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Tsipras makes unpopular choice for president, with eye on political balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsskyrocket and the spending on civil servants' by almost 10 billion euros to 31 billion in total from 2004...In a somewhat controversial choice, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos as his party's presidential candidate yesterday. There was a mixed reaction
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Greece being boxed in by refugee crisis and security concerns
Agorathat at the current rate it would take the EU 166 years to relocate the total number of refugees it pledged... interior ministers were due to agree on Friday to tighten passport checks at the external borders
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politics. As this standoff continues, the number of refugees in Greece is growing steadily. As of Thursday, the total..., a spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry, who told the Financial Times that Berlin offered 200
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SYRIZA readies itself for election battle, Mitsotakis pledges pension overhaul
PoliticsGreek Politicsis punitive for workers,” said Mitsotakis. “Also, the sum total of the tax and social security burden... Interior Minister Panos Skourletis to take on the job but that the latter is reluctant to do so
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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will be clearer if the total amount will be more or less than expected. In his meetings... Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos sent a new proposal on Friday. The breakthrough came after SYRIZA
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agoraof the vote in total and 251 seats in the Parliament formed after the October 2009 elections. The Communist... the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMPs so even if it votes in favour of the new system, this would only take the total number... term for Pavlopoulos but the likelihood of the ex-interior minister being given another five years has
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Athens sees diplomatic progress and obstacles on migration
PoliticsForeign Policyof around a total of 700 million euros, which was announced when European Council President Charles... and Interior ministers According to press reports, the Council recognises the increased burden
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PM removes under-fire ministers from posts in late-summer reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politics. There are just nine women now serving as ministers or deputy ministers, out of a total of 56... Kikilias. Chrysochoidis is replaced by former Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos, who was removed
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Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s bid to put New Democracy on the spot over the Covid awareness campaign that saw a variety of Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total has been partially blocked... as part of the inquiry. SYRIZA had wanted Stelios Petsas, now the alternate interior minister, former
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