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Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has tweaked the electoral reform bill, hoping that a minor change will increase its chances of gaining the votes of at least 200 MPs so that new system can apply immediately. Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis announced during a parliamentary hearing on Thursday
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst the government’s proposal. Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis did not rule out completely
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Mitsotakis looks for fresh start as PASOK and Potami ponder way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterior minister Yiannis Michelakis penned a critical newspaper article concerning this issue, while
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Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
PoliticsGreek Politicsextend of the deficit in 2009. The bickering continued on Wednesday, when ex-interior minister Yiannis
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policyadministration, trans border cooperation, energy, interior affairs and cases of justice. One
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Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
Agorato pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière suggested in an interview earlier
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinistry to the Interior Ministry. Skourletis had recently been openly opposed to the government’s
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsleaving Panos Skourletis outside the fold, which led to him being appointed interior minister after his
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Tsakalotos states case for debt relief as New Democracy sharpens up
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister, Makis Voridis will be responsible for interior issues and the party’s vice president Adonis
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In absence of deal with lenders, some in SYRIZA keep political options open
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA comment by Interior Minister Panos Skourletis on Monday regarding the need for any agreement with the institutions to be approved by a qualified majority in Parliament has revived speculation about the possibility of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struggling to convince his MPs to support the deal
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