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ND focusses on economic goals in run-up to budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politics, often to pensioners. ND saw this as a tactic designed to buy votes, although SYRIZA denied... is for the lower primary surplus target to apply from 2021. There is speculation that Prime Minister Kyriakos..., penned by former PASOK leader Kostas Simitis, who served as prime minister between 1996 and 2004
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Losing game: Another doomed effort to revive Greek football?
AgoraPresident Aleksander Ceferin told Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this week when they met to agree... that the two teams had ownership links, which are not permitted. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... and its fierce rival, PAOK. Many in Greece saw this dispute as a proxy war between the club’s two owners
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Newsletter 251 -22/05/2020
. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined on Wednesday a three-pillar economic recovery plan, designed... benefitted from its successful handling of the pandemic. The prime minister’s personal ratings... needs remain low over the coming years, and despite the temporary turmoil of mid-March that saw
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PM makes minor changes to cabinet, with focus on handling of EU funds
PoliticsGreek Politicsat a later date. Taking these parameters into account, it appears that the prime minister saw no need... the role of deputy energy and environment minister, which had been vacated recently. Prime Minister
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PM wades in on Turkey dispute as Covid-19 threat grows at home
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made his first public intervention in the Aegean dispute..., while there were also statements from the US and Israel that Athens saw as being supportive of its... and approach. However, the Greek prime minister did publicly disagree with Macron last year over the latter’s
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Conclusion of Golden Dawn trial unlikely to usher in greater political unity
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonth from which the far-right and radical left profited, is often cited as a prime example... by Antonis Samaras since he became New Democracy leader in 2009 and then prime minister in 2012... extremists and that New Democracy even saw GD as a potential future ally, which is why the ND leader’s
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Newsletter 278 -14/12/2020
, as expected. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the budget as “clear and honest”. He...-friendly policies and its proactive stance in courting likely investors. The prime minister pointed... on investments. Wednesday also saw the completion of the auction of the first 5G licenses, in which
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Vote on territorial waters puts PM's stance in spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles by a massive majority of 284. The vote saw ND coming around... to the criticism, the prime minister sought to distance himself from the most vocal opponents... at home. Centrist appeal In recent months, the prime minister has presented this image very carefully
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Covid worries bring more wear and tear for govt, but no momentum for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics, the current prime minister was accused of accepting gifts from the firm. Then just a young New Democracy MP...%. Movement for Change (KINAL) saw its backing dip from 6.7% to 6, but it remains in third place, ahead.... This interpretation could also prove key in supporting a decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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The unbearably slow vaccination process in Croatia
Agoraenough to house a modest 9,750 doses of Pfizer/ BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine. Still, many saw... vaccination strategies. It was not until the beginning of April that Prime Minister Andrej..., vaccinated members of his family. Former Deputy Prime Minister Slavko Linić was also vaccinated via
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