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Fresh accusations against NGOs as govt hardens stance on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsproving that NGOs were helping to transport Somali refugees to Turkey, paying for their visas... were also shown video testimony purporting to be from Somali migrants, who said they were told
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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Newsletter 40 - 28/08/2015
will this damage SYRIZA? Will coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) make it into Parliament? Will SYRIZA and ANEL have enough seats to continue their coalition? Will PASOK pass the 3 percent threshold... the last few weeks. The polls also raise doubts about whether ANEL would enter Parliament
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Tsipras wins confidence vote, has to repeat trick in ballot on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe split with his former coalition partner Panos Kammenos, leader of Independent Greeks (ANEL... Kokkalis (ex-ANEL), Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura (ex-ANEL), Thanassis Papachristopoulos and Kostas Zouraris (both ANEL) and Spyros Danellis (ex-To Potami). The highlight of the debate was probably
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MP's departure ahead of multi-bill vote highlights pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsreceiving a phone call from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The premier contacted him following... Independent Greeks (ANEL), where another MP – Nikos Nikolopoulos – is threatening not to vote for the multi... government was formed, apparently due to ANEL leader Panos Kammenos’s decision not to include him
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Newsletter 141
minister and leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL). Parliament is due to debate on Monday claims... of wrongdoing but has had to call on the backing of Tsipras and his party to do so. SYRIZA MPs voted... into the ANEL chief’s exchanges with Makis Yiannousakis, a shipowner convicted as part of the Noor-1 heroin
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Greece's foreign policy trap
AgoraIndependent Greeks (ANEL), met on Tuesday amid rumours (albeit exaggerated ones) of a deep rift between... name issue, including ANEL’s opposition to the kind of deal that Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias... a deal that allows Greece’s neighbour to use the term “Macedonia.” However, the ANEL leader has also
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Coalition back-and-forth over name deal belies election strategy
PoliticsGreek Politics, thereby dismissing the request made by Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos. The ANEL chief had suggested on Tuesday that the agreement with Skopje should be approved... be to call snap elections. It seems that despite Kammenos’s claims that the government will not see
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Tsipras planning for life without Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicsto call on the support of some opposition and independent MPs to get the required support. Apart... Papachristipoulos of ANEL for support. He is also counting on the backing of four of the six To Potami... the support of ANEL and that a parliamentary majority could be maintained. The reality of the matter
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
Independent Greeks (ANEL), Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is not thinking of altering his plans. Reports... that the prime minister will be able to call on the support of some opposition and independent MPs to get... Kountoura and MP Thanassis Papachristipoulos of ANEL for support. He is also counting on the backing
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