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Mitsotakis sets May 21 election date, eyes opposition MPs as potential allies
PoliticsGreek Politicswill undoubtedly prove tense as fine margins could decided the make-up of the next administration. New Democracy has not given up on the possibility of gaining an outright majority in a second vote, but should that fall through it appears that Mitsotakis’s back-up plan is to explore the possibility
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Leaders set out priorities, survey suggests many voters open to coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicssubsidised electricity bills and, in the run-up to elections, stipends for grocery shopping. New Democracy... as a band-aid to cover up more serious, deeper financial problems for Greek households over the last... loan settlement schemes that could include the writedown of up to 60 pct of the debt and lead
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Judicial row erupts over election legislation as poll points to ND recovery
PoliticsGreek Politicslegislation. Nevertheless, New Democracy felt that it had to shore up the process that will lead to judges... not trust him. On Monday, Tzanerikos announced his resignation. Voridis insisted that it is up... main rival. Centre-left PASOK, in third place, is also up slightly, from 9.2 to 9.5 pct. Almost 10
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Move to block far-right fuels conflict between ND and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsis designed with Ellines in mind as the party was set up and led by former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris... is unlikely to die down in the run-up to the elections as judge Christos Tzanerikos, who resigned from... in a follow-up ballot as the winning party will be awarded a bonus of up to 50 seats. However
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ND quick out of blocks as election race gets underway officially
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the weekend. The Metron Analysis survey in To Vima suggested that support for ND is edging up.... The poll places backing for the centre-right party at 27.8 pct, up from 26.2 pct in the previous survey... also inched up to 22.2 pct, although the gap between the two leading parties has now grown to 5.6
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Hotel and restaurant jobs boost hirings balance in March
EconomyMacroeconomyclassed as layoffs and termination of contracts. Layoffs are up by 16,705 year-on-year, while voluntary exits were up by 6,429. Hires were up by 50,673 jobs compared to March last year, while departures... and shift work made up 35.4 percent and 8.6 percent of hirings, respectively. In March, hirings were
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Tsipras seizes on PM's surveillance comments in last-ditch attempt to boost poll hopes
PoliticsGreek Politics”, a verbal slip-up which was seized on by his opponents as an acknowledgement of the seriousness of the allegations that he had previously tried to downgrade as an administrative slip-up. In his rejoinder... Mitsotakis’s “co-conspriators” in hushing up the affair. In a subsequent TV interview, Androulakis defended
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Mitsotakis eyes majority in second vote as SYRIZA reels from crushing defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe held on June 25. This matter is likely to be cleared up swiftly so that by Tuesday... the 3 pct mark, it will push up the threshold needed for New Democracy to gain a majority and could lead to Mitsotakis ending up with a slimmer advantage than he currently has. SYRIZA headaches However
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Mitsotakis bids to hold on to voters with loose allegiance to ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis is not letting up in his bid to convince Greeks to give him and his New..., which is hoping to scoop up some of the votes that went to the conservatives in the May 21 vote..., Mitsotakis and other ND officials have not let up in their insistence that there are no coalition
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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsis rumoured to be the next defence minister. Gerapetritis’s departure will lead to a minor shake-up... Papastavrou is being lined up as a new addition to the team in the Prime Minister’s Office. The alternate... and public-private partnerships. Nikos Papathanasis is being lined up for this role. Former Labour
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