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SYRIZA eyes gains from case developing against ex-defence minister
PoliticsGreek Politics, as well as opposition, SYRIZA has made much of wanting to hold accountable politicians who contributed... that the opposition party has invested heavily in trying to highlight potential corruption cases involving government officials. In the latest incident, New Democracy has renewed its pressure on Tsipras to publish
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Newsletter 182 -9/11/2018
officials, has been that there was no clean, or even real, exit from the programme because... announced that his government has reached an agreement with the Church of Greece to settle a number... security subsidies for businesses hiring young workers. It has been suggested that the lenders see
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Mitsotakis on offensive over Macedonia name deal after Zaev comments
PoliticsGreek Politicshas said from the start: The recognition of a supposed Macedonian language opens Pandora’s Box... party has partly justified its position, which is unpopular with European officials, by arguing that since the Prespes Agreement is overwhelmingly unpopular with the Greek public, ND has a duty to offer
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Scandal allegations playing growing role in path towards elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coalition has been in power. SYRIZA insists that the committee’s work was based on witness... denied by members of New Democracy and PASOK governments, are continuing and there has been much..., appears determined to give as good as it gets. It has recently been pressing the government for answers
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Spotlight on To Potami as doubts surface about Macedonia name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsbefore and after the next elections. To Potami has come under scrutiny after its reaction last week... his back on the centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) earlier this year, Theodorakis has insisted... in the next Parliament. This has fuelled speculation that Theodorakis might try to come to some form
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Macedonia name deal enters crucial and contentious phase
PoliticsForeign Policyand, as a result, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been receiving suggestions from members of his cabinet... Democracy has also recently raised the issue of the ratification of the Protocol for FYROM to gain NATO... Protocol at the same time as the Prespes Agreement. This idea has been circulated recently by some
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Small parties suffer as Parliament edges towards vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical environment that is putting huge pressure on Greece’s smaller parties. Centrist To Potami has... the details of the agreement first emerged. It has been rumoured for some time that Psarianos and Amyras... caught party officials by surprise as it has been agreed only days earlier that MPs would be free
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ND keeps alive hopes of fiscal targets being revised in future
PoliticsGreek Politics, for which the SYRIZA government has received praise from its European partners, New Democracy was given... politician delivered a keynote speech at New Democracy’s recent congress and has been equally generous in his praise of the Greece centre-right party and its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as he has
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Kammenos antics put extra pressure on SYRIZA's minority govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat means a parliamentary group is only recognised if it has a minimum of five MPs that have been elected with the party in question. ANEL currently has six lawmakers, but one was elected with the Union of Centrists. Kammenos has said that after Friday’s debate he will oust another MP, Thanassis
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Tweaks to proposal on protection of main homes likely to be needed
EconomyProgrammeIt appears that the Greek government still has work ahead of it to refine the proposal... the new framework to be launched, which suggests that either the existing law has to be extended or there has to be an agreement for foreclosures on primary residences to be suspended in the meantime
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