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  1. Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ) in Athens announced on Thursday that it has passed over to the Greek Parliament information regarding..., the possible involvement of the two former ministers in wrongdoing means that the case file has... for misdemeanour offences in connection with the Tempe train crash. So far, New Democracy has been unable

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  2. Migratory flows and maritime rights create Libya conundrum for Athens
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    , especially from the eastern part of the country, which is under Haftar’s control. The second issue has to do...) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish state oil company TPAO to conduct a geological... trafficking. Athens has also informed the European Commission about this issue. As a result, the Commission

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  3. Opposition takes aim at PM's inner circle over subsidy fraud as scandal halts ND rebound

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    , confident that fresh evidence will be enough to implicate PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The scandal has... payments, it has emerged that the instruction was overridden a few months later when a new rural... it – in the six years that New Democracy has been in power, there have been as many different

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  4. New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the decision to move ahead with the marine parks, which has to do with the geopolitical dimension... interests under the umbrella of conservation. This dynamic fits into a broader pattern as Mitsotakis has... has taken to posting social media comments in English as well as Greek about the processing

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  5. Parliamentary chicanery raises doubt about PM’s grip on party as he looks ahead to relief package
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    withdraw his MPs and then only let them participate remotely has raised questions about whether he feared... costs. This, in turn, has prompted speculation about whether the PM still retains a tight grip over his parliamentary group or whether it has started to loosen as the government becomes caught up

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  6. OPEKEPE scandal dogs PM as speculation about next elections intensifies
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    laundering agency has built cases against two farmers from Thessaly, central Greece, who allegedly received... has handled the scandal, including a controversial stance during the votes in Parliament last week... normality” that has been built up in Greece since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974. “What

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  7. Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
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    Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis has defended the government’s policy towards Turkey, pledging... that, contrary to its critics, the government has been pursuing a more active foreign policy than its predecessors and has made key steps in safeguarding Greece’s territorial rights. He listed initiatives

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  8. PM hails Chevron bid as vote of confidence amid mixed reactions to TIF package
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The news that US energy giant Chevron has bid for an exploration license in Greek waters has been... exploration in Greek territory, which has shown little progress despite attempts to promote licensing... that the latter has gained precedence over the former, and that Chevron’s engagement in the tender process

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  9. ND accused of cover-up in OPEKEPE inquiry as party recruits ex-PASOK minister
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    into the farm payments scandal, warning the governing party has developed a playbook for evading... in the 31-member committee, which has three months to look into evidence of fraud at OPEKEPE, covering its... to bring new cases against politicians. New Democracy has hinted that it will bring evidence

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  10. Government faces pushback on labour law amid lukewarm response to tax cuts

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    reforms, including a 13-hour working day, which they claim will endanger workers. A general strike has... of workers’ unions GSEE has called for entire sections of the government’s latest reform bill.... They are instead demanding a reduction of the working week to 37.5 hours. A general strike has been called

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