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Greece looks to cultivate ties with Egypt and Israel while keeping eye on Turkey's role in Syria
PoliticsForeign Policyengagement with Syria’s new political leadership has caused concern in all three countries. Ankara has already announced its plans to define maritime boundaries with Syria. Turkish officials...,” Greek diplomatic sources recently said. Greece has also raised the issue with the EU, seeking support
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Tactics dominate as Mitsotakis nears decision on presidential nominee
PoliticsGreek Politicswhether Sakellaropoulou will be nominated for a second five-year term or whether the PM has chosen... and ex-finance minister Evangelos Venizelos has featured prominently in the local media over the past few... to claw its way back to relevance, one of SYRIZA’s main lines of attack against PASOK has been
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Health insurance costs and energy bills provide new avenue for opposition attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition has stirred up a debate about rising insurance costs. On Tuesday, PASOK tabled an amendment which... to go up by as much as 15 percent in the coming year. PASOK has called the rises, which affect over a million policyholders, exorbitant, and has called for changes to the law passed by New Democracy
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Newsletter 447 - 17/01/2025
. Mitsotakis added that the fact that Tasoulas has been elected Speaker of the Parliament three times, each time with record support of at least 249 out of 300 votes, proved that he has the capacity to unify. Tasoulas has been a New Democracy MP since 2000 and is a widely respected figure within
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Tempe crash protests renew public pressure on government, give opposition fresh impetus
PoliticsGreek Politicsof this information over the last few days has amplified the feeling of mistrust in the Greek public... inconclusively in March 2024. In reality, the opposition has limited powers but there now seems a renewed... being, the government is sticking to its line that it has full faith in the Greek justice system
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Reshuffle rumours doused as Androulakis tries to increase pressure on PM over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsthem and thereby compounding the problems the government has to overcome. The local media took note... will be to either mark a restart after the dust has settled from the Tempe controversy, or an attempt... Triantopoulos has already offered to resign once a parliamentary inquiry is launched into his role
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Political tension ramps up as Tempe anniversary approaches
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Tempe case in the city of Larissa in central Greece. The development has caused a wave of speculation... missing over the Christmas holidays. Media speculation about a connection to the Tempe case has.... In the past week, the PM’s spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has gone on the offensive against opposition
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Government and opposition poised for new confrontation over Tempe probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsresponsibility has to be examined. The case file from the prosecutor’s office in Larissa, central Greece.... Spirtzis has long protested his innocence and asked for his parliamentary immunity to be lifted, while... Triantopoulos was taken a few weeks ago, Tempe has attracted slightly less attention and some opinion polls
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Parties gear up for fresh tug-of-war over Tempe investigation
PoliticsGreek Politicssevere charges. Opposition leader Nikos Androulakis has said that if there is evidence in the case file... for the failings of his staff in addressing them before the accident occurred. The government has made... the government over the Tempe issue, which has been attracting less public attention over the last few weeks
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Athens and Berlin have reasons to take a closer look at each other
AgoraWithin a week of being elected as Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz has embarked.... Merz’s Greek counterpart has been equally active. At the beginning of the week, Prime Minister... cooperation. A notable shift has occurred in how Athens and Berlin perceive each other. Some members
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