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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis, who is on an official visit to Canada, faces a political storm on his return... the Greek media, whereas official documents show that the police did not receive the recordings until... in the Greek media was edited. The government added in its official response that the “human error” element
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Government lines up crackdown on NGOs as next piece in harsher migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politics, NGOs could be stripped from the official registry if they run migration campaigns counter... to channel labour migration into official corridors, hoping to undercut people-smuggling networks. SYRIZA.... Citing official data, Tsipras notes that between 2015 and 2019, incomes for the poorest 10 percent rose
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe official registry on the basis of a prosecution alone, even without a conviction — a provision... to cast doubt on official accounts. Opposition criticism Opposition parties delivered fierce criticism... and accused the government of hiding behind official coast guard statements. They also accused New
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agora. European Parliament President Martin Schulz, the first EU official to visit Athens after the January... to the “troika” of lenders, rather than the “institutions” mentioned in official documents, knowing this would... adopted by Tsipras and Varoufakis has not sat well with European officials and there have been
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Trouble from Turkey prompts plans for extra defence spending after years of cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics,” the spending increase would start this year. The next day, on Tuesday, an unnamed government official told... from France. The anonymous official denied that any deal was in place already. State Minister Giorgos...The growing tension between Greece and Turkey has sparked talk among government officials in Athens
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Newsletter 449 - 31/01/2025
are significant because they cast considerable doubt on the official version of events. So far, officials – including PM Mitsotakis – have insisted that the fire was not caused by anything being... by the new regime after the official body for tax disputes rejected the first round of appeals
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Paris attacks change backdrop for Tsipras visit to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras' first official visit to Turkey (November 18-19) has suddenly turned... official responses to these points. Athens's main target is to limit the influx of migrants and refugees..., as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has suggested. Government officials have recommended
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Novartis affair moves back to political centre stage as accusations fly
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemocracy.” It is worth noting that Mitsotakis’s official Twitter account rarely publishes tweets... stage of ratification is due to be completed in the coming days. There has been no official statement... opposition parties and judicial officials. The Union of Judges and Prosecutors argued the minister
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Govt, experts sound alarm over risk of Covid-19 control being lost
PoliticsGreek Politics. Responding to journalists’ questions, Tsiodras acknowledged that the often-hectoring tone of official... recent weeks. While official guidance has strongly recommended the wearing of masks where physical... a corresponding rise in hospitalisations or deaths. Government officials and experts in Greece have been
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Newsletter 262 -04/09/2020
,” the spending increase would start this year. On Tuesday, an unnamed government official told Reuters... France. The anonymous official denied that any deal was in place already. According to some reports... officials also committed publicly over the last few days to increasing Greece’s defence budget
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