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Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan as Greek ties with Russia collapse
PoliticsForeign PolicyAgainst the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to meet Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, in what will be their first talks on Turkish soil... in his recent interview with Alpha TV. Speaking before the latest plenary session in Parliament, he has
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Mitsotakis meeting with Erdogan paves way for more meaningful Greek-Turkish talks
PoliticsForeign Policyencounter in 16 months. The meeting took place against the backdrop of the two leaders’ recent re... Court of Justice in The Hague, even though in an interview with Skai TV on Thursday, Mitsotakis said
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has launched a fresh campaign to showcase government initiatives on the cost of living and quality of public services, against a backdrop of protests from key sectors. Two... Venizelos told state TV channel ERT that he believes the country has “become ungovernable”. Venizelos
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsportfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos indicated on Friday in comments to ANT-1 TV that he agreed with the points made by Panousis
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek Politicsadmitted that his government had handled the TV permits tender and the investigation into the Novartis... before receiving an email from the Interior Ministry regarding the postal vote. The inference... available and does not contain contact information. The Interior Ministry issued a statement denying
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Newsletter 163 -25/05/2018
played out against an already-combative backdrop following the assault on Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis... language. 2 Budget primary surplus at 2.29 bln in April Improved tax collections and lower PIB spending... expenditure came to 12.68 billion, below target by 199 million euros and 2.8 percent lower than
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
of these developments, Mitsotakis will Mitsotakis prepares to head to Thessaloniki against a backdrop... to New Democracy’s key election pledge regarding lower primary surpluses. In fact, during his comments.... The government received some encouragement in its bid for lower fiscal targets from would-be European
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Mitsotakis lets budget measures sink in as he mulls presidential pick
PoliticsGreek PoliticsERT TV that he would not be announcing his candidate for President until early in the new year.... In an interview broadcast on ERT TV on Tuesday evening, Mitsotakis said he would be announcing his... its course. Speaking on Open TV on Wednesday, leader Nikos Androulakis said the results showed
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SYRIZA's left wing ups pressure on Tsipras but PM retains authority for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the government to make it clear it would not pay the International Monetary Fund next month... commitment to pay wages and pensions ahead of creditors if the institutions do not agree to solve Greece’s liquidity problem. Earlier comments by Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis were in this direction. He
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
that parents would have to pay as a result of the new measure. He went on to suggest that Greeks who send... a good game to get elected, he will pay only lip service to the high ideals of fairness and justice... took up a position in the cabinet, first as alternate interior minister and later as labour minister
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