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SYRIZA rebels unveil new group as Kasselakis talks up EP vote prospects
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the opposition grouping is aiming to come first in next year’s European Parliament elections... is limited to having a coordinated presence in the House, but based on the comments made at Monday’s... elections next summer. Former interior minister Alexis Haritsis has been appointed as the new group’s
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ND encounters objections over private universities and same-sex marriage
PoliticsGreek Politics. This prompted an intervention this week from the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod, in which clerics made... acceptable,” the Holy Synod said in an opinion issued late on Wednesday. The government’s official response... or abandon policies in the past. Handling the church’s objection will be a challenge for Prime Minister
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FM gauges mood in Middle East, seeks to bolster ties with Egypt
PoliticsForeign Policytopped the agenda of talks Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis held during this week’s mini tour... in Athens with Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki,, said that Greece’s efforts... in the diplomatic process to resolve the Middle East crisis. It should be noted that the Greek diplomat’s
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Newsletter 410 - 02/02/2024
national road, claiming that last year’s wildfires and floods could put them out of business unless...’s meeting, arguing that the current administration has taken several steps to assist farmers... of production, the impact of last year’s natural disasters in Greece is also a key driver
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Farmers plan more protests after dismissing government's improved assistance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s hopes that the pledges made by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis last Friday... hoped that Mitsotakis’s brief meeting with farmers last week and the promise of further assistance..., but the farmers argue that those among them whose crops and farms were affected by last year’s wildfires
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SYRIZA ploughs own furrow as farmers head to Athens for protest
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be kept to a minimum. This underlined the government’s softly-softly approach towards the farmers... on farming fuel tax, frontload compensation for last year’s natural disasters and lock in cheap... crisis in SYRIZA is helping take the spotlight off New Democracy. The party’s political secretariat
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Fresh SYRIZA leadership battle called off as chaotic party conference concludes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s chaotic party conference concluded on Sunday with delegates rejecting the idea of another... in this summer’s European Parliament elections. Former minister Olga Gerovasili announced on Saturday... is to give the party’s grassroots support a greater voice in how SYRIZA is run and what it stands
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Slower growth nixes handout plans, fires criticism of ND's economic policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition over the government’s handling of the economy. Data published by ELSTAT on Thursday... the assumptions on which this year’s budget has been put together. It also means that there is likely... of the weapons in its pre-election arsenal. However, Thursday’s figures have also prompted an attack
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the prime minister’s office to contain the damage. The voter database leak is currently the subject of separate investigations by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country’s Data... Ministry official and New Democracy’s head of diaspora affairs followed dozens of reports
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ND seeks ban on far-right party running in EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politics. It emerged on Saturday that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party has submitted to the Supreme Court... participating in the elections. Only the party’s leader, Vassilis Stigas, has been exempted after giving evidence to the investigation. The announcement of the prosecutor’s decision set off a wave
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