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Surveillance scandal claims mount, ratcheting up pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsbugging of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. To Vima suggested that concern has been expressed in foreign... is alleged to have owned, although he denies any part, and which has been linked to the use of Predator... had nothing to do with the government, EYP or any other state body. New Democracy has been advancing
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Privatisation of key northern ports on hold amid strategic rethink
PoliticsGreek Politics, enabling HRADF to develop it and exploit its potential to the full. HRADF has now been tasked... close to the Turkish and Bulgarian borders, has become evident in recent years when it began... of the recently renewed US-Greece Mutual Defence Cooperation Agreement. Alexandroupoli has seen heavy use
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Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest budget performance figures offered a pleasant surprise for the government, which has... TV that the government has made a firm commitment that “where the is a difference between forecasts... to the large energy groups. Spyware amendment Elsewhere, the government has been hoping that new
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In full campaign mode, PM ventures forth to rally support
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the PM set out in his Thessaloniki International Fair speech in early September, and which he has... to a situation where SYRIZA has an outside chance of putting together a governing coalition before second... indicated that a percentage point has been shaved off New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA as support
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Tsipras pushes for more thorough probe into mounting wiretap allegations
PoliticsGreek Politics’s armed forces chiefs, raising concerns about national security. As has become its standard practice... national security at risk. The opposition leader underlined the responsibility the judiciary has... that the government has full confidence in the judicial investigation. The surveillance issue is also
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Surveillance and Qatargate threaten to overshadow budget debate
PoliticsGreek Politicshas featured a series of increasingly specific claims. Another scenario which is making the rounds... an official statement on the subject sometime this week. The weight of revelations has made... claim to be strong on national defence. New Democracy now has another weapon in its arsenal
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SYRIZA pushes alternative cost-of-living package but govt support still a vote-winner
PoliticsGreek Politicsbudget statement has attracted strong criticism from the opposition. New Democracy’s main rival SYRIZA has responded by outlining an alternative package to combat the effects of inflation, however... of pandemic-era debts. The announcement offered more detail than the opposition party has presented
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Athens hopeful of progress on sea delimitation differences with Albania after FM visit
PoliticsForeign Policya positive impact. Greece has steadily gained ground in the region as a stable and reliable partner... his meeting with the Albanian PM, Dendias said that “Albania has made an important choice. Its choice... that this is not what bothers or concerns the Greek side. “Greece has no problem with Turkey per se
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Seeking showdown in Parliament, SYRIZA tables censure motion over surveillance report
PoliticsGreek Politicsissue to the attention of the public which has so far remained aloof. To date, most of the coverage of the surveillance affair has been limited to small-circulation media or upstart news websites, and this has allowed New Democracy to dismiss it as at best a niche partisan concern, and in the worst
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PM hails uptake of food voucher scheme amid growing evidence of hardship
PoliticsGreek Politicsqualify for the means-tested benefit which runs until July has an envelope of 650 million euros... and of scoffing at measures which offer support for hard-pressed households. SYRIZA has argued... that it has picked the right strategy by focussing on handouts to tackle the cost of living, given
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