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Wildfires and pandemic set political agenda as parties prepare for return to business
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe suppression of the previous week’s catastrophic wildfires and the traditional end of the Greek summer holiday season is giving the country’s political forces an opportunity to regroup and prepare... a fast-track aid package and announced a mini reshuffle, the government’s immediate priority
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ND anxious about impact Afghanistan tumble will have on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsto terms with the geopolitical ramifications of the West’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. In Athens... influx of people fleeing Kabul and other cities in Afghanistan. Since coming to power, New Democracy’s.... ND’s focus has been on reducing the number of asylum seekers reaching Greek shores and trying
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PM opts for unconventional choice to overcome snag at new ministry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis stepped up his preparations for this weekend’s appearance at the Thessaloniki... to deliver results. ND’s opponents will focus on any failure as a sign that Mitsotakis has run out... as the new government department seeks to learn from this year’s failings in fighting wildfires. In his
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Greece to sign augmented defence deal with US, buy more Rafale jets
PoliticsForeign Policygreater significance due to the current geopolitical conditions, not just in Greece’s neighbourhood... Mitsotakis. The PM acknowledged the Biden administration’s will and the support of the US Congress to back what he called “Greece’s fair requests” in the eastern Mediterranean. “For Washington
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Leaders joust over Covid policy as death toll rises but public interest wanes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s handling of the pandemic came under scrutiny again on Monday as leaders debated... a parliamentary inquiry into the government’s use of taxpayers’ money to get local media to run Covid... this with a reduction of 900 million euros in public health spending in next year’s budget. The SYRIZA
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Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s claims that there is no fiscal space for such interventions. “The government has... of the interview was Tsipras’s call for the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros. During the summer... into the government’s payments to media outlets as part of Covid awareness campaigns. Since the first
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Newsletter 315 - 05/11/2021
. The latest decision is in keeping with the government’s strategy since the summer, which is to provide... to the country’s vaccination campaign, the levels of inoculation in Greece started to drift below... to enter under the new rules. Mitsotakis responded to the move by calling into question Tsipras’s
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
of the Covid crisis, which appears to be harming New Democracy’s ratings again. Mitsotakis announced... in Greece’s hospitals, raising concerns about the number of patients who have apparently died outside... responsible. The leftist party’s parliamentary group on Tuesday tabled a list of questions, including
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Newsletter 318 - 26/11/2021
. The government’s change of heart on year-end payments no doubt reflects the persistent messages of public... than 1 in 5 respondents saw a significant benefit from the government’s energy support package to date. ND’s lead over SYRIZA was the narrowest recorded since the election at 9.7 pct, however both
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Newsletter 321 - 17/12/2021
this week, putting the spotlight on the government’s pandemic policy and the prime minister... Tsiodras, the medical expert that was put in charge of coordinating Greece’s response to Covid when... that the research findings were never given to the PM’s office, while some officials suggested that the study
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