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Amid signs of split over Tempe probe, government plays down EU prosecutor’s remarks
PoliticsGreek Politicshas occurred under the current government. Nevertheless, as the parliamentary inquiry... Nikos Dendias has caused a stir after he broke government ranks and spoke publicly in favour of allowing... the decision and has vowed to continue his hunger strike. According to reports, SYRIZA leader Sokratis
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise
PoliticsGreek Politicswas carrying unregistered flammable liquids. The government has dismissed this as conspiracy theories... has seen for the last two decades. This precipitated a rapid decline in New Democracy’s ratings, as well as a decline in the PM’s personal popularity. Neither has fully recovered from the hit
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Tempe postmortem decision opens up government and judiciary to criticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy leadership’s capacity for misjudging the public mood around Tempe, which has allowed its..., which has extricated the government from an unpopular position, will add to the existing doubts about..., and contribute to the erosion of trust in institutions which has been noted in recent surveys
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Gaza continues to expose political fault lines as PM hopes peace deal brings less scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicstook place in Parliament on Thursday, involving Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who has been... cooperation - has been distinctly reluctant to be critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Thursday’s exchange... stressing geopolitical pragmatism, the debate is far from settled. Since 2019, Athens has invested heavily
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Government budgeting on a late RRF sprint
EconomyMacroeconomypolicy considerations and the public debate. A pattern on investments that has been observed... disbursement testing the Greek bureaucracy. Also, the structure of Greek economic activity has... Greece has received 65 pct of the total envelope, amounting to more than 21 billion euros, just 10
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has launched a fresh campaign to showcase government initiatives on the cost... of special offers. This approach has come under fire from opposition parties, who have accused... as to manage growing discontent within the party. The PM has planned a series of public appearances
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Government outlines plans for rival port to Piraeus in strategic partnership with US
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat US President Donald Trump has prioritised energy security and shipbuilding in his strategic... economy during the debt crisis. COSCO has been operating a container port while developing a cruise... has turbo-charged developments in US-Greek relations, coinciding with the first visits by senior Trump
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On UK roadshow, Mitsotakis delivers message of stability at home and resilience abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe pillar on which the country’s progress continues. Mitsotakis has been keen to contrast Greece’s... in Athens is one of the country’s comparative advantages. Mitsotakis himself has declared... Democracy as the only political force with a credible plan for governance and progress. He has also warned
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Farmers' demands and govt red lines keep Greece in deadlock
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has ruled out negotiations under preconditions, insisting that dialogue... commitments amounts to a delaying tactic, and their mobilisation has continued with blockades at customs.... The Prime Minister has responded by drawing a clear line. “Dialogue cannot take place with ultimatums
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PM faces new challenges as public sides with farmers, Tsipras questions recovery
PoliticsGreek Politics. The housing issue has been eclipsed to some degree over the last few weeks by the government’s dispute.... Even though the government has argued that the farmers’ protests are not justified, a new opinion... debate, has not proved successful. In the poll’s overall data, 64.6 pct of respondents feel
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