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Election speculation gathers steam while surveillance claims mount
PoliticsGreek Politicscurrently favoured by the prime minister. Last week, Interior Minister Makis Voridis, whose department is responsible for planning the elections, suggested in an interview on Mega TV that the date... are scheduled for late June. Elaborating on his statements in a separate interview on ANT1 TV, Voridis said
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Move to block far-right fuels conflict between ND and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDawn. During a TV panel discussion on Skai TV on Wednesday, SYRIZA’s spokeswoman Popi Tsapanidou... the integrity of the electoral process. New Democracy’s response, led by Interior Minister Makis Voridis
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsto miss out. However, an opinion poll carried out by Metron Analysis for Mega TV suggests that MeRA25... for Skai TV, suggests that MeRA25 is still a long way off the 3 pct threshold and that seven parties.... Reports also suggest that conservative officials are considering merging the Interior and Digital
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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals
PoliticsGreek Politics, a new opinion poll by Marc for ANT-1 TV will have been met with concern by Androulakis and his... TV indicates that 25.1 pct of respondents intend to vote for New Democracy, 14.2 pct for PASOK, 7 pct... Karolos Papoulias in 2005 or Alexis Tsipras choosing former interior minister and New Democracy
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PM concedes cooperation may be necessary as opinion polls continue to deny outright win
PoliticsGreek Politicspressure on second party PASOK to clarify its own stance. In an expansive TV interview on Monday... Best TV which was widely reported on in the national media, Samaras suggested that Mitsotakis.... Opinion poll The latest opinion poll by Alco for Alpha TV confirms New Democracy’s lead, while still
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
Agorain these contrived and skewed observations on life in Greece. Like all fairy tales, though, they make for a good... Interior Minister Leonidas Grigorakos claimed in August that 10 percent of the 85,000 civil servants
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Foreign minister's visit to Ankara sparks hope of new era in Greek-Turkish ties
PoliticsForeign Policythat Turkey sees 2015 as a good opportunity to resolve the Cyprus problem. Athens agrees but underlines...? The two sides agreed to enhance co-operation through the Ministries of interior and justice with the aim
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