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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
Androulakis. Energy is set to absorb the lion’s share of spending. Finance Minister Christos Staïkouras... before the committee. Traditionally, such inquiry’s rarely lead to any conclusive findings and often... for the first time, New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis, Mitsotakis’s sister, appeared to set the tone by telling
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Moody's, DBRS keep ratings unchanged, leave no doubt that fiscal prudence is key for next moves
EconomyMoody’s and DBRS issued on Friday night their scheduled credit reviews for Greece, both leaving... and the uncertain times on several fronts. Moody’s kept Greece at ‘Ba3’ with a stable outlook, with some...’ twice this year, two notches from investment grade. Moody’s had not issued a review when
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Athens responds to Erdogan's accusations as Mitsotakis readies UN address
PoliticsForeign Policyand the Aegean, a continued stability and peace depends on the respect of everybody’s rights and interests,” said... Greece’s occupation. The same sources note that despite his harsh words against Greece in front.... Mitsotakis seems to believe, like many others, that Erdogan’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric
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Big two parties strengthen grip on voters, but dominance remains elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore polls conducted in the past week confirm the resurgence of Greece’s two main political parties... on behalf of ANT1 TV, which gives ND an 8.7 pct lead with 32.8 pct versus SYRIZA’s 24.1 pct. ND has... 12.3 pct to 11.4 pct. Over the past year, Marc’s soundings show ND losing 2 points and SYRIZA
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Surveillance claims continue to bug New Democracy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDespite repeated attempts to bury the phonetapping scandal as an issue in Greece’s political debate... that alleged the Prime Minister’s former general secretary Grigoris Dimitriadis was the link between lawyers..., a member of PASOK before he joined Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s first cabinet, was also being monitored
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PM rides into new, bigger storm after publication of phonetapping list
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the companies in Greece that licenced the spyware. The government reacted to Documento’s report via..., Panagiotis Kontoleon set up a network that operated outside of the agency’s main structure that monitored government officials, political rivals and other key players in Greece’s public life
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Report on minister's surveillance ups ante for ND, as PASOK reels from MEP's arrest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEconomou responded by saying that Mitsotakis’s reaction to the revelation earlier this year that EYP... on the government to explain why Hatzidakis had been placed under surveillance. In Androulakis’s case... nothing to do with the country’s safety. SYRIZA asked the government to explain what “national security
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Athens hopeful of progress on sea delimitation differences with Albania after FM visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias’s mini tour of the Western Balkans this week appears to have had..., when the then agreement for the delimitation of the EEZ was annulled by Albania’s Constitutional Court... the two countries is clearly stated in Albania’s negotiating framework with the EU. Therefore, Tirana one
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Opposition clashes with govt over high energy prices, cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsprices across Europe receded with the milder weather, Greece’s wholesale electricity market remains... that it had taken from ordinary citizens” and repeated his party’s call for the re-nationalisation of the country’s largest power utility PPC. Socialists PASOK also went on the attack, calling on the government
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Opposition hoping surveillance, cronyism scandals will bite ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs it looks ahead to this year’s elections, New Democracy continues to be dogged by fears...) and the widespread use of Predator spyware has eroded some of the public’s support for ND. There is still hope within... tool to EYP’s normal bugging process, rather than being part of a rogue operation being executed
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