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Opposition hoping surveillance, cronyism scandals will bite ND
PoliticsGreek Politicswords seemed an attempt to fight back against reports claiming that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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Election date seen hanging in balance as PM weighs pros and cons
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUntil Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces the date of the elections this year, speculation will only intensify about the day on which Greeks will head to the polls, with a number of factors weighing on the PM’s decision. Mitsotakis has already indicated that the ballot, the first
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Government in firefighting mode as opposition seizes on sleaze and shortages
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader Alexis Tsipras tabled an urgent question to the prime minister on the government’s response
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OECD sees recovery slowing, urges fiscal discipline
EconomyMacroeconomyOECD secretary-general Mathias Cormann visited Greece on Tuesday for a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as the think-tank published its latest economic report about the Greek economy. The OECD joined the long list of international organisations that sees a challenging environment
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Newsletter 365 - 13/01/2023
PoliticsRoad to elections riddled with potholesThe year began with fresh speculation about when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is likely to call national elections, but there appears little chance of his New Democracy party having a clear run to the ballot box as the government continues
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ND's lead narrows but PM's election hopes still alive
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreshold for entering Parliament. Support for his grouping has risen from 2.1 pct to 2.6 pct. Prime
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politics. The opposition parties suspect that concern about the strong performance Ellines is what has prompted Prime
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PM puts cost-of-living crisis front and centre in dry run for election campaign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held on Monday the first of what are expected to be a series of press conferences before the next elections, addressing the economy and cost-of-living crisis before moving on to other subjects. Every opinion poll over the last 12 months or so has shown that high
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Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political clash over the surveillance scandal went up a notch on Tuesday, when SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign and the government suggested that the head of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) is doing
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who left Athens on Friday for an official visit to Japan, easily survived the no-confidence vote called by the opposition but SYRIZA is not intending to let the surveillance issue die down despite the New Democracy leader’s best efforts to turn the tables
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