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Blueprint for election battle laid out in Parliament debate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), which opposes the deal, will try to bring down the government before a vote takes place or after MPs have had their say. ANEL leader Panos Kammenos continued to display... on the business dealings of Mitsotakis’s wife, referencing reports that claimed her business received funding from
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Puzzling reaction to army reservists' call for government to resign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn unusual announcement by a little known army reservists’ group calling for the government to resign prompted an emergency late night meeting of top ministry and judicial officials on Wednesday. There was surprise that the government gave such attentio...
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New Democracy hopes to celebrate 40th anniversary with rallying call
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 40th anniversary of New Democracy’s founding is approaching and the party’s leadership is hoping it can use the moment as a rallying point for the increasingly despondent conservatives. New Democracy has planned two events to mark the occasion: One ...
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Close call on IMF payment puts Tsipras under more pressure at home, abroad
PoliticsGreek PoliticsReports over the weekend that Greece came close to not paying the 750 million euros due to the International Monetary Fund on May 12 will increase the political pressure on the government to reach a deal with lenders as soon as possible. The revelation ...
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Tsipras claims he is in no hurry to call elections after bailout exit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras indicated on Friday that he is not considering the possibility of calling snap elections later this year despite persistent speculation about the subject. Tsipras travelled to Thessaloniki to meet local mayor Yiannis Boutar...
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government and opposition SYRIZA, as a new bill proposes to open up remote voting to the Greek diaspora. On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Pa...
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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe official report into an incident in which police fired shots at a fleeing car, killing one occupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce a series of tough new policing measures. Following several...
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Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government caught its opponents by surprise on Monday when it announced that it will propose a broad parliamentary investigation into the alleged misuse of agricultural subsidies dating back to 1998 – a move that the opposition parties see as an att...
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod. This implies an average figure exceeding 1 billion per month. Although the April figure of 763
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