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PM weighs up options over pick for president ahead of January decision
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the Presidency of the Republic would be a way for the PM to push aside one of the main challengers... to the position. These include Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras, one of his predecessors.... The last-minute rush to table legislation before the end of the year is an annual tradition but one
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party from its traditional base. Potential candidates This is one of the reasons why the idea... Commissioner Maria Damanaki. Opting for one of these might also have the added benefit for the PM..., who was previously the president of the Council of State. The historian Maria Efthymiou is one
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agorawill go over the next four years. On the one hand, there’s an effusive Donald Trump who regularly... ball, a look at a sample of views recorded on both sides may give one an initial inkling. Trump’s... relations over the next four years appear to oscillate quite a bit, from fatalistic to optimistic. At one
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Mitsotakis backs Ukraine as Athens tries to balance position with Trump administration
PoliticsForeign Policyinterview with Bloomberg last Thursday, that it was important for the EU to “speak with one voice... one and therefore, “no permit is required and, therefore, there are no legal grounds under... results in a relatively short time. One achievement is tranquility. Don’t ask me how long
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
happened and who was responsible, but also undermined some of the government’s line of defence. One... a vote was taken on whether Deputy Civil Protection Minister Christos Triantopoulos, who was one... they believed some politicians should be held criminally responsible for the crash. In one of the more
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PM emerges wounded from confidence vote as Konstantopoulou boosts ratings
PoliticsGreek Politics’ performances as one of the ways in which standards could be improved. In a nod to the demands made... to appear conciliatory given that one of the common complaints from the families of the 57 Tempe... conservatives was the behaviour of one the party’s MPs, Dimitris Kyriazidis, who was ousted from New
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Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
PoliticsGreek Politicssuffered one loss in Doxiadis, Mitsotakis will find it hard to weather another without taking a blow.... One in two of those surveyed said they are in favour of early elections, while two in three say they would prefer a change of government, compared to one in four who would opt to give New Democracy
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PM set on sharing out more economic benefits in bid to recover support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFestival in September. According to reports, one of the options being looked at is indexing the tax... at bringing down the level of tax on income from rentals. One of the measures announced by Mitsotakis last week will see renters who fulfil certain income criteria receive up to one month’s return back
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Government tries to polish economic image as it prepares for big gamble on relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the government and the opposition. One of these is the state of the economy, which New Democracy wants to preserve as one of its key selling points to voters but which PASOK and other... tell 10 million Greeks… that it proposes… only public sector employees should receive one salary
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Mitsotakis tries to rally MPs amid lacklustre poll data, resurfacing of Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the father of one of the victims of Greece's deadliest rail disaster decided to go on hunger...’s search for something different. In short, the post-TIF landscape is one of suspended animation... been chosen, paving the way for proceedings to begin. But it is the public protest by one
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