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Health minister hogs spotlight, puts PM in tricky position
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHealth Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who is never far from controversy, has been in the media...-profile clashes he has been involved in. The past two weeks have offered a concentrated display... video that was supposed to prove a doctor assaulted him. Each episode has kept the health minister
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Government bets on big energy headlines while pledging discipline at the pump
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been focussing on its strategic vision for the sector, ratifying a set of agreements... with foreign energy majors are truly in the national interest. The opposition has also drawn attention... clause with implications for national sovereignty. The controversy over the territorial clause has united
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Mitsotakis urges EU to be proactive, PASOK looks for silver lining ahead of congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsmembers and supporters cast ballots - a figure the party has trumpeted as proof of momentum.... The leadership has seized on the turnout as evidence that the party’s base remains engaged and supportive... several hundred delegates, though PASOK headquarters has treated these numbers with thinly veiled
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Energy crisis puts squeeze on Greek fiscal policy
Agorathe government has consistently resisted since the start of the Ukraine war, pushing back against... and link POS systems with cash registers, has been a major driver of the surge in VAT receipts. Excise..., the strong performance of indirect taxes has created fiscal space for voter‑friendly measures
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New Left leader quits as progressives continue to search for coherence
PoliticsGreek Politicsa strategic divide that has been simmering across the Greek centre‑left for more than a year. It arrives... by the majority of New Left’s leadership bodies. The fact that this disagreement has persisted... has never been able to find its feet since its formation in December 2023, when its 11 MPs quit
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policythis backdrop, Athens has already activated crisis‑coordination mechanisms. Repeated inter... on European economies already supporting Ukraine, limit the room for manoeuvre. Greece, which has so... has implications for Greek–Turkish relations, as Turkey has reacted to Greek military deployments
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Government dismisses early elections as opposition call foul on rule of law debate schedule
PoliticsGreek Politicsand defence. Hatzidakis added that the administration has a lot on its plate administering the final... developments in the Predatorgate affair. In the past few days, an Athens judge has called for espionage... has been boosted by its handling of the Middle East crisis, issues such as the Predator scandal
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the month. The OPEKEPE affair has re‑emerged as a major source of political strain, fuelled... ahead of national elections. Predator controversy The Predator spyware issue has also been revived..., the EYP unit identified in court as the base of Predator operators. The government has rejected
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Mitsotakis and Androulakis clash over rule of law as probability of early polls grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsparliamentary group, which has been unsettled by the second OPEKEPE case file implicating ND MPs. He... colleagues. Mitsotakis has already spoken with parliamentary secretary Maximos Charakopoulos about convening the parliamentary group on April 30 to manage the fallout. The Lazaridis affair has added
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Karystianou’s party makes political debut as confrontation over scandals continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a response to a political and institutional environment that she believes has drifted away from... has accused Greece of undermining EPPO’s investigative powers in the OPEKEPE affair. The situation... to prevent further scrutiny. The government has reinforced this strategy by reframing the Predator affair
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