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

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    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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  2. Tempe reverberations continue as PM reacts to ongoing protests

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . 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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  3. Amid publicity storm, Tsipras publishes 'Ithaca' and fuels speculation about new journey
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    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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  4. Farmers’ fury grows as government scrambles for response
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    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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  5. No surprises in Trump’s NSS for Greece as Athens outlines Ukraine position
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

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

    PoliticsGreek Politics

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

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    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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  8. ND and PASOK trade accusations as fresh corruption allegations cloud opposition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on the part of PASOK, which has accused the governing party of systemic corruption over evidence pointing... has been chairing the parliamentary inquiry into OPEKEPE, went on the counterattack in Parliament... revelations all touched on its own leadership. PASOK has hit back, noting that all the investigations

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  9. Government unites in rejecting Hormuz deployment as PM advocates fiscal escape clause
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government in Athens has categorically rejected through the most senior channels... from Iran and allow energy shipments to resume. Athens has been under additional pressure to act..., in addition to another 176 owned by Greek shipping interests. There has been considerable concern over

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  10. Leadership’s handling of OPEKEPE allegations sparks unrest in New Democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Mitsotakis, as his initial reaction to latest legal developments on the OPEKEPE farm payments case has... cases. His stance, however, has stoked disquiet among the parliamentary party, many of whom feel... party leader Adonis Georgiadis, who has been very vocal in defending his colleagues’ action, said he

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