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Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWednesday night’s budget vote is likely to wrap up the conservative government’s economic business for the year, although there is some speculation that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis might try... that at least some trains will continue to run. Reports suggest that Athens is looking at the model
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026
governance model associated with Maximos. He warned that ND’s current polling is far below... understand Greek concerns about Turkey’s revisionist rhetoric, instability in Libya and migration flows
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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Feb budget primary surplus confirmed at 840 mln, as revenues overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first two months of 2022 was confirmed to be a surplus of 840 million euros, compared to a deficit of 1.5 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution d...
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Primary budget deficit at 1.69 bln euros in Q1 as tax revenues continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 came to a deficit of 1.69 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 3.41 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data re...
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March budget primary balance short of target, but taxes continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 was confirmed at 1.65 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 13.4 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released...
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Government lines up new zoning scheme, fuelling debate over growth model
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has unveiled its plans to introduce a new zoning plan, which it says will restore some order to construction activity in Greece but which others fear will pave the way for more building in areas outside of the updated scheme. The new plan...
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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