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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe two parties than other recent surveys. The prime minister’s office claimed Mitsotakis, who accused... SYRIZA and New Democracy. It put the conservatives on 27.6 percent, against 21.4 percent for SYRIZA... congress is beginning in Athens on Friday, with the conservative leader due to launch proceedings. New
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Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s bid to put New Democracy on the spot over the Covid awareness campaign that saw a variety of Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total has been partially blocked... spokesman) has begun its proceedings but the ND deputies, who form a majority on the panel, rejected
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Scandal erodes support for ND, complicates path to elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsscandal even though opinion polls continue to show Greeks are more concerned by inflation than... months ahead. However, he repeated the mantra that any interventions adopted will not put Greece’s.... The parliamentary committee investigating the affair launched its proceedings on Thursday and immediately became
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Newsletter 361 - 02/12/2022
of people’s worries, at 47.1 pct. In terms of voting intentions, GPO put support for New Democracy... to be on their toes in case Mitsotakis decides to call elections sooner than later. February has been mentioned... at the beginning of the week. According to leaked reports of the proceedings, he denied links to other figures
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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSame-sex marriage looks set to prove less of a stumbling block for the government than initially... that they are not members of the cabinet. The draft legislation has been put to public consultation... pct compared 77 pct in SYRIZA and 72 pct in PASOK). Tempe inquiry Proceedings in the parliamentary
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Mitsotakis sets off barrage of legislation to shake off introspection
PoliticsGreek Politicsof reforms, hoping to regain forward momentum and put the internal scuffles in his own party behind him... Mitsotakis since the EP elections, which rather than promising instant results contains a plea... not reach agreement to meet informally in advance of the formal proceedings, they are unanimous
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Erdogan's Hagia Sophia move adds to complexity, uncertainty of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policy, bilateral cooperation between EU-Turkey on the refugee/migrant issue and developments related to Libya... violation of the arms embargo in Libya, according to a high-ranking EU official. There is a growing... by Turkey and the Turkey-Libya memorandum, Dendias said that “Greece has capable armed forces
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policydeal signed last November between Ankara and the UN-recognized government in Libya’s Tripoli. Even... within the Turkish continental shelf” and that the agreement also violates Libya’s maritime rights... Libya maritime deal. Kastellorizo and the eastern part of Rhodes were left out, as was widely expected
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya... with a new, legal and permanent government in Libya and sign a maritime agreement with its southern
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora. When one considers that Greece accounts for less than 4 percent of the eurozone’s total debt or GDP... retirement age was the same as in Germany, where most pensioners earn less than 800 euros (or 1,000 dollars) a month, where civil servants make up less than 20 percent of the workforce and where public
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