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Opposition fails to make inroads in spyware hearing as denials continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe affair, two Greek businessmen linked to an Athens-based company distributing the commercial spyware... questions, while the Greek witnesses, Yiannis Lavranos and Felix Bitzios, declined to be present... the former official as the one responsible for signing off on the establishment and operation of KETYAK
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Surveillance and Qatargate threaten to overshadow budget debate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe scheduled debate over next year’s budget kicks off today with political parties distracted... into the so-called “Qatargate”, several Greek media outlets homed in on reports of a fractious press... Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas’s relations with Qatar. The Greek commissioner, who comes
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PM offers shopping bill subsidy as surveillance scandal threatens to spill over into judicial crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Greek MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos had been bugged. Kyrtsos is now an MEP with centrist Renew Europe..., the prosecutor claimed that he had been giving an off-the-cuff opinion and later called the Cosmote... has tackled Qatargate and the way Greek prosecutors and judges have been slow to investigate
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Opposition frets over foreclosure decision as ND casts net for new faces
PoliticsGreek Politicssensitive. Successive Greek governments legislated some kind of safeguard for homeowners throughout... as a vital part of the financial sector returning to normality and the Greek state not being... than seek an alliance with another party, the PM may prefer to peel off a handful of MPs from rival
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SYRIZA on defensive as election campaign draws to close
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 2015 is one that the party has never been able to shake off and the ex-minister’s comments seemed..., KKE 6.6, MeRA25 3.6 and Greek Solution 3.5 pct. GPO sees the centre-right party gaining between 34.5... to 11, KKE 6.5 to 8 pct, MeRA 3.5 to 4.5 pct and Greek Solution 3.5 to 4.5 pct. Like most recent
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Parties face up to victory and defeat in preparation for fresh elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe campaign season has kicked off anew in Greece, with political parties still digesting... interview on Greek TV following Sunday’s elections, leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on voters to come... parties. In Sunday’s vote, far-right Greek Solution edged up to 4.45 percent of the vote, comfortably
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Government dampens expectations for handouts in PM's speech
PoliticsGreek Politicsannounces in Thessaloniki, recognising not only that his government will be coming off a difficult few.... However, government sources have now briefed the Greek media that the amount which will be allocated... on September 9. The Greek PM had an unofficial meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der
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Storm impact and ferry death engulf political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut arrived just as the ferry was departing. Video footage shows two crew members pushing the man off... that Mitsotakis and his administration are cultivating a climate of “zero expectations” among the Greek public... in the second round. However, SYRIZA does not have as deep roots in Greek society as the socialists
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Our cruel summer
Agoraas the Blue Horizon continued on its course. The footage brought right into Greek homes the brutal... said in radio communication with other crew members aired on Greek TV. “I thought he was black... are all being shoved off it. Nick Malkoutzis
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Mitsotakis sets out post-election agenda as discontent bubbles up in SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politics, Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to reassert his party’s dominance on the Greek political scene, in spite... for the upsets, were “off the mark” and betrayed an arrogance that he found “concerning”. He denied... minister said he was confident about the course of the Greek economy and optimistic about a fall
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