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Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas
PoliticsGreek Politicshectares have burned so far this year as of August 19, making 2025 Greece’s fifth worst wildfire..., farmland, villages and the suburbs of the country’s third largest city, Patras. The leader of main..., will be touring communities in Attica and western Greece over the coming days. The party’s leader
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DBRS leaves credit rating of 'BBB' and stable outlook unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomyThe new round of rating reviews started on Friday with DBRS keeping Greece’s credit rating.... The agency notes that Greece’s economy expanded by 2.3 pct in 2024, outpacing the euro area average of 0.9... to external shocks such as geopolitical tensions or global trade disruptions. Greece’s rating
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the government’s top priority. The announcement comes after Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos met... and stability. The newly appointed leader of ND’s parliamentary party, Maximos Harakopoulos, told media the government sees it as its duty to “listen to society and work persistently to solve people’s
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Government warned to brace for repercussions of farm payments clean-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government’s priority was to speed up payments to legitimate claimants. Privately, the prime... in motion by the end of the year. The prime minister’s comments illustrate the political fallout... constituencies in recent weeks, and Mitsotakis’s plea suggests that an attempt earlier this month
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PM highlights latest stage of relief rollout as government seeks to improve mood
PoliticsGreek Politicsto soaring property prices that deterred applicants. Tsoukalas dismissed the government’s “growth... due in 2026. His critique extended beyond economics, questioning Mitsotakis’s silence on what PASOK... not want to build expectations. The government’s sequencing of payouts and reforms reflects
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Mitsotakis showcases justice reforms as opposition raises concerns over spyware case
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe rule of law, has mounted a defence of his government’s record on justice reform, arguing..., the country’s largest court, decision times have dropped from four years to around 1.5 years... as a strategic necessity for Greece’s international standing. A modern justice system, he argued
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Air traffic blackout and trimming of university registers open new fronts for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s desire to project accountability and the judiciary’s determination to treat the outage..., arguing that the blackout exposes chronic weaknesses in Greece’s aviation infrastructure. Former Prime... by highlighting that Greece’s systems remain dangerously outdated. They warned that until planned upgrades
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For 2026, PDMA sticks to debt strategy that proved successful previously
EconomyAt the end of last year, Greece’s debt managers published the country’s debt strategy for 2026... risks. Greece’s total funding needs for the year are estimated at 24.68 billion euros, broken down... billion euros of new bond issuances and the utilisation of 11.86 billion euros from the country’s
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Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion against them. The PM’s office is holding out hope that the first polls after the Christmas... to the new party. Farantouris had made statements welcoming Karystianou’s announcement, prompting SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos to clarify his stance. The lawmaker’s response, that he remained
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ND moves to dismiss charges against former ministers against opposition objections
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The inquiry has conducted hearings lasting over... of the governing party’s lawmakers absented themselves from a plenary vote on referring the two former ministers... Democracy has given prominence to critics of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s leadership and strategy, intensifying
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