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Mitsotakis seeks to reassure on foreign policy, spending plans
PoliticsGreek Politicswhere he laid out the government’s economic programme for the year ahead, Mitsotakis gave a wide-ranging press-conference which offered him the opportunity to state the government’s positions on a number... of the exchange. Here the prime minister was given a boost by Turkey’s decision to withdraw its exploration vessel
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ND clarifies plans for emergency health system capacity as public mood over Covid-19 sours
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coming week. The minister’s statement also laid out the longer-term planning, which includes adding... currently being recorded. Those voicing approval of the government’s management of the pandemic have..., compared to 54 percent in May, suggesting that the government’s messaging emphasising “personal
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High hopes for Pompeo visit as new row brews over media handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof State has visited northern Greece. Pompeo’s trip comes amid efforts to ease tension between... as an indication of Washington’s support for Greek and Cypriot positions in the dispute with Turkey over maritime rights in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. The purpose of Pompeo’s visit
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Landmark Golden Dawn verdict welcomed by parties, obscuring underlying divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDawn’s demise. In last year’s national elections, it gained 2.9 percent of the vote, just short of the 3 percent threshold needed to elect deputies. In some respects, Wednesday’s decision, which... on the extremists. ND’s political opponents, though, argue that GD flourished at that time because
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Greece persistently bottom of the list for EU gender equality
Societyof birth, education and family type. The domain of violence against women measures and analyses women’s... for gender equality. Since 2005, the country’s score has risen by only 5.4 points. Since 2010, the overall... for Greece’s score are largely based on 2018 data. The EU average score was 67.9 points, with the highest
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RRF proposals and Pissarides report chart direction of travel for post-pandemic Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics. Between them they describe an ambitious plan to upgrade the country’s infrastructure and radically transform the Greek economic model. The submission of the national proposals for the EU’s Recovery... of the Pissarides committee’s recommendations for the Greek economy, outline the government’s vision
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Govt struggling to keep coronavirus threat at bay
PoliticsGreek Politicssecond wave this autumn. “It’s obvious that it was wrong to open – we have 100 dead a day,” he said... sector after Greece navigated the first Covid-19 wave successfully. Naturally, ND’s rivals seized... are not convinced by the government’s narrative. SYRIZA has also made an issue of photos and videos
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Fresh accusations against NGOs as govt hardens stance on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe issue of Greece’s management of migration flows from Turkey. The Greek coastguard issued a report..., in which he claimed to have evidence not only of Turkey’s failure to comply with international law... for Aegean Boat Report disputed the minister’s interpretation of the evidence. “If [the minister] wishes
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EU Council boosts recovery fund hopes, falls short on Turkey
PoliticsGreek Politics. Greek government sources responded by highlighting the unanimous condemnation of Turkey’s actions... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis should not accept anything less. The Council’s decision to hold off on penalties for Turkey is not likely to go down well in Greece, particularly with the PM’s own
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Newsletter 285 - 19/02/2021
with the storm’s impact. In its defence, New Democracy highlighted the rarity of such dramatic... provided another opportunity for the left-wing party to chip away at the government’s image of competence... to the heaviest snowfall seen in the Greek capital for more than a decade. SYRIZA’s efforts
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