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Big two parties strengthen grip on voters, but dominance remains elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicson behalf of ANT1 TV, which gives ND an 8.7 pct lead with 32.8 pct versus SYRIZA’s 24.1 pct. ND has picked up 0.8 pct since late August, and SYRIZA has gained 0.6 pct, while PASOK shed 0.9 pct to go from... retains some of the boost it gained with the election of Androulakis in December 2021, but has
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Newsletter 353 - 30/09/2022
. ND has picked up 0.8 pct since late August, and SYRIZA has gained 0.6 pct, while PASOK shed 0.9 pct..., but has fallen 3.8 points from the peak experienced in the wake of the leadership elections. The boost... place in August while parliament was in recess and many Greeks were on holiday, while it has also
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Government seizes crisis moment to boost investment in energy infrastructure
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestments by domestic players have been given the go-ahead, while a new gas pipeline to Bulgaria has... supply, and has lately been taking delivery of LNG from the terminal of Revithoussa via the Greek gas.... Gastrade has also lodged an application for a second FSRU offshore Thrace with a completion date of 2025
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PM heads north to rally voters ahead of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The centre-right party has made it a priority since late... the financial assistance that has been on offer to households and businesses, Greeks still pay...) on the energy market in Europe has been highlighted by the local media, and picked up by opposition
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
on northern Greece ahead of next year’s elections. It has to do with the fact that a larger part... Greek Solution, led by pro-Russia Kyriakos Velopoulos, has moved into double digits in some parts of northern Greece. It has been a longstanding concern of ND officials that parties to the right
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Scandals chip away at ND's lead as SYRIZA tries to cut through on surveillance issue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has declined noticeably over the last few weeks, according.... In contrast, backing for SYRIZA has edged up to 23 pct from 22.7 pct. According to MRB, this is the left-wing party’s highest score for more than a year, although the increase in support has been very
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Cost-of-living protest adds to government's concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsis a huge sum for the national budget. However, ND has not been able to do much to limit the rises... dismissed it as a gimmick that has no real impact on prices. Inflation reached 12 pct in September, and 8.7 pct on a rolling 12-month average. Greece has not seen price increases of this magnitude since
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Opposition keeps pressure on Mitsotakis as surveillance issue sends ripples through ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe majority on the committee, which has made it hard for the minority parties to influence the agenda... party secretary, has submitted a lawsuit against those responsible for targeting her with Predator... and business world, Vangelis Marinakis, has made many nervous about Mitsotakis’s prospects heading towards
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Newsletter 359 - 18/11/2022
suggested that concern has been expressed in foreign capitals about the possibility of Dendias being... Democracy has been advancing the theory that private operatives, even possibly foreign intelligence services... that has been aimed in its direction, the government unveiled on Tuesday a draft law aimed at protecting
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Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe diplomatic incident that took place last Thursday morning at Tripoli airport has stoked a new... energy exploration deal with Ankara based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum, which Greece has... government has expired, and it cannot legitimately sign international agreements that are binding
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