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PM hopes North Macedonia visit, debt relief decision will provide lift
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to North Macedonia this week and the rising chances of Friday... is unlikely to be under any illusions that his visit to Skopje, the first by a Greek prime minister... million euros as part of the latest round of debt relief measures, and officially bringing the second
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Govt's management of Covid-19 response challenged again after latest measures, PM’s trip
PoliticsGreek Politicsrestrictions were being considered to counter the latest increase in Covid-19 cases and the appearance... advising the government on its Covid-19 policy met, as always, on Friday to come up with its latest... of tackling the latest challenges presented by the coronavirus, but also the pressure that the Greek
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Latest lockdown tweaks prompt opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest Covid-19 figures shocked the Greek government into announcing a series of changes... are unimpressed with the latest response to the pandemic, calling for the government to take stronger... public. A second reason, cited in a report by Kathimerini newspaper, was reluctance to shut down any
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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
PoliticsForeign PolicyFor some time now, Athens and Ankara have been seeking ways to make a visit to Turkey by Greek... him to watch the match between Turkey and Greece and then to have a meeting. The two day visit... official to visit Turkey following the recent general elections, even though the new government has
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Greece prepares for Erdogan visit, limits extent of Sharia law
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to visit Athens on December 7-8, according... issues remain to be settled ahead of his likely visit. Sources close to the Greek President, Prokopis... not yet been resolved is whether Erdogan will visit Greece’s Muslim minority in Western Thrace. Prime
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PM strikes public diplomacy coup with Zelensky visit, faces criticism over wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsto control the latest outbreaks of wildfires across the country. On Monday, a meeting of eleven leaders..., however, both the summit and the Zelensky visit constituted steps in the wrong direction for national... pursuing Mitsotakis and his government over the handling of the latest wave of major wildfires, the second
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Latest polls add to uncertainty ahead of Sunday's elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe unpredictability of Sunday’s elections has been underlined by the latest opinion polls to be published this week, which give a mixed picture about what to expect on September 20. A University... with a lead of half a point. A Prorata poll for Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper still shows SYRIZA
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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has thrown a new pledge into the pre-election mix by promising not to reduce the tax-free threshold for incomes next year if he becomes prime minister again. In the latest of his... Anastasia Xepapadea, who was accused in a newspaper report of representing Cypriot lawyer Artemis Artemiou
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MPs aim to probe spyware as govt brushes off latest reports
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the latest publication by saying that Mitsotakis has to either give convincing answers about the spyware... to question the credibility of the left-leaning newspaper and its publisher Kostas Vaxevanis, who has
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SYRIZA seizes on latest spyware reports to renew pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof their devices, then allowing the illegal spyware to be installed. Reacting to the latest revelations....” The newspaper responded by claiming the invoices were for advertising and the transactions took place before
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