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PM eyes pre-election prize as enhanced surveillance draws to conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politicspublic has largely moved on from the bailout years and their legacy, especially since more pressing....” “All this (has been achieved) while there has been a steady hand on the country’s tiller despite... on the findings of the Eurobarometer survey, trust in European and Greek institutions has been
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Government attempts to offer reassurance against winter energy shortages
PoliticsGreek Politics, and that Greece has also undertaken to provide any excess to Bulgaria. While the message was clearly intended... has been questioned by some experts and commentators, who point out the recent shutoff of the Nord... with the addition of a temporary storage facility at Revithoussa, Greece has very little storage capacity
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Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
PoliticsGreek Politicsenvironment for journalists in the country “has significantly deteriorated” and the distribution of state...”. In recent weeks the prime minister has been put on the defensive by a series of reports... the prominence it has gained internationally in recent months, is an uncomfortable one for Mitsotakis, who
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Questions posed about pace of absorption for RRF funds
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Parliament, has asked for a cross-party committee to be formed to monitor the execution of the government’s RRF plan, known as Greece 2.0. The request has been rebuffed and in their written questions... is progressing and what is happening with the money being made available by the EU, noting that Athens has so
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Balance of payments shows shipping on course for bumper year, but economic benefits unclear
EconomyFeatures2021 was a record year with close to 11 billion euros in payments. The Russia factor Greek shipping has... and the resulting energy crunch, as well as from the more acute energy crisis which has followed the Russian..., the window is not completely closed even if it has been highlighted as an area of moral ambiguity
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PM prepares response as pressure over spying scandal mounts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAndroulakis in the run-up to him taking over at the helm of the centre-left party, has added fuel... office, Nikos Romanos, suggested in an interview with Skai radio that Androulakis is the one that has... response would come on Monday via his official statement. Androulakis has called
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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop
PoliticsGreek Politicson the surveillance scandal which has thrust Androulakis into the spotlight and led him to adopt a more... to a degree, it has also allowed New Democracy to paint him as a political opportunist with no substantive... administration, a fresh row erupted over historic surveillance programmes. ND, which has held a tight rein
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Policy pledges bolster top two parties as ND erases losses from surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport for third party PASOK has remained more or less static. The findings suggest... lead, while PASOK has not made any headway despite leader Nikos Androulakis’s prominent role in bringing the issue to light. A poll carried out by Pulse for Skai TV shows that ND has increased its
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Cost-of-living, surveillance developments encourage ND to target majority in 2023
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has so far suffered minimal damage from the surveillance scandal, Prime Minister Kyriakos... environment. The conservative administration has consistently pointed to the positive response from hedge funds and other financial players as a sign that Greece has rebuilt trust with the investment community
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agora. It has proven less capable of looking forward to anticipate risks. A growing criticism of the EU fiscal rules, then, is that the system has become so complex and by extension unrealistic..., has further sealed this sentiment. To assess options for reform, we need to understand the context
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