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Government touts upgrades to civil protection amid early start to wildfire season
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the phenomena has led to calls for a radical overhaul of the response mechanism. The New Democracy government has acknowledged that changes are needed to deal with the heightened risks posed by climate... of mobile coordination centres and high-tech analytical tools. As part of the scheme, the government has
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Bar on extreme right party triggers developments across political spectrum
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s Supreme Court has blocked the far-right Spartiates party from running in June’s European..., the ultranationalist party which has seen its support rise into double digits in recent months. On Wednesday... is expected to send ripples across the political scene in Greece and has already set off a war of words
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Mati fire verdict prompts legal blame game as PM pledges swifter justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe court verdict in the Mati wildfire trial has become the subject of political jockeying between... the current government has made to legislation since it came into power since 2019 have made sentencing stricter. This is not the first time that the New Democracy administration has aimed criticism at its
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Mitsotakis accused of flippancy over handling of diplomatic relations with neighbours
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the 2025 national elections has been described as a deliberate provocation by Greece’s opposition parties... the EU. While Mitsotakis has been arguing that relations with Albania, including the treatment... and their affiliates from politics. The decision has been challenged by the prosecutor of the appeals court
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Party leaders crank up campaign machinery for EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsif Halkida on Evia a day later. Keen not to be outdone, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has recently... this particularly method of communication late in his campaign. However, Kasselakis has relied on Tik-Tok... since Kasselakis has taken over the party because many of those intending to vote for the leftists do
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PM burnishes conservative credentials with focus on day-to-day issues, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicshas taken since being handed a renewed mandate in the June 2023 national elections, including wage... countries. Allowing police to enter university campuses has been one of the issues that ND has... introduced changes to the law to make this easier it has been very selective in enforcing it. A link
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PM defends scepticism about name deal as he waits for official position from Skopje
PoliticsForeign Policycoming to power it has respected the agreement even though it has not yet ratified in Parliament... to be ratified. Opposition party SYRIZA has said that it will bring a proposal for these protocols to be voted on in Parliament. Mitsotakis explained that his approach has been vindicated by the stance
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Parties strive to meet vote targets as interest in European elections wanes
PoliticsGreek Politicsof dissatisfaction, apathy and indecision. Interest in the upcoming EP elections has waned as campaigning... who say they are very interested in the outcome has fallen to 57 pct from 58 pct in April while..., at a rate of around 70 pct, with small losses on the right to Greek Solution and Niki. SYRIZA has
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Newsletter 427 - 14/06/2024
in the European Parliament elections has triggered a series of developments in Greek politics, which... earlier opinion polls has bought the new SYRIZA leader some time. However, he faces an uneasy three... party that he has during the recent rally in the opinion polls. Social democrats PASOK also failed
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Dissent grows within SYRIZA as polls indicated appetite for joined-up centre left
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor comfort, while presenting ruling New Democracy with a fragmented opposition. The outcome has kicked off... percent followed by Doukas with 17.2 percent. No contest has yet been declared and no challenger has formally put themselves forward, however Androulakis has indicated he will go along
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