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Our tragedy: How could this happen?
AgoraThere is one question more than any other swirling around in our minds as we contemplate the devastation of this week’s train crash, which killed more than 50 people, mostly young Greeks: How could... these two trains had been moving towards each other for more than 10 minutes, without either driver
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ND's opinion poll decline thrusts PASOK back into spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that voters now see the opposition more capable than the government in tackling a range of issues... of the committee of experts that the government has assembled to investigate railway safety issues. More than... in power in one form or another for roughly 11.5 years, which is far longer than any other party. PASOK
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Resounding win for Mitsotakis, who has majority comfortably in reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsa slight increase on what it won in 2019 and about 5 points more than opinion polls had been indicating in the final stretch before the May 21 vote. SYRIZA’s score was more than 10 points down on its result in the last election and about 10 points lower than opinion polls had suggested. By any means
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Newsletter 383 - 02/06/2023
with the uncertainty that would come from the conservatives failing to get more than 150 MPs... and 15 pct for more than 150,000, compared to a flat rate of 5 pct at the moment. The socialists argue... for necessities. In line with the previous survey in January, more than half of Greeks have said
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Newsletter 385 - 16/06/2023
that the centre-right party will secure a share of the vote that will grant it more than 150 seats... that Mitsotakis might face more political turbulence after the elections than in his bid to get re..., Greek Solution 4 and Niki 4. MeRA25 is projected to get no more than 1.8 pct. If replicated on June
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Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
PoliticsGreek Politicspct and 43.5 pct. SYRIZA is projected to gain 55 seats and no more than 22.5 pct of the vote, while... in September 2015. Nevertheless, the turnout last month continued to be lower than the pre-crisis levels, when more than 70 pct of the electorate habitually participated in general elections. One
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Government offers free holidays, bigger fines and more hirings in evolving fire response
PoliticsGreek Politics, which is that many of this year’s fires were the result of human actions rather than the record... and that this is the main reason behind the recent devastation, rather than poor preparation, bad coordination..., almost 55,000 hectares of land has been burnt in Greece this year, which is 143 pct higher than
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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter poor performances in both national elections, eventually trailing New Democracy by more than 20... is the favourite among the four candidates, also led to SYRIZA looking mostly inward rather than outward... of northern Athens. The opposition party accused Mitsotakis of doing nothing more than offering his
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a broader trend rather than result of any local factors. Nevertheless, the extent of the destruction... in the coming years. This represents a more challenging task for Mitsotakis than the one he expected a few..., but that the are of land burned was 192 pct higher than the annual average between 2002 and 2022
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Kasselakis completes stunning victory, taking SYRIZA into uncharted territory
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan a month after announcing his candidacy and only a few months before being named on the party’s... a centrist, rather than leftist, hue. Significantly, from the moment he launched his campaign in late August... on being smarter, more successful and even speaking better English than the prime minister
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