan, prepares multi-bill in shadow of deadly wildfire
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the presidency of the leftist party, Kasselakis is holding off any decision until he knows... prominent on issues that would normally have been the larger party’s political bread and butter. One... in a protest outside the police precinct on Thursday and one of the lawmakers visited with a lawyer the Athens
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Mitsotakis seeks to end squabbling as ND heads to anniversary in pole position
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the opinion polls and a comfortable majority in Parliament (156/300) despite counting one deputy less... touches on the wider law and order issue, which had been one of the government’s strong cards, but has.... In the event of a run-off vote between Androulakis and Doukas, the incumbent has slightly stronger
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Kasselakis question continues to dog diminishing SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsto submit his derivation of wealth (pothen esches) paperwork. One of the difficulties... and restore him to the leadership. A decision by the party conference would outweigh the one taken..., a run-off vote between the two leading candidates, a week later. It is thought that if core PASOK
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Government facing up to threat from rise of far right parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsoff suggestions about the PM’s political orientation and responded forcefully to the far-right MEP’s... elections, which are due by 2027. Discrediting the far right is one way for Mitsotakis to reverse this trend and possibly avoid having to be in the position in a few years of having to share power with one
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SYRIZA leadership settled in first round as Famellos looks to build on rare moment of unity
PoliticsGreek Politics, the party’s former parliamentary spokesman, as its new president. Only one round of voting was needed... time next Sunday in a run-off vote between the two leading candidates. The mild-mannered Famellos... in the party’s leadership election in September 2023, when Kasselakis scored his surprise victory. One
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Fitch takes no rating action, leaves outlook stable
Economyagency that has left Greece one notch below the investment grade, not granting an upgrade in the review in March and holding off from publishing a review a few weeks ago. Fitch says that Greece’s... achieving one of the highest grant absorption rates in the EU. Despite these gains, economic legacies
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Athens and Ankara keep eyes on domestic audiences as talks continue
PoliticsForeign Policyone day later the National Council of Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) will convene. Gerapetritis... of the ruling New Democracy party. The PM ousted one of his predecessors, Antonis Samaras, from... conducting work on the Cyprus-Greece electrical interconnection project in waters off Cyprus. According
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