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Questions persist about timing of general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader may also call snap general elections at the same time. The conservatives want the government... not to call snap elections in May, opting for a closed list in the European Parliament elections might... voting for SYRIZA in the September 2015 elections. It may also lead to doubt among New Democracy voters
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Efforts to boost health system continue amid questions about govt strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Hospital Doctors in a conference call with SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, when they noted that 65 hospital... to the minister’s statement. In addition to staff, the Health Ministry has put out a call for 5,000... of government cover-ups have been rife among sections of the public over recent weeks, while spurious
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SYRIZA goes on offensive over Covid-19 and economic reforms, but internal rifts persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsto call a meeting of political leaders to discuss these issues. For the moment, on such a sensitive... the notion as a false dilemma. Among them, former Speaker Nikos Voutsis who described as “absolutely.... Tsipras’s failure to call those involved to account is said to have disappointed many in the party
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Clock ticking on Greek and EU reaction to Turkish activity in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyin the Eastern Mediterranean when he takes part in a call with EU leaders on Wednesday to discuss... ministers from some EU member states refused last week to agree on a joint statement that would call.... The incident also highlighted the different approaches to the issue among the Union’s two key players, German
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Turkey's Varosha move adds new complexity to Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policythat Varosha would not be among the possible areas returned to Greek Cypriot control following a Cyprus peace..., as well as of the Conclusions of the European Council, which call on Turkey to refrain from unilateral... the status of the fenced-off area of Varosha and we call on Turkey to respect the relevant resolutions
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Society, but with institutions – it was a call to upgrade fire prevention and reverse the separation between... unheeded. More than a decade later, the Goldammer report reiterated that call even more strongly... of prevention and suppression of fires. Among its many observations is one which seems pertinent
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, but Athens is expecting things to warm up over the autumn. The latest telephone call between the two... a telephone call with his Libyan counterpart. He also made relevant contact with the US side, aiming..., Greece became one of the signatories of the US State Department’s joint statement which, among other
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Parties hone strategies ahead of confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is not the first time that SYRIZA has sought to take the initiative among the opposition parties... have a clear majority and Mitsotakis has made it clear he would call second elections (under... in the opposition camp that the premier is poised to call an early vote, even though he insists that he wants
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Strike acts as focal point for cost-of-living frustration despite higher energy subsidies
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the country’s largest union, GSEE, demanding, among other things, higher wages, more public sector hirings... to Crete a day earlier, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras renewed his call for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to call elections as soon as possible, arguing that it is time for New Democracy to vacate
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Cyprus cable dispute and Crete mafia case cast fresh clouds over TIF reset agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsto have political dimensions. Among the information which found its way to the media was a wiretapped phone call in which a defence minister agrees to intervene in favour a candidate... this year. Kammenos also mentions during the call that he is close to the incoming US ambassador
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