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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
SocietyAccording to the OECD’s latest Health at a Glance 2025 report, the country achieves relatively... cracks are widening, especially in access, quality, and long-term care. Greece’s life expectancy at birth reached 81.8 years, slightly above the OECD average of 81.1. It’s a bright spot
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Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout early elections and doubling down on his government’s reform agenda. Mitsotakis offered a blend... minister’s remarks come amid growing public frustration over the cost of living, housing shortages... framing inflation as a global phenomenon, he insisted that the government’s response must be to “put
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Opinion polls suggest dispute with farmers has weakened ND's support
PoliticsGreek Politics14 pct in the previous poll, suggesting that the long gestation period has not helped the former PM’s... the government’s handling of the affair negatively, and 71.8 pct saying they do not believe that justice..., according to Opinion Poll’s findings. On the subject of the farmers’ protests, 47.5 pct say
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Tension over financial checks on Tempe families indicative of new faultline in Greek politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fallout from Greece’s deadliest rail disaster continues to reverberate nearly three years... and, increasingly, a disruptive force in Greek politics. Karystianou’s rise has been remarkable. Since... of political engagement. This growing influence has unsettled Greece’s political establishment. Against
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PM attempts to walk fine line in ‘wild world’ after backlash over Venezuela comment
PoliticsForeign Policyassessment of recent events in Venezuela, Donald Trump’s renewed threats in Greenland... a week earlier. Following the news of President Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US forces, Mitsotakis wrote....” Most opposition parties condemned the Greek premier’s support for the US military operation
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Mitsotakis faces pivotal talks with farmers as Mercosur deal adds to complexity of standoff
PoliticsGreek Politics’ representatives, in a bid to defuse a dispute that has paralysed parts of Greece’s transport network... support package. Despite these assurances, farmers argue that the government’s measures fall short... the backdrop of the EU’s recently concluded trade agreement with Mercosur — Brazil, Argentina
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Farmers’ boycott scuppers PM meeting as Karystianou fleshes out political vision
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and representatives of Greece’s farmers.... This split has complicated efforts to present a common front and weakened the movement’s... to clarify the movement’s ethos, its timetable, and the challenges she faces as she steps formally
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Surveillance and Tempe cases return to haunt ND, as court probes revive cover-up suspicion
PoliticsGreek Politicslight shed on the cases threatens to unravel the government’s narrative on two of the most controversial... poke holes in the Supreme Court’s procedures, threatening to reignite suspicions of a political cover-up at a time when New Democracy is trying to rebuild its support. Predatorgate A magistrate’s
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Polling steadies at top but churns beneath surface as opposition support splinters
PoliticsGreek Politicson the metric, while the battle for second place is becoming more fragmented and unpredictable. Marc’s... poll since October to show ND’s numbers rising. The Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV, which... a coalition and could put Mitsotakis’s future in question as the junior partner could demand the appointment
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Newsletter 496 - 27/02/2026
, the inquiry’s New Democracy majority has concluded that there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing... on supplementary case files expected from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). These are rumoured..., the combination of the EPPO dossier and the government’s handling of the parliamentary process has
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