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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
to the troika in a bid to close the long-running review of the Greek programme. At the same time, the earlier... candidates in the final round of voting in a last bid to change the dynamic. Indeed, it seems... to continue backing them so they could secure debt relief and build on the previous year’s positive
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Tsipras planning for life without Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicsbid to block the agreement by bringing down the government. Tsipras appears confident that he... be supporting form PASOK official Pavlos Geroulanos in his bid to become Athens mayor next year. SYRIZA... Papachristipoulos of ANEL for support. He is also counting on the backing of four of the six To Potami
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
delivered a televised address on Thursday as part of the latest bid by the government to get on top... and public services with a negative test. Also, in a bid to get more elderly Greeks to come forward... Gennimata. KINAL saw its backing increase from 8.5 pct in October to 9.8 pct this month. There were also
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Buoyed by polls, Mitsotakis rejects option of coalition with PASOK after first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsinstead might now consider backing the conservatives in a bid to drive them towards a majority later... the options of an alliance with PASOK or a bid to tempt some opposition MPs to join the government
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SYRIZA under fire for TV permit tender, tinkering with watchdog
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has come in for criticism again from the opposition parties for allegedly trying to establish control over key public positions, as well as a tender for broadcasting licenses. Government officials and opposition MPs clashed over both issu...
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Coalition under fire over multi-bill but aiming to stay united for vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAhead of Sunday’s crucial vote on the multi-bill submitted to Parliament this week, there appeared little sign of dissent among government MPs despite the negative reaction prompted by much of the legislation involved. Everything from the changes to the...
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Protests give Mitsotakis chance to round on under-fire coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking to build on his party’s lead over SYRIZA by making the anti-government protests planned for Wednesday evening in Athens and Thessaloniki as uncomfortable as possible for the coalition. Speaking in Parl...
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Government under fire for supporting controversial fertility conference
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA state-sponsored conference on female fertility has caused embarrassment at the highest level of the Greek government and institutions, after its agenda was revealed to be heavily influenced by the church and the far right. Billed as a scientific confe...
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PM removes under-fire ministers from posts in late-summer reshuffle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to remove some of his key ministers from the firing line on Tuesday as part of a cabinet reshuffle, while also creating a new ministry to oversee civil protection in the wake of the pandemic and wildfire challe...
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Earth, wind & fire: Greece, clean energy & the climate crisis
AgoraIn the wake of the COP26 meeting, The Agora analyses what Greece brought to the discussion and how this tallies with the efforts being made on the ground to tackle the climate crisis. The head of policy at WWF Greece, Theodota Nantsou, evaluates the Gre...
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