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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe conservative government has seen its draft legislation on surveillance and spyware past... citizens adequate legal recourse in situations like his, something which the ECHR has already condemned... by Communist Party KKE to reconvene the parliamentary committee for institutions and transparency has been
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Athens poised to take next steps on maritime borders
PoliticsForeign Policy-operation and synergies in the Eastern Mediterranean. The need to create new energy routes has presented..., especially ahead of the general elections due in the first half of 2023. Athens has been... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reiterated that this move will take place when it serves the country
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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsever closer on the horizon. In what has become a pattern of surprise announcements, an earlier-than... season when it will benefit large numbers of workers. The government messaging has also left open... investigations. The Evros islet story was perhaps the highest-profile instance in which the government has
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Row over independent probe into surveillance affair threatens to boil over
PoliticsGreek Politicsscandal, an issue that New Democracy has been trying to put to bed ahead of the elections later... between the high-ranking judicial official and the independent watchdog, which has been probing... opinion, that ADAE does not have the power to investigate the complaints it has received about possible
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ND turns tables on SYRIZA over sleaze, tweaks stance on ex-king's funeral
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen the opposition already has ammunition against him in the form of the surveillance scandal.... Pappas denies the claims and said he would be taking legal action. The Kalogritsas case is one that has... it comes under pressure over corruption claims or opposition criticism. It has proved an open wound
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Greece moves step closer to investment grade as Fitch ups rating by one notch to 'BB+'
Economyanalysts expect the investment grade, which the government has set as a so-called “national goal” for 2023... is Moody’s, which has Greece at ‘Ba3’, two notches behind S&P, Fitch and DBRS, and three away from investment grade. Moody’s has not taken an upgrade action since the end of 2020. It is evident that Greece
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PM sees stance on defence issues as vote winner for ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis most on defence matters and largely believe the government has done a good job in addressing these issues, particularly through the agreements it has signed with France and the USA. So... that has to do with the very quality, the DNA, of our democracy,” the PM told Tsipras. When
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Newsletter 369 - 10/02/2023
taking part in the contest, while also promoting the work New Democracy has done to improve Greece’s... trust Mitsotakis most on defence matters and largely believe the government has done a good job in addressing these issues, particularly through the agreements it has signed with France and the USA. So
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Mitsotakis sets out to shore up support ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonths are in line to receive the one-off benefit. The local media has suggested that the payment... Transition away from lignite, which has been the area’s lifeblood for decades. Although the conservatives..., Mitsotakis still has time for planned visits to Larissa and Ioannina before the election campaign begins
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SYRIZA homes in on sleaze allegations while courting political centre
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto a settlement scheme over the debt before Bratakos left the company in 2020. SYRIZA has continued... on the surveillance front, as well as into the government’s energy subsidies. The party has called for an opportunity... these two strands share in common is the implication that the Mitsotakis government has been interfering
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