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  1. MPs aim to probe spyware as govt brushes off latest reports
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Parliament’s institutions and transparency committee is due to hear on Monday from one of the key figures in the phonetapping affair, in what could be a significant moment in the development of the surveillance saga. The Prime Minister’s former general ...

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  2. Budget starts year where it left off in 2022, beating target by 618 mln in Jan
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance in January this year came to a surplus of 2.77 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 15 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Thursday....

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  3. Consumer confidence takes off in May as rest of sectors deliver mixed data
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a minor drop of 0.6 points in May, falling to 108.1 points, after rising by 1.9 points in April, according to European Commission figures released on Tuesday. Sentiment has been improving in five of the last se...

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  4. ND aims to see off threat from right, with focus on fringe religious party

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The surprise performance of smaller parties in the May 21 elections has New Democracy worried about the potential for a dilution of the vote in the upcoming re-rerun scheduled in a month’s time. The conservatives are particularly focussed on neutralisin...

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  5. SYRIZA leadership contest off to slow start, as ND rushes to contain political damage from fires
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The contest to succeed Alexis Tsipras at the helm of SYRIZA looks set to gather momentum with the launch of a campaign aimed to generate engagement in view of the September leadership elections. Leadership hopefuls have been sketching out their visions ...

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  6. Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy politicians presented a united front defending the government against a censure motion triggered by its handling of the deadly Tempe rail crash. Their fulsome support for resigned transport minister Kostas Karamanlis brought condemnation f...

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  7. Greek, Turkish FMs keep ties on even keel as OSCE cooperation pays off
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The main takeaway from the meeting between Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, last Wednesday in Brussels was that Athens and Ankara are in agreement over the need for restraint regarding any actions that caus...

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  8. PM's latest reshuffle off to bumpy start with first day resignation

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    There had hardly been any time to digest the cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, when the first blow to the government’s attempt to push the “restart” button came in the form of an almost-instant resignation. Dep...

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  9. ND in danger of being blown off course by farming subsidy scandal

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The details of the investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) into the livestock farming subsidy scandal that have leaked to the local media since the case file was sent to Parliament this week paint a rather grim picture for the ru...

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  10. The quarterly national accounts from the income side
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    Agora

    optimistic that Greece is reaching take-off velocity, and that the Covid-19 downturn is gradually.... Jens Bastian is senior policy advisor at ELIAMEP. [1] As of mid-2021, the IMF estimates that Greece

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