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Androulakis keeps coalition options open as polls suggest deadlock likely in first vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicates that support for the conservatives has increased by 1.7 points since the company’s last poll to 29.7 pct, while SYRIZA’s backing has only edged up 0.2 points to 24.9 pct. There was also... 2021, its rating with MRB stood at 32.2 pct, while SYRIZA’s was at 22.5 pct. Despite this narrowing
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Buoyed by polls, Mitsotakis rejects option of coalition with PASOK after first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis Sunday’s elections. The latest comment comes in the wake of Androulakis calling for those involved in the wiretapping operations that happened under Mitsotakis’s watch to go to jail. Mitsotakis... suggested that there is a divide between PASOK supporters and the position adopted by the party’s
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Parties step up battle for voters in election home stretch
PoliticsGreek Politicsjournalists and set out his party’s positions. During the part shown on Greek TV, he insisted... parties are likely to be able to have enough seats to create a coalition after Sunday’s vote. He... [Varoufakis’s] his contribution to Mitsotakis is useful,” said Tsipras. The press conference
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SYRIZA on defensive as election campaign draws to close
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCampaigning for Sunday’s elections was due to end on Friday with SYRIZA on the defensive over its... in 2015 is one that the party has never been able to shake off and the ex-minister’s comments seemed... the deadly Tempe train crash. Despite Tsipras’s efforts, there is a sense that the Katrougalos episode
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Tension rises in electoral battle, but opinion polls suggest result in little doubt
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty and SYRIZA over the latter’s candidates in the Rodopi region of northeastern Greece. The conservatives claim that SYRIZA’s two parliamentary hopefuls are under the influence of the Turkish... inhabitants – roughly half of whom are members of Greece’s Muslim minority. The area and its people have
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek Politics2008. Tsipras’s departure could pave the way for significant developments among Greece’s progressives... strategy of being highly critical of the government and painting the country’s prospects in a bleak... from 61 pct in May to 52.8 pct) and the rise of several fringe parties contributed to SYRIZA’s share
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Mitsotakis focuses on economy as SYRIZA concentrates on leadership contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving revealed on Tuesday that his government intends to prepay Greece’s bailout loans, Prime... year. Mitsotakis sees this as not only a good way of bringing down Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio... following the elections. They talked up Greece’s economic potential and stressed the need for prudence
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New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parties in Greece’s newly elected Parliament will have the opportunity to set out their agendas... with a programmatic statement, which is expected to closely follow New Democracy’s economy-focussed election... to accelerating a credit upgrade of the country’s debt broadly signalled by the ratings agencies
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Beleri case dents Greek-Albanian relations, puts progress on hold
PoliticsForeign Policywere made after the announcement by the Albanian Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office... Ministry is closely monitoring developments and continues to inform Greece’s partners in Europe... that Rama’s government is using its strength against the Greek ethnic minority in Albania in a way
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Minister hangs on as failures leading to fatal hooligan raid further tarnish govt's image
PoliticsGreek Politicson to the Greek authorities by police in neighbouring countries. European football’s governing body had... match against AEK, which was due to be played on Tuesday night, but was postponed following Monday’s... is an operational, rather than a political, one. He said it is not the minister’s responsibility
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