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Pension rises approved as public opinion teeters ahead of election year
PoliticsGreek PoliticsYet another poll published this week has shown some erosion in the support for New Democracy... for Mega TV indicated that support for ND has dropped by half a percentage point since last month, decreasing to 28.9 pct. SYRIZA’s backing has edged up from 20.7 to 20.9, while PASOK has dipped from 11.9
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Government determined to push through hospital reforms in pre-election legislative sprint
PoliticsGreek Politicswith an average 10 pct pay increase for hospital doctors. The reaction from doctors’ representatives has... The largest opposition party, SYRIZA, has already announced that it will be voting against... of its term, the emphasis has been placed by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis on delivering the party’s key
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Tsipras on alert for snap elections, but Mitsotakis looks set to stay course
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has suggested that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis could call snap..., is an opportunity for New Democracy to attack one of its election rivals, and the party that has done most to draw... at the helm, support for the socialists has risen by several percentage points, drawing support away
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PM turns on PASOK, sees opportunity to revive dwindling support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Qatargate scandal involving Greek centre-left MEP Eva Kaili has presented New Democracy... for the conservatives slipping. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has tried to disown Kaili since she was arrested... blowback from the affair. This has led to a string of government officials denying any links between
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ND tries to swerve fresh graft claims as EP scandals, phonetapping hang over budget debate
PoliticsGreek Politics, but an investigation by the EU prosecutor into one of its own parliamentarians in Brussels has once again... to cover it up. Prime Minister Mitsotakis has been using the Kaili scandal to try and turn the tables... out that he was the target of surveillance by the national intelligence service (EYP). Mitsotakis has
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Opposition clashes with govt over high energy prices, cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros/MWh in France and 299 euros/MWh in the UK. Greece has not benefitted from the recent drop... the perception of economic competence which has kept the party ahead of its rivals on the road... replaces Nassos Iliopoulos, who has been selected to run for a seat in Parliament. The choice
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Resignation keeps surveillance issue in spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsto absolve him of any responsibility in the surveillance scandal. Although there has been no suggestion..., but he was exporting it,” said SYRIZA in a statement. There has been speculation in the local media... with the approval of the prosecutor assigned to the agency), the opposition has been pressing the government
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Government in firefighting mode as opposition seizes on sleaze and shortages
PoliticsGreek Politicsdecree on their employment rights and pay in public cultural institutions. The government has denied that the decree impacts pay and working conditions and has promised to address the sector’s... to drugs shortages. Health Minister Thanos Plevris has been trying to downplay the situation, claiming
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid a deepening constitutional dispute related to the surveillance scandal, a new opinion poll has..., has dipped. It also suggests that there are strong prospects for the far-right Ellines (Greeks... decline. Support for the social democrats has risen from 8.9 to 9.7 pct. Almost 11 pct of voters say
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Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition party’s bidding. ADAE chief Christos Rammos, the ex-judge who has been overseeing... main lines of defence as this scandal has evolved, which is that there is no tangible evidence.... Economou raised doubts about the watchdog chief’s true independence, arguing that he has been
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