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Elections and possible alliances on political agenda again
PoliticsGreek Politics, and then holding national and local elections together shortly afterwards has been discussed between... to the waste of public funds in the past,” said Pappas. This is the latest occasion on which SYRIZA has.... The speculation about the two parties cooperating has been building since Gennimata was elected as KINAL
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Tsipras hails name deal with Skopje, Mitsotakis declares fierce opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Macedonia (FYROM) have reached an agreement to settle the name dispute that has dogged relations... after holding a phone call with Zaev during which the two men agreed to move forward. Zaev made... will be used erga omnes, in other words both domestically and internationally. This has long been
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Change to date of local elections adds to expectations of May national vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin favour of the local ballot being held earlier. Skourletis said the change was made because holding... to vote in three different elections on May 26. It has been argued that this might dampen the anti... has lost ground and the coalition fears that a heavy defeat in the European vote would seal the fate
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos indicated that the coalition has become more confident... to be a significant political victory on pensions, especially given the criticism it has received from... in Parliament, some of the media that is critical of the government has been highlighting the extent
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politics. Kammenos’s position has been well-documented and does not come as a surprise to Tsipras, who knows that he... other sources. The only question that SYRIZA has about ANEL is what stance it will take if New... from the party. One of those deputies, Thanassis Papachristopoulos, has stated his intention
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PM gets no change out of opposition leaders on US trip, electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politics20 years” vis a vis Greece. There has been much debate among politicians and the media this week... the leftists were in power. However, since losing the national elections last summer, SYRIZA has been... that has to do with Turkey or other countries and developments that are considered as threats
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Parliament re-opens for business amid calls for greater scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics” by not introducing measures to allow parliament to convene during the lockdown. Parliament has been holding live sessions with drastically reduced numbers, but has not made use of remote conferencing... to postpone votes on major legislation until parliament has returned in full. Emergency measures
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PM tries to contain Covid confusion as protests on education and lockdowns intensify
PoliticsGreek Politics, which has been criticised for its slow start, saying that he expected 1.7 million people... as well as political opponents, particularly over the incident in Ikaria. Holding his ground... in the greater Athens area, and 17 deaths, while the number of serious cases in ICUs has been steadily
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Opposition to vaccines hardens, revealing deep rift in public attitudes
PoliticsGreek Politicspharmacologist and professor at the University of Thessaloniki, Dimitris Kouvelas, who has emerged... photograph showed a demonstrator holding aloft a book with the photograph of Greece’s late dictator... show that 57 pct of the general population has received at least one dose of vaccine, and 54.5
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe ratcheting up of tension between Greece and Turkey has given the ongoing speculation about... immediate rival, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras. It has also been suggested by commentators... be beneficial for Mitsotakis to capitalise on any concern about Greek-Turkish relations by holding
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