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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime... of the lack of an opportunity to discuss the resolution on a day which saw the inquiry into the deadly.... Welcoming her, the prime minister used the occasion to voice his objections to the “rule of law” resolution
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PM gets taste of war in Ukraine as parties battle over university bill in Parliament
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s eventful visit to Ukraine temporarily overshadowed... people not far from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s convoy. The prime minister described hearing... with respect to the diplomatic visit, emphasising the secrecy which surrounded the prime minister’s plans
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Consensus, conviction and the anti-racism bill
AgoraIt was fitting that a debate about the late British Prime Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher... of consensus and saw herself as a “conviction politician,” she may have been smiling down as the heads of the tripartite government failed to find common ground. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras certainly
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Is Democratic Left set to make a shock return to Greece's coalition?
PoliticsGreek Politicsby New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis. The ex-foreign minister said Prime Minister Antonis Samaras... in Parliament but saw its presence reduced to just 154 of 300 seats when PASOK deputy Theodora Tzakri was ousted... prime minister. MP Yiannis Panousis took a completely different view to his colleagues and said
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agorain the euro zone after Greece- and in a sluggish credit flow. The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy... is not expected even though the main Spanish banks’ saw their profits surge in 2013. Analysts warn... to be held on November 9. Spain’s prime minister argues that the vote is “illegal” and that an independent
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Samaras hopes for Merkel fillip as gloom grips Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid an increasingly gloomy atmosphere at home, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras heads for a meeting... and comes 10 months after Samaras was last in Berlin to see Merkel. Then, the Greek prime minister sought... of the last chances the prime minister has to avert his government’s downfall. The coalition’s longstanding
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Key players in new Greek gov't strike moderate tone but bailout strategy won't change
PoliticsGreek Politicsto lead to an immediate shift in tone or direction for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his ministers..., the SYRIZA-led coalition saw the Greek stock market tumble by 9.24 percent on Wednesday. Bank shares fell... about its intentions. Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis, who will also oversee negotiations
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agora25 elections, pointed to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s lack of neckwear as soon as he arrived at the Maximos Mansion and then cracked a joke. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi gifted Tsipras... to the outside world before January 25. The comments made by the prime minister and his office often sound
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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
and will keep SYRIZA in power. It seems unlikely that having gone through all this turmoil, the prime.... The number of inactive people rose to 3.37 million, the highest since March 2013. March saw the number... sketched out in Brussels between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the President of the European
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
that their activities were either subdued or suspended for the bank holiday period. Supermarkets saw a large number... for a new bailout programme. Tsipras's three options Prime minister faces a number of post-referendum.... If there is a “no” vote, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will see that as a vindication of his
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