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Political tremors shake Spain, overshadow economic progress
Agora, is embroiled in a corruption scandal along with her husband, whose case has been a major embarrassment for the Royal House. Hinting that the new monarch would inherit her hot-button issue, Princess Cristina did not attend her brother’s proclamation and was previously excluded from the Royal Family
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Coalition reaches compromise on candidate for European Commission
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the frontrunners for the job, ex-Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to inform her that she would not get the nod. While Bakoyannis had some of the attributes needed for the position due to her previous role as a diplomat and strong connections with foreign officials, there were objections to her
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Standoff over civil servants in Greece bears hallmarks of pre-election clash
PoliticsGreek Politicsprominent this week when Attica Governor Rena Dourou declared her opposition to the evaluation scheme... most populous and economically productive region. Her victory in the May local elections drew great publicity domestically and internationally and she has become a figurehead for her party, giving voters
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New bribe claims likely to poison Greek politics further ahead of presidential vote
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday to submit evidence of an alleged attempt by a man with links to New Democracy to bribe her... allegedly told her that she could earn up to 3 million euros if she voted for the coalition’s candidate... to lure the man to a meeting at her office to secretly record him but he insisted on meeting in a public
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Understanding the German approach towards Greece
Agoracan live with. Her own domestic interest is a presentable compromise that allows her to tell German..., her government would have to admit to the failure of the various ‘bailout’ programmes in Greece. She
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsof her role - which is to all intents and purposes an institutional rather than political position... was particularly aggressive in her questioning towards ERT’s would-be CEO, Lambis Tagmatarchis, who has... POSPERT. The parliamentary speaker even incurred the wrath of her colleagues, with SYRIZA MP Alexis
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Agreement creates array of political challenges for Tsipras, who must move fast
PoliticsGreek Politicswas one of seven SYRIZA MPs who abstained in Saturday’s meeting and has refused to give up her position after her rebellion. Of those opposing the measures, Konstantopoulou is perhaps the most prominent and has indicated she may be willing to head her own party. Greece has to pass this legislation
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After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politics, Katerina Savvaidou, to leave her post after she was charged as part of a judicial investigation..., initially resisted calls for her to resign but eventually stepped down. Revenues chief It was not until Wednesday that the government announced her replacement: Giorgos Pitsilis, a 40-year-old lawyer who
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To Potami and PASOK battle it out for dominance of centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsand increasing presence in Parliament in her defence. For the time being, it does not seem that Gennimata has to worry about a challenge from within PASOK, even though some top officials, such as her... in the future. Gennimata, though, appears to believe that her current course, which involves being critical
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PASOK in turmoil, Mitsotakis strengthens ties with church
PoliticsGreek Politicsto undermine her by pursuing personal agendas. It is not certain when the congress will take place... that she has turned her back on the possibility of working with New Democracy in a future coalition.... The only question now is whether her critics will rally around one figure (Venizelos is unlikely
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