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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is likely to call snap polls in the coming weeks... to have assuaged voters by the time they go to the polls. If Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis does
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Turkey and Western Balkans top Greek agenda at European Council
PoliticsForeign Policyclaims that Athens is drawing third parties into its bilateral relations with Ankara. Italian Prime... for such a development. But these hopes diminished within hours, after Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril
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Newsletter 343 - 24/06/2022
PoliticsFuel subsidy added to snap election fireThe probability of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calling snap elections appeared to shoot up this week as he announced more measures aimed... rising prices as ND would like to have assuaged voters by the time they go to the polls. If Prime
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SYRIZA reproaches PM and ministers over wealth declarations, loans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe annual publication of politicians’ derivation of wealth forms (known as pothen esches in Greek) has sparked a reaction from main opposition party SYRIZA, which is attempting to portray Prime... or if this money is being paid back. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not escape scrutiny
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Parties get into campaign mode as ND mulls possible election dates
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prospect of early elections is taking on more concrete form, as the government’s calculus around the timing of polls comes into focus. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his aides... between autumn and spring elections, while further statements by the prime minister made his previous
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Judges' Novartis decision revives political battle over bribery scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicscame to a head in January, when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the allegations... that SYRIZA has little to shout about since Papangelopoulos, hand-picked by former Prime Minister Alexis
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing the recent efforts by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to kill off speculation about snap elections, the government’s focus is turning to what measures it will be able to unveil over... year. Of course, the prime minister has to weigh this against the messages he is receiving from
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Opposition parties step up pressure after back-and-forth over election date
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis may have taken the possibility of snap elections off the table, at least for now, but the opposition parties are showing no appetite for letting up in their efforts... be willing to participate in a future coalition as long as neither Mitsotakis or Tsipras are the prime
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Newsletter 346 - 15/07/2022
PoliticsParties turn up the heat regardless of election dateAlthough the recent comments by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis have tempered expectations of snap elections in the autumn, the ruling... or Tsipras are the prime minister. This concept has been rejected by Mitsotakis, who insists
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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof northwestern Athens. Last year’s blazes were a public relations blow for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... administration and then Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The strategy was so successful that New Democracy has
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