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Greece waits for tangible outcome from EU's symbolic backing over border crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be accompanied by top European Union officials when he visits the Evros border region on Tuesday as Athens hopes to receive more than just symbolic support in addressing the increased influx of asylum seekers from Turkey. Apart from European Council president
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Greece gets EU show of support, emergency funds for migration
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCouncil and EU Parliament, and the prime minister of Croatia which currently holds the rotating EU
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Athens sees diplomatic progress and obstacles on migration
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe high-level visit of the three European Union presidents to the Greek-Turkish border on Tuesday amid tensions in the area pleased Athens. Government officials claim it was the result of initiatives taken by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis personally. The government is also satisfied
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Broad consensus on border action holds, but concerns emerge over use of force and press intimidation
PoliticsGreek Politicsspokesman Stelios Petsas said that the prime minister did not intend to convene a council of party leaders
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Poll suggests broad support for border closure, continued concern about islands
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s decision to close the border. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras
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PM briefs EU leaders on migration stance as Turkey tries to pin blame on Greece
PoliticsForeign Policyon the revision of the 2016 EU-Turkey deal. Although Greece will not participate, Prime Minister Kyriakos
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Govt steps up policy response, hoping to impede Coronavirus
PoliticsGreek Politicscommentators and some opposition MPs for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to take a more proactive
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More fiscal measures lined up as Covid-19 seen shaving up to 0.9 pts off 2020 growth
Economyactivity. During his televised address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said
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Govt extends 800-euro bonus, heralds loan payment holiday for individuals as well as firms
EconomyOnly two days after announcing economic measures of up to 2 billion euros to support businesses and employees, while also making another 1.8 billion euros of European Union funds available, ministers unveiled further interventions on Friday. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated in his
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PM orders lockdown as opposition focusses on health system's capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a lockdown on Sunday night after a discernible rise in the number of coronavirus-related deaths and confirmed cases. In the latest steps to suppress the spread of Covid-19, Mitsotakis said that as of 6 am on Monday, Greeks would only be able to leave
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