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Mitsotakis turns to 2015 contrast again as MEPs give PM bumpy ride
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned to what has become a favourite subject for him...” and that under his government over the last three years Greece has become a different country. Mitsotakis... speech and used the rest of his floor time to set out the ways that he thinks his government has improved
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PM tries to rally party, hoping to overcome past indiscretions on road to EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe prosecutor specifically assigned to the agency, who has to sign off each request... past resurfacing. Institutional approach The government has tried to put the spyware scandal story to bed several times over the last few years but it has always returned into public view, although
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PM concedes cooperation may be necessary as opinion polls continue to deny outright win
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has hinted that he would be open to cooperation with like-minded forces, putting... policies by adopting positions closer to those of the populist left. In recent days, the government has... launched earlier this week, will also pose a dilemma for the main opposition’s leadership, which has
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Tempe and Predatorgate court cases bring government scandals back to fore
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey were made to feel “cooped up like chickens”. The response of government officials has done little...” the trial. Konstantopoulou has been accused by government figures of undermining the judicial.... Outraged relatives of the victims are also holding him personally responsible for the debacle
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Unemployment at 21.7 pct in May after revised April figure
EconomyMacroeconomyis the second lowest reading for the year so far. Over the last 12 months, the jobless rate has been reduced... prefectures, the unemployment rate ranged between 17.5 and 22.3 percent. The IMF has adopted an optimistic unemployment forecast of 21.9 percent for 2017. The OECD has said that it expects the jobless rate
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Newsletter 161 -11/05/2018
rate will be high. As part of the MoU, the government has committed to completing the process... by May 24 but the apparent lack of progress in completing the 88 prior actions has led to some... to the Prime Minister, Dimitris Liakos, has sent a new message to ministers asking them to speed up
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Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020
visited the naval base at Souda Bay in Crete. The US has had an interest for some time in upgrading its... would become the home for US expeditionary sea base, the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams. The ship has... that the US-Greek “military-to-military relationship has been enhanced significantly.” He described
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Newsletter 357 - 04/11/2022
that, contrary to recent reports, Intellexa – the Greek vendor of the Predator malware – has not left Athens... the stakes surrounding the issue. Tsipras underlined that he has submitted a question to the PM, asking him... administration and scupper its chances of a clear election victory next year. SYRIZA, which has been
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Newsletter 122 - 09/06/2017
February 2012 The jobless rate has fallen by 1.3 percentage points (pp) in the last 12 months... to 1.07 million, marking a new low since January 2012. The jobless rate has fallen by 1.3... in the Greek programme “in principle” as it has in other cases in the past. This would mean the Fund
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Newsletter 416 - 15/03/2024
, officials and relatives of the victims. However, since New Democracy has the most MPs... claimed that the report, which was adopted because the ruling party has a majority on the inquiry... in his Skai interview, saying he did not see an increased threat from New Democracy's right, he has
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