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Surveillance hearings in Athens and Brussels highlight contrasting approaches to issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsin uncovering EYP’s surveillance and the use of spyware in Greece, as well as senior Greek civil... to the evidence for the use of spyware in Greece, which the Greek government has been refusing... are related and that Greek government officials had business ties with spyware vendors. Several MEPs
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Opposition anger at constrained surveillance inquiry not yet reflected in public mood
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing seems to be low down on the list of Greek voters’ priorities. SYRIZA MPs walked out... through the Greek courts and the European Parliament. Members of the EP’s PEGA committee are due... with ultra-nationalist Greek Solution if there are no other, more palatable options. However, speaking
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Despite downward revision, IMF sees Greece growing by 1.8 pct in 2023
EconomyMacroeconomy, the Fund offered a small glimpse of hope to the Greek authorities for the challenging year ahead... this year. This gives a vote of confidence to the assumptions included by the Greek authorities... the five-year horizon, the IMF sees the Greek economy growing by 1.4 pct in 2027, which is broadly
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Government initiative on supermarket prices reignites cost-of-living row
PoliticsGreek PoliticsConfederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), which claims that households have lost on average 19 percent... protection beyond the existing Greek legislation pertaining to criminal cases. Civil rights campaign groups, including Transparency International and the Greek website Vouliwatch, have been critical
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Scandals chip away at ND's lead as SYRIZA tries to cut through on surveillance issue
PoliticsGreek Politics-performing loans from Greek banks. Parliament’s derivation of wealth (pothen esches) committee announced... Patsis was their biggest concern, narrowly beating unemployment at 10.3 pct and Greek-Turkish relations... on journalists and politicians, she argued that the cooperation from the Greek authorities had been limited
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsit with the exception of far-right Greek Solution which withheld its vote. Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras rejected... that neither the current Greek legislation nor the changes currently being debated in Parliament give... to the mounting evidence linking them to the alleged use of illegal spyware by Greek state authorities.
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Report on minister's surveillance ups ante for ND, as PASOK reels from MEP's arrest
PoliticsGreek Politicsaffair by left-leaning Documento was partially obscured by the arrest of Greek MEP and European... is trying to share on the path to next year’s elections. ND is banking on the Greek public being..., reports appeared in the Greek media citing unnamed Belgian sources that claimed phonetapping had played
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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government was able to implement the measures because the Greek economy is growing faster...-old Syrian girl died on an islet in the Evros river because Greek authorities refused to respond... fought back against claims in the international media of the maltreatment of migrants by Greek
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ND turns tables on SYRIZA over sleaze, tweaks stance on ex-king's funeral
PoliticsGreek Politicshistory, from which the Greek right emerged considerably damaged. The PM, however, is fully aware... that the Greek Premier would prefer not to open just a few months before the elections, especially... of the Greek media, do not want to let voters forget about. As political tension rises on the way
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New Democracy moves to corral far-right vote, as PM braces for more surveillance evidence
PoliticsGreek Politicsto reports, he can probably count on the votes of Greek Solution, who also perceive Kasidiaris as a threat... the initiative. The ND leader has ruled out in statements any possibility of seeking support from Greek Solution... was likely to have been carried out or instigated by people close to the Greek PM, and calls
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