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  1. PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , the fact that the PM has already tweaked his cabinet numerous times since coming to power in 2019 means that he has gradually run out of people he can call on to fill vacant position. Also, following ND’s... appointments, drawing on personalities outside of the party fold, like he has done when naming previous

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  2. New Himare elections pose fresh challenge for Greek-Albanian relations
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    the first moment by the Greek government, has claimed that his conviction was politically motivated. The Albanian government has strongly rejected these claims, citing the judiciary’s independence. This case has provoked a diplomatic spat between Athens and Tirana with Greece continuously threatening

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  3. Athens wildfire puts government on back foot after efforts to improve prevention, response
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A large wildfire near Athens has forced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to cut short his summer... elections. There has been concern among government officials through the summer that a so-called... has so far deflected much of the criticism it has faced over this issue by pointing to the fact

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  4. Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ). This is not the largest wildfire Attica has experienced over the last few decades, although it was one... as businesses. One death was also reported. No other wildfire in living memory has penetrated so far... though there has also been extensive damage to the greenery around Athens. The failure to prevent

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  5. SYRIZA braces for new challenge to Kasselakis's leadership
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the last few weeks, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has been involved in a running battle with his critics within the party. The very public dispute has coincided with the latest opinion polls showing that support for the leftist party has ebbed away and that it has slipped behind socialist PASOK, which

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  6. Newsletter 435 - 04/10/2024

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    and SYRIZA continued to be consumed by its own internal battle for the party presidency. All has... settle nerves in the ND camp. The threat from such events has not disappeared despite the weather... party together as it marks 50 years since it was founded – five decades during which it has been

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  7. Ruling party tension boils over as Mitsotakis ousts ex-PM and right wing figurehead Samaras
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    European Parliament elections, Samaras has stepped up his criticism of the PM and his administration... with Mitsotakis, who has a difficult relationship with the former ND leader, particularly in relation.... Samaras has been speaking for the right-wing of the New Democracy, which has never been comfortable

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  8. PASOK tries to chip away at New Democracy's record on economy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Christidis added that in contrast to the OECD average, real per capita income in Greece has been... the effects of Greece’s economic recovery despite the positive headline numbers. The government has..., in order to wind back the ground lost to inflation. This recipe has been called into question

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  9. Bank tax proposal spearheads PASOK attack on government's economic policy
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    Economy

    PASOK’s new strategy of focusing on areas where the government has, in the public’s view, performed... crisis. The issue has been repeatedly raised over the last couple of years by the whole range of opposition parties. However, after settling its leadership contest a few weeks ago PASOK has returned

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  10. Aided by opposition parties, PM faces low risk over bland choice of president
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Although Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has come under attack from most opposition parties... support for the nominee, who has served as a New Democracy MP since 2000. Spartiates only have five MPs... from within his own party’s ranks, Mitsotakis has overturned the trend that has been in place

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