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Government treads carefully on Trump, looks for positives in EU defence spending tweak
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPresident Donald Trump and his administration, but has made it clear that it is strongly in favour..., there has been a relatively subdued reaction in Athens to the speech given by US Vice President JD... needs to “mature politically”, which is a phrase that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has used
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Greece and Turkey head towards crucial stage of negotiations
PoliticsForeign Policyto resume these talks but Athens has denied media reports in Turkey that a meeting of the two ministers... foreign ministers, Costas Fragkogiannis and his then counterpart, Burak Akçapar. In that meeting
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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policyand Kostas Karamanlis - are not in favour of the political dialogue with Turkey. However, Greece has...Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou is due to visit Ankara on March 11 for the second round of Greece’s political dialogue with Turkey. Her talks with her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
Agoraof years Tsipras has shown considerable skill in appealing to voters that are not part of the party’s traditional support base. He has also been prepared to bring SYRIZA out of its introspective... Schaeuble. He has not shied away from clarifying the party’s positions on an international stage either
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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics. - Achievement of a general government primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013... stable at 6.10-6.15 billion for 2013 and 2014. - The target for privatisation revenues in 2014 has... Chrysoloras reports that the troika has become increasingly concerned about the declining pace
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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agorapandemic further underline this interplay. Greece has made large efforts to reform the economy... in difficult rounds of cuts. In fact, the turnaround has been so big that costs have been reduced and inflation has turned negative. Greece continues to seek ways to bolster overall efficiency
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Wildfires and healthcare failings test government over summer season
PoliticsGreek Politicsof serious blazes burning overnight in western Greece and on the island of Chios. The situation has prompted... Mitsotakis has interrupted his schedule for a briefing. Reports say numerous homes, businesses... remained below the 20-year average. This claim has been overturned overnight, according
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Ministerial resignation adds to pressure on PM as Tsipras prepares for return to arena
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe resignation of Deputy Agriculture Minister Makarios Lazaridis has done little to ease the political turbulence engulfing the Greek government. Instead, it has exposed deeper tensions within New... later, he reposted on X a comment describing the government as “fearful” and accusing it of being
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Newsletter 273 -13/11/2020
related to the coronavirus, with another 310 patients intubated around the country. The number of new... with the second wave. The government’s narrative of careful planning and calculated risk-taking has.... In response to this clamour, the Health Ministry has begun making public more information
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PM pledges handouts amid discontent and gripes over coronavirus strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsdesigned to deflect some of the criticism that has been heaped on New Democracy over recent days... reached 310. Mitsotakis’s chief of staff, Akis Sketsos, indicated that the government will monitor.... This week, the government has already adopted a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew across the country, while
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