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EU Commissioner's visit to islands highlights divisions over management of migrant centres
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA high-level visit to the islands of the northern Aegean, designed to showcase progress on building.... On Monday this week, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson paid a one-day visit...” – in a blog post prior to her visit she had stressed that the centres “will not be closed
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Resignations of two key aides undermines PM's attempt to rebuff crash cover-up claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsit was revealed that the two men had met with the publisher of To Vima newspaper, shipowner Vangelis Marinakis..., as opposition politicians were quick to point out. The claims of being undermined by oligarchs or being... closest advisors were revealed to be in contact with a newspaper publisher just after his publication
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PM attempts to regroup, shift focus after testing week over Tempe crash
PoliticsGreek Politicsof To Vima weekly just hours after the newspaper reported that the audio recordings had been edited... replacing Bratakos. On Sunday, the government also rebuffed two newspaper reports that claimed the PM’s.... The reports have also been denied by Marinakis. Some observers feel that PASOK’s quick reaction
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Tourism continues on upward trajectory as latest figures signal record-breaking arrivals
EconomyMacroeconomy. Personal trips to visit family made up 5.6 percent and generated revenues of 797.2 million, up by 34.9... picking up in neighbouring destinations. The latest figures from SETE as of November showed
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Common ground absent after latest round of Cyprus discussions
PoliticsForeign PolicyRally Party (DISI) is losing ground according to the latest polls. The far-right ELAM party... Cavusoglu will accept his Greek counterpart’s invitation to visit Athens any time soon. The current
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Latest criticism regarding human rights, civil society rebuffed by govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the European Parliament represents the latest escalation in an ongoing war of words, following numerous... a visit to Greece. Mary Lawlor’s report referred to a “hostile atmosphere” towards NGOs and human
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Lull in review talks gives PM chance to mind domestic agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe departure of the institutions from Athens after their week-long visit as part of the third... by September 2019 at the latest. Although the government is still in discussions with the lenders about how... recent visit to Washington. Law and order The Prime Minister’s office, meanwhile, called on New
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the implementation of this project of strategic importance. While the quick dousing of the latest flare-up... administration. One of the triggers behind this latest drive is the publicity surrounding the hunger strike... was the latest moment of tension in an energy project that has been troubled since its inception, particularly
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Poposki visit significant but Greek-FYROM relations yet to find sure footing
PoliticsForeign PolicyA visit by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki... neighbour are on the path towards settling their name dispute. Poposki’s visit to Athens takes place a few... announced on June 24, during Kotzias’s visit to Skopje. The last round of such talks took place
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Hope of economic, trade benefits drive Tsipras's landmark visit to Iran
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has become the first European leader to visit Iran since the lifting... and European Union,” Tsipras said during his visit to Tehran. The Greek prime minister has urged... in Paris and Rome. Although Tsipras was the first of his EU counterparts to visit Tehran since
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