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Greece beefs up border security to counter migration flow
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens believes the migration crisis has entered a new phase, calling it a hybrid attack on Greece by Turkey. As a result, the Greek government has decided to deploy additional measures to protect... in human trafficking. The Greek government also has in mind the recent incident of the 38 Syrian
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been no let-up in the pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government... Androulakis, which the PM has already admitted to, leaving out of scope the use of the Predator spyware... of Predator. PASOK has also asked for the inquiry to look into allegations made by Communist Party
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Erdogan's inflammatory comments a harbinger for new period of Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policyis undermining our alliance’s cohesion at a particularly dangerous juncture”. Even though Athens has so... of border changes that has nothing to do with the international law and the European Union”. Moreover... Greece" that cannot accept “the stable, western path that our liberal democracy has chosen
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Opposition lambasts Mitsotakis over support package, accuses PM of election scaremongering
PoliticsGreek Politicsof authoritarianism and typified the personality politics in which he has invested. The main opposition parties.... Mitsotakis in turn has tried to paint them as opportunists seeking to exploit a bureaucratic error for political gain. His tactic has been to present any alliance between the two as a threat to political
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Yields rise, but Greek debt still partly shielded from market headwinds
Economyrise of 75 basis points by the Fed yesterday, the yield curve of the US has inverted, with the short... treasury is at 3.56 pct. The German 10-year benchmark is approaching 2 pct, the highest it has been... are only expected to ask for higher returns to close this gap. The government bond market also has
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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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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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