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Government under fire for supporting controversial fertility conference
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA state-sponsored conference on female fertility has caused embarrassment at the highest level... Voridis and Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis who has previously supported pro-life campaigns... challenge has long been an area of concern in economic and policy circles, its emergence
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFlooding on the island of Evia over the weekend indicates that the government has not yet been able..., but officials say that there has been insufficient time since August for this initiative to start paying off... and protection work has been carried out. ND is hoping to count on the assistance of a mostly government
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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures that his administration has adopted to tackle the cost-of-living crisis... constituency that helped bring the centre-right to power in 2019. The Finance Ministry has set aside..., of the current situation that has led many observers to believe that the PM will prefer to go
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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme of digitisation of public services, which started in earnest during the pandemic and has proven... for a secure digital ID was cancelled in 2019 while the cost has been revised upwards to 515 million euros..., this shows that ND’s reformist rhetoric has not been matched by their record, where they are accused
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Speculation over polls heats up as parties battle over cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politics’s mind, there has been renewed speculation over the timing of polls in the new year... Mitsotakis not to play politics with the timing of elections. Mitsotakis has hinted recently that he... to broaden their support package. The prime minister has already hinted at reintroducing a subsidy for diesel
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Tsipras targets PM, looking to gain traction from scandals
PoliticsGreek Politicsactivities. Tsipras also noted that SYRIZA has been asking questions in Parliament about Patsis’s.... The opposition politician, who claimed that as much as 7.5 billion euros worth of business has been..., who also owns Olympiakos football club. Tsipras underlined that he has submitted a question
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Mitsotakis pushes for broad consensus after surprise announcement on postal vote
PoliticsGreek Politicswas unexpected, New Democracy has strong motives to move in this direction. One is the party’s strong ties with the Greek diaspora, and the other is its strong base among the older demographics. The party has been concerned recently about low voter turnout among those groups and has been seeking ways
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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they are not members of the cabinet. The draft legislation has been put to public consultation... suggesting that the PM has correctly judged the public mood in relation to the latest initiatives... to assisted reproduction for same-sex couples. Postal voting has the support of around three
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New Democracy faces claims of dark funding after revelation of links to internet campaign group
PoliticsGreek Politicsincurred by the Ministry of Interior over the same incident has not been challenged....A political storm has erupted after reports linked a pro-New Democracy online group to a network.... The call for answers from the government has been joined by other opposition parties, including Greek
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Unpaid taxes for September fall to 1.03 bln but up 56.5 pct so far this year
EconomyMacroeconomy. The recorded decrease of 2.07 billion year to date reflects payments of 1.34 billion and write-offs of 726
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