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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on coalition over wildfire deaths
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA appointees). The government has so far fended off calls for ministers or public officials to step down. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to make changes, though, once the dust has... given by officials. New Democracy has been trying to drive home the message that the government has
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics. The justice portfolio is a significant one for the coalition as it has come under considerable criticism... that it has tried to interfere in the judicial process. At 42, Kalogirou is one of the younger faces in the new cabinet as has worked in the past as a legal adviser to Digital Policy Minister Nikos
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
SocietyThe Greek government has started consultation on changing voting procedures to enable Greeks abroad... residence. In a country which has experienced several waves of emigration over the two centuries of its existence as a modern state, the principle of full citizen rights for Greeks abroad has been espoused
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Mitsotakis plans cuts to pension contributions, aims to add private element to system
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set out some of the policies he plans to unveil... sketched out the plans he has for Greece’s pension system. He had flagged up in a recent interview his... the pension system through the back door. This has often proved a politically sensitive issue
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Mitsotakis looks beyond New Democracy for votes that could bring him to power
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has renewed his appeal to non-conservative voters, who... logo, Mitsotakis argued that the party has to be as flexible as possible to adapt to the particular....” Since taking over the leadership of the party in 2016, Mitsotakis has been involved in a tricky
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Tsipras reaches settlement with church, aiming to subdue critics
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government has reached an agreement with the Church of Greece to settle a series of differences between... legal claims it has with regard to disputes over property the two sides agree to form a fund to make... on wages. The price that the government has agreed to pay for this is to transfer the roughly 200 million
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MPs prepare to vote on name deal, although delays are possible
PoliticsGreek Politicshas to show voters it did all it could to stop the Prespes Agreement. Others, though, point out... pointed out that Pavlopoulos, whose role is largely ceremonial, has no power to prevent the diplomatic..., the government has launched a low-key communications campaign, such as a Q&A compiled by the Foreign Ministry
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the property has an assessed value of 95,000 euros and the initial loan taken out was worth 300,000 euros. The questions about the recent loan made to Polakis are exacerbated by the fact that Attica Bank has... euros. However, the matter did not end there as the fiery minister, who has been involved in frequent
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Athens set to press ahead with primary residence law despite differences with lenders
EconomyProgrammelook at whether Greece has done enough to qualify for the almost 1 billion euros in debt relief...-programme path will not spook the markets. The government has made it clear before, as in the case... this year, that it believes it has greater room for manoeuvre now that Greece is no longer under
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Newsletter 200 -29/03/2019
in Parliament on Tuesday night, suggest that Athens has compromised in several areas, while retaining some... effect on the payment culture in Greece. Despite the pressure from the lenders, the government has... will examine whether the second post-programme review has been completed. 21,000 euros for a married couple
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