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Gennimata handed task of transforming PASOK into broader centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsto convince voters that the new vehicle is not just PASOK in disguise. This means that she will have... ensure that she is able to retain the support of those who voted for the two non-PASOK candidates... of the questions that will be put to Gennimata repeatedly in the coming months is whether she would
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ND puts pressure on Kammenos, a potential weak link in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsvictory in Sunday’s ballot and the strong turnout in both votes, which she won comfortably. Gennimata... the congratulatory phone call she received from Tsipras after her victory and whether it might mark the start... from the idea, dismissing the phone call as just a symbolic gesture. However, she did not close
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SYRIZA set to name more MEP candidates, hoping for better results
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters to the ballot boxes. Soon after she was named as a candidate, a number of embarrassing social media posts, in which she appeared to approve of acts by domestic urban guerrillas, surfaced. Loizou... revealed that she had been convicted in court for continuing to collect her mother’s pension for more
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Conflict over Competition Commission also a clash of narratives for ND, SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsVassiliki Thanou. She had previously served as head of the Prime Minister’s legal office, when Alexis Tsipras was the premier. Thanou insists that this was not a political appointment and that she was appointed to the role as a technocrat. She has vowed not to leave her role at the Competition
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Athens boosted by Lagarde's comments on primary surplus, but no move due for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the International Monetary Fund, said that she stands by the longstanding view of the IMF that Greece’s fiscal...,” she said in a response to a question from an MEP. Lagarde suggested that the target should... she was simply repeating the position that the IMF has held for many years, including when the third
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New president receives strong endorsement, hints at areas of interest
PoliticsGreek Politicsof challenges Greece has faced and is facing, including the economic and climate crises. She identified... and initiatives.” She also spoke of aspiring towards a society that respects human rights... including some that might be considered political. Although she is expected to tread carefully
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe claim by one of Greece’s top sportswomen that she had been a victim of rape by a high-ranking... federation sexually assaulted her in 1998, when she was an up-and-coming athlete of 21 competing... that she hoped the revelations would “dispel all hypocrisy and attempts at concealment”. In light
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Who is left dreaming the European dream in Serbia?
Agorain Serbia and the region. She graduated from the Faculty of Political Science and then collaborated with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation office in Belgrade. For three years she was employed... to a Chevening Fellowship from the Government of the United Kingdom, she completed her Master's
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Gennimata's death casts shadow over politics, KINAL leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politicsdays ago, 56-year-old Gennimata announced that she was abandoning her campaign to be re-elected... a distinct voice through a series of policy proposals. In this way, she managed – to some extent... a reputation for conducting herself in a respectful and constructive manner. The way in which she
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Controversial labour law set to usher in radical changes to employment practices
PoliticsGreek Politicsattacks against her by his supporters. Acthsioglou said she had no plans to leave the party she had... the party, the Cretan MP Pavlos Polakis. She has also accused her rival’s supporters of dirty tricks, threatening legal action over rumours on social media that she was instrumental in ousting the former
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