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Mitsotakis eyes Christmas handout, tries to rally support for diaspora vote proposal
PoliticsGreek Politicshad planned for his government to move quickly and build on its initial momentum. “If we don’t break... of achieving this goal does not look strong. KINAL and MeRA25 have also put forward their own proposal... as a vital tool for re-establishing the link between the motherland and the diaspora but also
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First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
PoliticsGreek Politicsand attempted use of the Predator software (a link that would have installed the programme... process. He noted that New Democracy has already put forward some reforms of EYP’s operational procedure... if the opinion polls that will be published in the coming weeks, following the summer break, show New
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PM burnishes conservative credentials with focus on day-to-day issues, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politics, dismissing the messages put out by main opposition party SYRIZA as negative campaigning. SYRIZA... internal disorder in the form of campus protests. The PM said the police had intervened to break up a pro... introduced changes to the law to make this easier it has been very selective in enforcing it. A link
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
in a country where most individual transactions are carried out in cash. Make-or-break moment approaches... the crisis began. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI... years. Before the crisis began, more than 70 percent of the defence budget was used to pay staff
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Latest lockdown tweaks prompt opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe current raft of measures was put in place. The third reason, attributed by the report to a government... beds, would be put at the disposal of the public health system for the treatment of non-Covid... a balance between optimism and caution, warning that while warmer weather and the vaccination programme
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Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the summer break, possibly dampening the mood ahead of the PM’s appearance at the Thessaloniki... is exclusively yours,” Tsipras told his rival in a clear attempt to put more pressure on Mitsotakis, who... that the fire service in Evia had been told not to try to stop the fire. “We were called on to put
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Greek reform proposals set for broad approval but include some political obstacles
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the creation of this position and previous Prime Minister Antonis Samaras began to lose credibility.... There is also a pledge to "establish a closer link between pension contributions and income." Although... rather than attempting to put it to a vote in Parliament. There is no doubt that if the SYRIZA-led
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politics. Tsipras went on to propose that Greece follow Spain and Portugal in severing the link between..., effectively returning to where it was before Greece’s debt crisis began more than a decade ago. Tsipras... leader also put forward a plan to subsidise rents for young Greeks but he also stated his party’s
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Growing challenges await PM following summer break
PoliticsGreek Politicscontributed to the ruling conservatives being put on the defensive and the unfurling of their policy... primary surplus this year. It is a pledge that Mitsotakis does not want to put at risk, particularly... needs to win a second term. Saying that, SYRIZA’s prevaricating over who to put forward
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Turkey's actions in Cypriot EEZ put Athens, Nicosia on alert
PoliticsForeign Policythe continuous Turkish airspace violations over the Aegean, especially during the Easter break
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