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Mitsotakis tries to rally base as Tsipras sharpens attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party’s traditional right‑wing base to rally behind him as the countdown to the 2027 general... for his government but for the country’s direction in an increasingly volatile international... of Greek–Turkish relations. Citing his recent meeting with President Erdogan, he argued that Greece’s
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Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine
PoliticsGreek Politics, with the sudden escalation in the Middle East and Greece’s deployment in Cyprus – the polling period straddles... each, Greek Solution’s Kyriakos Velopoulos with 4 pct, KKE’s Dimitris Koutsoumbas, Course of Freedom’s... ratings, dissatisfaction with Mitsotakis’s performance as PM remains high, at 52 pct compared to 53 pct
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Opposition pledges to continue pursuing OPEKEPE scandal as new evidence emerges
PoliticsGreek Politicsa parliamentary inquiry into the affair. Last week, New Democracy’s majority in Parliament led to the House adopting the ruling party’s recommendation not to refer any politicians for further investigation... of case files from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in 2025. Since then, several strands
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Iran war creates turbulence for Greek tourism outlook
EconomyFeaturestourism sector is the aviation industry’s response to fuel volatility and airspace restrictions. Greek..., the nation’s largest carrier, announced a fare surcharge of approximately 7–8% in late March - a move...‑spending long‑haul travellers. Middle Eastern traffic accounts for roughly 7.5% of AIA’s total passenger
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Farm subsidy scandal prompts disquiet in ruling party, encourages opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsleaks from the European prosecutor’s case files and an opposition that now treats the scandal... Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), reportedly map out a dense web of communications between... to be unlocked after it was initially rejected by OPEKEPE’s system. The material paints a picture
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Golden Dawn fallout forces Samaras into balancing act between country and party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras was probably expecting the latest troika review of Greece’s.... To some extent, this is a problem of his own party’s making as its strong anti-immigration line... of a polarised atmosphere in which Golden Dawn’s extremism has not looked that out of place. Equally
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Government tries to purge police of Golden Dawn influence as poll shows support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe consequences of last week’s murder of an anti-fascist rapper by a Golden Dawn supporter gathered pace on Monday when two of Greece’s most senior police officers resigned and another seven high... and the determination to show the public that the coalition is taking action against the party’s illegal
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Polls show Golden Dawn support dropping after murder, New Democracy profiting most
PoliticsGreek Politics. Golden Dawn remains Greece’s third most popular party. The breakdown of the survey’s figures suggests New Democracy profited most from the neofascist party’s decline, with 7.7 percent of GD voters... this path in June. Independent Greeks, the right-wing anti-bailout party, mopped up 1.2 percent of GD’s
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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Antonis Samaras and his ministers regarding how Greece’s relationship with the troika... Joerg Asmussen ahead of Monday’s Eurogroup suggested that Athens would have to adopt more austerity... Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras’s insistence that Asmussen did not repeat this during the actual
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economyreview of Greece’s fiscal adjustment programme is set to resume next week. There had been some... rather than war.” What are the factors preventing the release of Greece’s next loan tranche? Greece still... for the coming year has nothing to do with the target. Even last year, in Antonis Samaras’s first negotiations
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