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Mitsotakis eyes majority in second vote as SYRIZA reels from crushing defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicselection, to be sworn in and then dissolved so second elections can take place. It has been... for Greek elections, although the turnout has been falling over the last couple of decades. The other... lead to Mitsotakis ending up with a slimmer advantage than he currently has. SYRIZA headaches However
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Minister hangs on as failures leading to fatal hooligan raid further tarnish govt's image
PoliticsGreek Politicsevents. Citizens’ Protection Minister Yiannis Economou, who has only been in the position for a few... while Greece was battling numerous wildfires, has admitted that there was a huge failure on behalf of the police and security services, but he has not offered to step down. The government seems
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Newsletter 393 - 15/09/2023
because of the flooding in central Greece, but whose significance has grown because of the growing... to the organisational shortfalls that Storm Daniel, and the wildfires earlier this summer, exposed. This has led... administration, while the model of direct awarding of contracts has been criticised in the case
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Kasselakis completes stunning victory, taking SYRIZA into uncharted territory
PoliticsGreek Politics35-year-old entrepreneur, who has spent all his adult life in the USA and has talked openly about... or upset with his rivals for allegedly pushing out former leader Alexis Tsipras. There has been.... It is also worth noting that Tsipras has invited the new party leader to meet him at his
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Greek-Albanian deadlock over Beleri case no closer to being resolved
PoliticsForeign PolicyFredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of the town of Himara, of vote-buying. The trial has angered the Greek government, which has threatened to block Albania's EU accession talks unless Beleri's... of innocence be respected. "The way Albania has handled this case has had a negative impact on its
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Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek public’s trust in state institutions has plummeted in the past five years, according... not trust the courts and judges has jumped from 33 percent in 2018 to 70 percent in 2024. The survey... the Greek public. The police force has seen an equally dramatic reversal in perceptions with trust
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PM tries to rally party, hoping to overcome past indiscretions on road to EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe prosecutor specifically assigned to the agency, who has to sign off each request... past resurfacing. Institutional approach The government has tried to put the spyware scandal story to bed several times over the last few years but it has always returned into public view, although
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Greece's relations with neighbours in Western Balkans becoming more complex
PoliticsForeign Policy.” He also called on any new government not to deviate. Under New Democracy’s rule, Greece has not yet ratified three protocols within the framework of the Agreement. It has also de-activated... feel more secure in their European hopes. The Greek government has not yet convened any High-Level
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Centre-left parties jockey for leading role in post-election landscape
PoliticsGreek Politics, Kasselakis has appeared bullish about beating the forecasts. In an interview with Action24, the SYRIZA... air”. He has been arguing in recent interviews that narrowing the gap with New Democracy... in the next national elections. At the same time, the SYRIZA leader has become increasingly aggressive
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Slow pace at which RRF funds reaching firms a growing issue
EconomyA regular note on the Greek economy published by the Bank of Greece has highlighted concerns about..., the need to meet tight milestones and the legacies of the decade-long crisis, which has dented Greek entrepreneurship. The BoG notes that absorption thus far is a rather satisfying rate of 41 pct. Greece has
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