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Newsletter 376 - 31/03/2023
election period, stretching until early July, sounded this week, when Prime Minister Kyriakos... is not expected to take place until after Parliament has returned from the Easter recess, in the third... on hold any meaningful assessment until Greeks had voted and the political situation became clear
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Govt bats away pushback allegations as migration attitudes harden
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew media allegations of pushbacks of migrants from the Greek borders and a stern warning from the UN have led the Greek government to issue a statement defending its humanitarian record and denying the use of illegal and dangerous border defence practi...
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who left Athens on Friday for an official visit to Japan, easily survived the no-confidence vote called by the opposition but SYRIZA is not intending to let the surveillance issue die down despite the New Democracy le...
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Amid signs of split over Tempe probe, government plays down EU prosecutor’s remarks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government attempted to put a positive spin on the pointed criticism delivered by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi during her visit to Athens but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration continues to be dogged by some of the issues ...
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
Agorafor political ends) and did not engage in a more respectful style of political debate, carrying.... Most of those who expected SYRIZA and Tsipras to provide a breath of fresh air saw their hopes wilt... they saw Tsipras and Kammenos sit around a table on the morning after the elections. If they studied
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Dendias visit to Turkey builds on show of solidarity following earthquake
PoliticsForeign Policyof humanitarian aid from Greece, carried in five planes. Cavusoglu noted that “we saw and watched that after... that rejoiced, we saw that all Greeks rejoiced.” Dendias fully endorsed Cavusoglu’s statement about Athens... during the last 3 years or so. For both countries to engage in a new phase of their relations
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Polls provide PM with some comfort, spell out size of task for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Freedom, the populist party led by Zoe Konstantopoulou, saw its support shoot up during February... in third place. The social democrats saw their backing dip from 12.8 pct to 12.4 pct. Although the gap... half of 2015, and therefore a dangerous alternative than to engage with PASOK and its more
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Athens treads tightrope as Turkish research vessel sails in Aegean
PoliticsForeign Policythe two countries. Ankara saw this as a snub, both because of concerns that other Eastern... did not seem encouraged by Erdogan’s remarks on Monday even though he called for talks to settle
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsof testing by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. In remarks made during an interview with Skai TV... reshuffle, which saw the appointment of a new deputy minister for mental health. Petsas said
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EastMed, defence and energy dominate Pompeo's visit, leaving Athens satisfied
PoliticsForeign Policyof State Mike Pompeo’s remarks regarding Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean tension and the secretary’s... his neutral stance.” Reports in The Times and the German press saw Pompeo’s visit to Greece
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