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Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
PoliticsGreek Politicsis exclusively yours,” Tsipras told his rival in a clear attempt to put more pressure on Mitsotakis, who... that the fire service in Evia had been told not to try to stop the fire. “We were called on to put... helicopters with on-the-ground firefighting means. The few resources [there] had orders not to put out
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Newsletter 414 - 01/03/2024
Kasselakis. The conference began on Thursday with Kasselakis responding to an intervention by his predecessor... the question of whether Kasselakis can continue as leader seems to have been put to bed for the time being...' families in the days leading up to the anniversary of the crash put pressure on the government
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Newsletter 459 - 11/04/2025
connecting the US with India, as a counter to China’s Belt and Road project. As he put it, “Greece... claimed often put him at odds with his EU partners, and his economic philosophy focussed on “cutting taxes... in this part of the world.” Mitsotakis began his week in a distinctly different mood as he presided over
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economy,” as International Monetary Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde put it. Greece presented a draft... Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen put a figure next to what until then was a vague... been consistently off since the adjustment programme began in 2010. Furthermore, it should be noted
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Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsarticle of the multi-bill and 151 voted for the second. The government, which began the day with 153... reason for Tsipras’s move may have been to put Stournaras under scrutiny. The finance minister suggested.... It was certainly a high risk move by Tsipras as it opens his party up to criticism that it put national
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
Agoraopportunity to put pressure on the government and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras after cabinet secretary... that in many voters’ eyes have been resolute since the judicial probe into the Neo-Nazi party began... to discuss debt relief after the summer is a sure-fire vote loser. A recent Public Issue poll put SYRIZA 3
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Newsletter 11 - 16/01/2015
policies. A Pulse poll for Action 24 TV put SYRIZA on 30 percent and New Democracy 27 percent... the stalled review, which began in September. Hardouvelis said that with just eight weeks remaining... figure is the second lowest figure since 2001. 2 The demand for debt relief Is the cart being put
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Greek reform proposals set for broad approval but include some political obstacles
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the creation of this position and previous Prime Minister Antonis Samaras began to lose credibility... rather than attempting to put it to a vote in Parliament. There is no doubt that if the SYRIZA-led... it has put forward or whether they will be tempered by strong public support for the government
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Newsletter 17 - 27/02/2015
. The flash estimate on February 13 had put the contraction slightly lower, at 0.2 percent. The year... into any and all microphones put in front of them is compounding the problems it faces. On Wednesday... and Schaeuble in another to thrash out a deal before the meeting of the eurozone finance ministers began
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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
of wrangling, technical talks between the new Greek government and its lenders began this week... estimates put this amount at 10 to 11 billion euros in today’s money. In today’s discussions about... find a path to a negotiated solution that will put to bed any sense of injustice and remove from
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