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SYRIZA tempers targets as Kasselakis struggles to keep party afloat
PoliticsGreek Politicsgroup on Thursday. The left-wing party has lost 11 MPs over a dispute about Kasselakis’s leadership..., the split has also created a feeling that the remnants of the party will not coalesce into a serious... has been relegated to third spot behind PASOK. In terms of voting intentions, New Democracy attracted
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Flurry of bills due in Parliament as legislative work resumes
PoliticsGreek Politicshas a series of bills that it aims to pass through the House over the coming days. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has referred to the need for a “wave of changes” as part of Greece’s... came to power in 2019, has been completed. A bill concerning the creation of a National Cybersecurity
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Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbasis for same-sex couples to have the same rights as heterosexual ones. He added that he has his.... Mitsotakis is also facing opposition from former party leader Antonis Samras. The ex-PM has stated for some... of the political spectrum, as Samaras is, there is some scepticism about why Mitsotakis has forged ahead
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Rule of law concerns in spotlight again as government focusses on farmers' grievances
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween Malaysia and Namibia. Greece’s score has increased over the last decade, from 40 in 2013 to 49 last year, suggesting that the country is perceived to be less corrupt. However, there has been... in other independent watchdogs as some of the reasons that the perception of corruption in Greece has
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Time running out for Golden Visa as housing problems increase
AgoraAlthough media scrutiny of the issue has been scant, as is often the case with matters that put... income has barely recovered from the debt crisis, taking a further hit from the pandemic in 2020... of foreign funds has flowed into the Greek property market via the Golden Visa scheme. Based on data from
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Government dismisses EP rule of law resolution in midst of opposition outcry
PoliticsGreek Politicson the Mitsotakis government in view of the upcoming EP elections. The government argues that it has made..., and has no immediate practical consequences, it raises parallels with the censuring of Hungary which... the several weeks since the legislation was mooted, it has been greeted by protests from the student
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Record year for Greek tourism raises concerns about sustainability
EconomyFeaturesin 2021 to 592 euros in 2023. This means that the country has had to attract ever larger numbers... season in 2019), and while the average overnight spend increased marginally over that period, it has... in Athens has been goaded into action by last summer’s protests. It has promised, for example
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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has... in the party’s fortunes may have been arrested following a stormy party conference, the new leader has gone into campaigning mode. As well as launching his first detailed policy proposals, Kasselakis has
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the wake of the accident, which led to 57 people being killed. There has been a long-running dispute... from opposition parties for various witnesses to be called, has created a feeling within the Greek... and that the investigation has been based on these rather than any doctored material. The Mitsotakis
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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the crash was caused by human error, which has been the government’s main line of argument... a no-confidence vote is held, to go ahead. PASOK only has 32 MPs, but could pass the necessary threshold... Stefanos Kasselakis has attempted to outdo PASOK’s Nikos Androulakis by penning an op-ed in which he
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