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SYRIZA looks back at time in office as it searches for way forward
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeven months after it was roundly defeated in the general elections by New Democracy, SYRIZA officials have delivered their assessment of the party’s performance while in office. The evaluation... error. The report admits that SYRIZA officials showed an almost arrogant disregard for the opinion polls
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Tsipras challenges Mitsotakis as probe into scandal rekindles rivalry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPapangelopoulos. “Why are they threatening judicial officials and witnesses of public interest? Because... top officials were implicated. Tsipras will also be aware of speculation that the centre-right party
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Newsletter 241 - 28/02/2020
with local officials in the capital on Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he would visit... by the government was compounded by claims from Turkish officials on Thursday night that Ankara would open its
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Athens closes border, looks for EU support to ride out migration storm
PoliticsGreek Politicsand on the islands appear highly concerned about a new mass influx. The language being used by government officials... and, in some cases, shared by government officials. Farmers in the Evros region have even offered to help
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ND to unveil more economic support as coronavirus restrictions are extended
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the closure of most stores will be extended until April 11, while government officials indicated..., continues to rise, but at a pace that is considered manageable by Greek authorities. Officials reported 190
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Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the police reported only a few dozen interventions. Officials have already indicated that they would unveil... of us because of the coronavirus crisis.” The coordinated response from top government officials
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Banks discuss with govt how to release up to 25 bln in emergency liquidity for businesses
EconomyBankingbetween ministers and banking officials, the government made a point of informing the media..., officials have indicated. During Tuesday’s meeting, Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis
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Border furor highlights brittleness of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policythousands of migrants amassed at the border trying to cross into Greece. Given that Turkish officials....” Turkish officials, however, insist that this issue is of a technical nature and in no circumstance
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EU funds seen as cushioning Covid-19 impact, giving govt fiscal space
PoliticsGreek Politics. According to Kathimerini, officials expect that for each month the crisis affects the economy.... Some conservative officials felt that Mitsotakis would be best-advised to renew his mandate
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Parties jostle over economic data, public still backs ND approach on pandemic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe publication of preliminary GDP data for the first quarter of the year has sparked a war of words between government officials and the opposition. The latest political row aside, a new opinion... months of the year. SYRIZA officials, however, argued that the government was using the coronavirus
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