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Confrontation over graft claims moves into overdrive
PoliticsGreek Politicsto pursue current ministers for their alleged part in the plot to smear opponents. A similar row broke
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Tsipras set to unveil tax cuts as MPs prepare for confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe minister criticised New Democracy’s paraplegic MEP candidate Stelios Kymbouropoulos in a row
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Top spots in judiciary spark new clash in build-up to snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s final cabinet meeting will possibly be held this Thursday, before snap elections are officially called on Monday, but a row has broken out about whether the SYRIZA administration will remain in power and if it should have the ability to appoint the country’s top judges before
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SYRIZA offers compromise over judicial dispute to prevent more turmoil before polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA is looking to defuse its row with New Democracy over the appointment of senior judicial officials after being accused of ignoring the constitution and trying to exercise influence over the judiciary. It emerged on Thursday that Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou wrote to New Democracy
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ND ready to flesh out its policy agenda, with focus on tax plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsembroiled in a row with the opposition on Thursday after it announced changes to the Financial
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ND riles opposition with proposed appointment at public broadcaster
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCourt of Justice. The row over the dismissal of the four officials was overshadowed on Monday
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political row over a police raid in the Athens neighbourhood of Koukaki continued on Friday as a new opinion poll indicated that the government continues to enjoy relatively strong support for its efforts on the public security front. Opposition parties called for the police to publish footage
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Turkey. Tsipras argued that because of the growing intensity of this row, Mitsotakis should
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Parties jostle over economic data, public still backs ND approach on pandemic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe publication of preliminary GDP data for the first quarter of the year has sparked a war of words between government officials and the opposition. The latest political row aside, a new opinion poll published on Thursday suggests that New Democracy still has a large lead over SYRIZA and continues
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Novartis scandal causes allegations between govt and opposition to fly
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA parliamentary inquiry into the role of the judiciary in the Novartis affair was the scene of renewed clashes between New Democracy and SYRIZA on Monday, rekindling allegations of political corruption first raised under the previous administration. The row centres on the role played by former
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