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Newsletter 472 - 25/07/2025
, the Greek government has intensified efforts to tackle two of its most vulnerable areas - foreign policy..., but they appear increasingly determined to reclaim the narrative. New Democracy has come under... agreement with Egypt, asserting it is invalid under international law. Greece has dismissed
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PM's strategic bet on Israel meets domestic blowback over Gaza
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been growing public and political pushback against the Greek government's position... in an awkward position given that he has been cultivating Greece's relationship with Israeli PM... has pursued a deepening strategic alliance with Israel, framing it as a cornerstone of Greece’s
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Sale of defence manufacturer stokes opposition criticism amid bid to bolster regional ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsgroup has stirred up controversy among opposition parties alarmed by the Mitsotakis administration’s... Industry) to SK Group, a privately held Israeli defence and security technology group. SK Group has... to single digits at its production facility in Thessaloniki, while the company has been slated for sale
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Polls indicate PM’s tax-cut offer fails to move needle as voters remain pessimistic, concerned
PoliticsGreek Politics. The danger for New Democracy is that the feeling voters will be left with is that Mitsotakis has fired his big bazooka and that it has hardly made a dent in the wall of disappointment and disinterest that has been growing in size this year. Pessimistic mood Seventy pct of respondents in the Metron
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Top EU prosecutor lambasts anti-corruption efforts, calls for reform to bring ex-ministers to justice
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the misuse of infrastructure grants which she has linked directly to the deadly 2023 Tempe rail accident... statements will make uncomfortable listening for the government, which has insisted that it has done... that she also believes this to be the case. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been trying to move
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ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prospect of further delays in agricultural support payments has New Democracy lawmakers rattled... for payments from the agency at the heart of the fraud to the independent tax authority (IAPR) has had a knock... angry at the chaotic handling of an outbreak of sheep and goat pox, which has seen local
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Predatorgate and OPEKEPE offer opposition ammunition amid deteriorating public sentiment
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA court case over the deployment of illegal spyware has revived the opposition’s claims that the PM..., which has been assigned responsibility for farm payments in a move which the government says... altogether has also been hinted at by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Rural Affairs Minister Kostas
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Government tries to shake off OPEKEPE stigma as PASOK struggles to make gains
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto the OPEKEPE scandal, which the government has ensured does not have court-like powers, it is clear..., which has been at the centre of the alleged fraudulent farming subsidy claims. Voridis had..., as well as other issues, opinion polls indicated that second-placed PASOK has not made any progress
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Greece reignites energy alliance talks with Israel and Cyprus amid US interest
PoliticsForeign Policy, which has attracted the attention of the European Union. In a recent EU initiative..., as well as Turkey's persistent objection. However, Washington has clearly shown an interest... ministers’ level. So far, the US has preferred to focus on economic cooperation, particularly
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Return to sender: Post office closures being reevaluated in wake of political uproar
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA sweeping plan to shut down 204 branches of the Hellenic Post (ELTA) has triggered a political... opposition groups. What began as a corporate restructuring has evolved into a national controversy.... The controversy has shaken New Democracy’s parliamentary group. MPs demanded the resignation of ELTA
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