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New Democracy continues to court right-wing voters with defence package, identity politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has little to be complacent about, while rumblings from the conservative wing of the party... parliamentary party convenes to elect a new head. The PM’s pick, MP Apostolos Vesyropoulos, has already... candidate from the traditional wing of the party. Mitsotakis has promised to give the podium to any MP
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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyof its obligations towards a European directive (2014/89/ΕΕ) which has been sanctioned over... ready to cooperate with Greece in the Aegean Sea”. For the last couple of years, Turkey has presented... are not neighbouring states. Egypt and Greece signed their own maritime boundary treaty in 2020. Greece has also
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Newsletter 462 - 16/05/2025
PoliticsND claims upper hand as Tempe dominates debate againThe Tempe issue has once again surged... finds no evidence of an illegal load, a conclusion the government has cited in dismissing conspiracy... intend to pursue felony charges against Karamanlis - an effort the government has vowed to reject. New
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policysources reveal that the situation has not changed since the Egyptian court’s ruling on May 28, which... on Wednesday, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis has said that the countries agreed to work towards... has emphasised the ancient monastery’s unique value as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, highlighting
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Newsletter 481 - 24/10/2025
protests at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has stirred controversy within Greece’s ruling party... rights and pointed out that the monument has hosted protests in the past—including some backed by New Democracy itself. The backlash has not been limited to the opposition. Defence Minister Nikos
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Rumblings spread in New Democracy in aftermath of post office fumble
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s handling of the sudden closure of post offices has set off a chain reaction... Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to tighten rules on gun ownership and establish a strong police... for the PM’s office, which has been in crisis mode over the past several months trying to contain
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EU Task Force sees improvements in Greece, tends to damaged ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsperiod, the Task Force also highlights the technical assistance it has provided, such as training 500... to provide Greece with tangible help that goes some way to mending broken ties. The crisis has severely... level, a substantial amount of effort has been made to strengthen Greece’s relationship with the EU
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Newfound variety helps Greek winemakers enjoy exports boost
SocietyOne of the aims of Greece’s adjustment program has been to make the country more competitive, with a particular view towards boosting its exports. The main tool for this exercise has been the policy of internal devaluation, which has seen wages drop substantially. As a result, unit labour costs
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It's not the distance; it's the load you carry
AgoraIt is natural to attempt to instill some hope when one addresses a nation that has been battered by six years of the deepest recession in world history and has endured four years of unprecedented austerity. Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras often says that Greece has covered 80 percent
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Greece's ultimate sacrifice for stability
Agoraof double agent, giving Golden Dawn MPs harmless morsels in order to glean information from them. One has..., the man charged with leading Greece out of the crisis, arrives at his policy decisions. He has surrounded himself with advisers with whom he has a longstanding relationship. There is nothing strange
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