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Mitsotakis gets policy ball rolling as clues sought for decision on next president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCathedral. Some saw this as an attempt by the current president to stake her claim for a second term... New Democracy twice in national elections, Mitsotakis also stressed that it was his duty to recognise
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Newsletter 450 - 7/02/2025
that Triantopoulos could be prosecuted for breach of duty for tampering with evidence at the crash site... in manufacturing, being stronger than the series trend. Manufacturers saw output growth for the fourth
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyin the census for the first time in 2020 skews the picture slightly, however 2020 also saw a record... in by MoU-imposed restrictions on permanent hires saw governments resorting to temporary hires, leading... political favours. Secondly, while ND previously accused SYRIZA of “out of control” hiring, it has so
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWednesday night’s vote on the 2020 budget, which saw the economic plan approved by just the 158 New... that the government saw as a key part of the confidence-building exercise vis-à-vis foreign investors. Staikouras.... However, this has prompted accusations of heavy-handed behaviour, which SYRIZA and other opposition
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIliopoulos accused the ruling conservatives of being unprepared for heavy rain even though experts and locals... outlets and even blogs. It was a move that the opposition saw as a thinly-disguised attempt by ND..., which saw Greece drop five places to 70th out of 180 countries. New Democracy’s response
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek Politicswill not take part. This ends speculation about what Tsipras might do following two heavy election... a traumatic few weeks. After running a poor campaign for the first election on May 21, the leftists saw... and still saw him as a toxic figure that will not be able to gain the trust of the centrist voters
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Apartment prices up by 2.5 pct in Q4 and 1.5 pct in 2018 as property recovery solidifies
EconomyMacroeconomyto a revised index of 60.1 in Q3. Old apartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices... apartments saw an average price rise of 1.3 percent in 2018 compared to a decrease of 1.2 percent in 2017. Properties up to five years old saw price increases of 2.7 percent compared to an increase of 2.5
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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