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Defence spending, economic support plans dominate PM's policy speech
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCovid-19 meant that Kyriakos Mitsotakis delivered the prime minister’s annual keynote economic policy speech to a reduce audience on Saturday, just as the content of his address had to be tailored to tackle the two most pressing challenges facing his go...
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Flooding, Covid-19 threat in Athens dominate ND's agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s premiership continues to be knocked off course by unpredictable events, such as the flooding in central Greece over the weekend and the resurgence of the coronavirus, making this early part of his first term in office much more cha...
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Cabinet reshuffle and Covid-19 strategy dominate agenda for start of 2021
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political agenda for the start of 2021 is dominated by two issues: The cabinet reshuffle Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to undertake this Monday and the latest strategy for containing Covid-19. The changes to the cabinet are due to be ann...
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Retail and catering continued to dominate business activity, employment in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyThe special report issued via the Labour Ministry’s information database ERGANI captures the annual picture regarding firms and employment in the Greek economy and labour market. The situation is not substantially different from 2021 as there is a solid...
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Mitsotakis targets reforms, but day-to-day challenges set to dominate agenda in 2024
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving reaffirmed his government’s commitment to reforming and modernising Greece in his New Year message, the pressure is on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to show that New Democracy can deliver on this pledge during 2024 and maintain the political...
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European Parliament vote delivers blow to PM as rise of far right, low turnout dominate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSunday’s European Parliament elections delivered a surprise blow to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as his New Democracy party fell well short of its target for the ballot although it came first in the vote, well ahead of its opponents. The goal set ...
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Syria developments dominate as Athens steps up diplomatic exchanges
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe dramatic situation in Syria will be one of the issues that will top the agenda for the meeting Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis is due to hold with new EU Mediterranean Commissioner Dubravka Šuica in Brussels. Athens is monitoring with co...
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Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is lining up interventions affecting the banking sector and the taxation system after finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public dissatisfaction as exhibited in opinion polls. In his regular ...
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Parties square up for latest Tempe inquiry with ND expected to easily dominate proceedings
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest chapter in the political clash over the Tempe rail accident is set to kick off on Wednesday with the opening session of the preliminary inquiry focussing on possible criminal charges against former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis. Karama...
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Words will always hurt
AgoraTsipras is to be nominated by the European Left as its candidate for European Commission president, New
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