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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek Politics“the appearance of Mitsotakis but the soul of Polakis” - a reference to the controversial SYRIZA politician who.... Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims
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KINAL launches leadership contest to settle internal disquiet ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsas he tries to draw voters from the centre. It would require an extremely skilful politician... for the loss of mass popular support and pledging to bring back the old logo and familiar green and white
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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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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agoragoing to make wrong decisions,” Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang recently said in an interview... looked at the numbers. It is here that the ignorance Ha-Joon Chang refers to is exploited by those... going on and they don’t want to understand what’s going on,” said Chang. That is why understanding
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SYRIZA rebels unveil new group as Kasselakis talks up EP vote prospects
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 11 MPs who quit SYRIZA over the past few weeks unveiled the name and logo of their new parliamentary group yesterday, just as the leader of their former party, Stefanos Kasselakis, suggested...-profile politicians, such as former ministers Efi Achtsioglou and Euclid Tsakalotos, who will help give
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Newsletter 405 - 08/12/2023
their debut after unveiling at the beginning of the week their new name and logo. The rebels have... politicians, such as former ministers Efi Achtsioglou and Euclid Tsakalotos, who will help give the group much
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New Democracy suffers ratings blow as farming payments scandal unfolds
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Greece” survey recently found that 23 pct of voters would happily vote for a corrupt politician... in question personally benefitted from the politician’s actions. The portions rose to 34 pct and 44 pct... in response to increased flows on the cross-Mediterranean route from Libya. There are indications
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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PM gets no change out of opposition leaders on US trip, electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the cameras regarding how best to deal with jet lag, it was clear from the opposition politician’s... with Libya or any other actions that Athens deems provocative. Tsipras, though, went a step further... 20 years” vis a vis Greece. There has been much debate among politicians and the media this week
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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government... deems not be in line with international law. In the notes, Libya claims that Greece’s maritime agreement... spokesman Stelios Petsas. The centre-right MP called for Athens to “toughen its stance” regarding Libya
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