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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policyin 2019. Undoubtedly, it will be the most difficult. But in Athens the government has no illusions..., Greece has made it clear that any negative developments will affect its ties with Turkey. The Greek... in the areas of trade and investment. This has prompted the Greek government to upgrade its
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Reshuffle speculation resurfaces, swiftly dismissed by government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof snap elections later this year. While Mitsotakis has rebuffed such suggestions, the conjecture around this issue has not died down completely. In fact, the indication in last week’s Skai TV poll that there has been a slight rise in New Democracy’s support since last month rekindled the chatter
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Parties gear up for confrontation over labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsplace on Wednesday. Last week’s general strike has added to the tension over the bill and reports... for a “counter-offensive” against New Democracy. The local media has taken this as a sign that he plans... of most of its provisions. The government has flatly rejected the claims that the bill will lead
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Mitsotakis and Erdogan break ice, look for calm summer
PoliticsForeign Policydevelopments in Cyprus and the statements Erdogan has said he will make on July 20. The meeting between... applications have been rejected by the Greek authorities. The Greek request for the returns has been pending since last January, while the European Commission has also intervened, without result
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Fighting fake news is a "to be or not to be" battle
Agora". At the same time, it was announced that a "Covid-19 Response" website has been created at the end of March 2020. WHO also has launched the Mythbuster website called "Tips for the public about... of international "fact-checkers" that has a cooperation agreement with Facebook (since last August
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Turkey's Varosha move adds new complexity to Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policymeans that the framework of the Cyprus talks has changed completely. The city has been a Turkish military zone since the 1974 invasion and has been widely viewed as a leverage for Ankara in any future... of the UN Security Council. Both the US and the EU seem extremely annoyed that Ankara has gone back
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Wildfires rekindle longstanding political battle as heatwave forces agenda change
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe New Democracy administration has been in power, it has used the limited death toll in its... there is a large blaze to protect against casualties. Even the coast guard has been called in when necessary. In all its communication around the fires, the government has stressed above all
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Govt sets out fire compensation scheme in first step to overcome destruction
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has set out a three-step process for helping the fire-stricken areas of Greece... of criticism that has threatened to engulf Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration.... It has also been pointed out the New Democracy has reinstated and elevated key figures from
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After impact of fires, PM tweaks team, with focus on communication
PoliticsGreek Politics. The main position will be taken by Deputy Agricultural Development Minister Yiannis Economou, who has...’s press team has been in a state of flux since the beginning of the year, when then government... then, Peloni has been the government’s spokesperson but the recent turbulence that ND ran into as a result
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue indoors and in crowded public settings. The government has taken the position that the situation... them at greater risk of infection. So far, there has been a reluctance to extend compulsory... that it was not a matter of punishment but of risk management. Vaccine politics The government has been hardening
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