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  1. Greece weighs its options as Turkey prepares 'Blue Homeland' legislation

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Homeland” doctrine has become a subject of intense discussion within the Greek government, with officials... despite the relative calm that has characterised Greek–Turkish relations since the adoption... that backdrop, reports that Turkey has been working for several years on legislation concerning maritime claims

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  2. Government scrambles to ease household pressure as PM targets PASOK and ELAS for “freebie politics”

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    insecurity. Nearly half of respondents say their financial situation has worsened over the past year... of interventions aimed at supporting households. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced... sensitivity is at its peak. Mitsotakis has also promised that the recent fall in global oil prices

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  3. Political fallout follows Thessaloniki attack as new poll shows ND well short of majority
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the life of Vagia Nestora, the mother of a local conservative candidate, has become a defining moment... that political discourse has developed a “tendency towards expressions that arm the hands” of those who... his government as the only one that has “dared to confront organised groups that were politically

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  4. Greece relies on labour, VAT and green taxes more than any EU member
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    EconomyFeatures

    at 44.8%. This rate has increased by 3.4 percentage points since 2014, reflecting a growing reliance... double the EU average of 5.3%. Most of this comes from energy taxes, though the government has... in the Greek budget. Since 2014, Greece has seen the largest increase in the share of VAT within its tax

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  5. Tanker diplomacy gets Athens into hot waters over Russia sanctions
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Athens's case for protecting its shipowners' commercial interests has come under unusually direct... sanctions package. Athens has spent the past fortnight resisting a full ban on Russian LNG transport... nations to allow an automatic upward revision. Since the start of the Ukraine war, Athens has tried

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  6. Extensive wildfires put extra strain on PM as he looks for clear path to TIF policy speech
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in a summer that promises little respite. Mitsotakis has sought to project both empathy and control over... a political stress test for the government as it has to strike a balance between demonstrating... has instructed ministers to close all outstanding issues without delay. TIF launchpad Government

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  7. Athens bets on French backing to break GSI deadlock with Turkey

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Interconnector, the Greece–Cyprus–Israel electricity link has gradually evolved into one of the EU’s flagship... - the project has always carried strategic importance for Brussels. Yet the obstacle preventing progress has never been technological; it has been geopolitical. Marine surveys south of the Greek island

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  8. Mitsotakis sets out his 2027 offer in Thessaloniki, raising election stakes

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    return revenues to citizens because it has restored fiscal discipline, tackled tax evasion... his criticism of Samaras and Tsipras. He said Samaras has “no room for understanding” with ND given... detailed answers on rule‑of‑law concerns and the surveillance affair, saying Greece has made

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  9. Newsletter 518 - 18/09/2026

    Newsletters

    ) has long served as the unofficial starting gun of Greece’s political season. This year, it provided... necessitate a change of leadership within ND, since Samaras’s camp has made clear that Mitsotakis could not lead such a government. It would also require a rebellion within PASOK, whose congress has

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  10. In hindsight it would have been nicer

    Agora

    with the immediate problem on the cheap. It may be that from the broader eurozone perspective the time bought has... prior to Sunday’s German elections and has been vaguely linked to Greece achieving a primary surplus... and has suffered through repeated spending cuts and tax measures. The impact on the Greek society

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