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  1. Athens makes landmark foreign policy shift by sending arms to Ukraine
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Athens has shown its support for Kiev following Russia’s invasion by sending ammunition to Ukraine... Gen. Konstantinos Floros. Greece has sent “Kalashnikov-type assault rifles” and missile launchers.... Historically, Greece has not taken a position against Moscow following 1944 and certainly not since

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  2. Govt mulls more tools against inflation as cost of living set to soar
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The markets’ reaction to conflict in Ukraine has sent the government in search of additional policy... consequences of what he called an “unprecedented crisis”. The Energy and Environment Ministry has already... of the additional fiscal space has already been used up for exceptional measures and tax cuts. On Monday

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  3. Govt readies additional inflation relief package, draws up new budget

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the government has already announced. Over the weekend, media reports outlined the kind of interventions... to vulnerable households, and the energy bill subsidy that has been in place since last September... wheat-based products as the price per ton has jumped to 450 euros, from 300 euros before the Russian

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  4. Athens hoping for period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations after PM's talks with Erdogan
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, which has allowed the two sides to discuss as “NATO partners” and “pillars... for this autumn. It will be the fifth meeting of this council, which was first convened in 2010 and has... is counting on LNG supplies and has also stressed the need to speed up the exploitation of offshore oil

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  5. Economic sentiment holds in Mar as consumer confidence falls sharply
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    period, the ESI has increased by 15.5 points compared to April 2021. The indicator hit its most recent... 114.1 points in January, recording a sharp decline. The EEI has risen by 3.5 points in the rolling... confidence has increased by 17.1 points. The services index dropped by 5.5 points to 37.7. Services

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  6. PM checks up on wildfire strategy, vital to election plans

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    relied heavily on assistance from abroad to tackle the blazes. It has been decided that this year... then, there has been concern in New Democracy circles about what impact another destructive fire season... Democracy MPs. As a result, the PM has a considerable amount riding on his moves paying off this year

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  7. Early summer fire highlights precariousness of snap election option

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to respond to the outbreak, even though it was on the fringes of the capital. New Democracy has made... and that the creation of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry has improved the state’s... announcements… there is the same deficiency, the lack of coordination of a state mechanism that has been

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  8. Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    ), Greece has been underlining the urgent need to get the European enlargement back on track..., the European Council president, and President Emmanuel Macron of France, who has spoken of a wider... out a vision, it has the intent and the capacity to follow through. I look forward to making

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  9. Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for an electricity subsidy of up to 600 euros. New Democracy has already announced that it will launch... this autumn. The left-wing party believes that Mitsotakis has decided that if he waits until the end.... Of course, the opposition party has treated the worsening inflation situation as a pressure point

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  10. Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of measures that his administration has adopted to tackle the cost-of-living crisis... constituency that helped bring the centre-right to power in 2019. The Finance Ministry has set aside..., of the current situation that has led many observers to believe that the PM will prefer to go

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