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Resignation of PM's aide poses grave questions for coalition, institutions
PoliticsGreek Politics. Baltakos made it clear in the video that he felt this tactic was wrong. It is a position he has been... with Baltakos, which dates back to the 1990s, has been repeatedly criticised, not just by opposition... Democracy leader has rejected criticism, even from within his party, that many of his advisers have hard
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Government meets resistance on TV permits and revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politics, setting out why she believes she has no case to answer. The legal technicalities of the two cases... for broadcasting licences with minimum fuss has not gone according to plan. Tsipras reportedly asked... accusations of breach of duty against her are "groundless" and that she has no reason to step aside
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Tsipras makes PASOK opening amid domestic troubles
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has indicated that he is starting to make political plans... the end of the memorandum,” said the prime minister. This is the most obvious opening that Tsipras has... also puts PASOK on the spot. SYRIZA has seen some of its supporters drift to PASOK. In some cases
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Newsletter 129 - 28/07/2017
the corresponding period a year ago. Credit contraction has prevailed in the Greek market... to the brewing dispute between the coalition and some judicial officials, which has been threatening to boil... raised. Outspoken Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis has frequently criticised the judiciary
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Newsletter 230 -29/11/2019
it by far the most common answer. Corruption followed in a distant second place with 22 percent. Focus... of the outstanding obligations to the IMF has been completed after Athens paid ahead of time 2.7 billion... billion euros. Greece has already repaid the Stand-by Arrangement of the first programme and until
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Pension rises approved as public opinion teeters ahead of election year
PoliticsGreek PoliticsYet another poll published this week has shown some erosion in the support for New Democracy... for Mega TV indicated that support for ND has dropped by half a percentage point since last month, decreasing to 28.9 pct. SYRIZA’s backing has edged up from 20.7 to 20.9, while PASOK has dipped from 11.9
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Government hails rule of law progress but open investigations continue to raise questions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe publication of the European Commission’s annual Rule of Law report has been welcomed... Rule of Law report which was published on Wednesday. The report finds that Greece has completed one... has been on the receiving end of criticism for its record on this front from journalists
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Tsipras calls for more state intervention in energy sector as hopes for EU solution dwindle
PoliticsGreek Politicsgas prices, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has called for bolder initiatives at the national level.... This was the first time Tsipras has endorsed a comprehensive energy strategy, which clearly owes much... absent from his address, for example, was any reference to cutting consumption taxes, which has been
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Mitsotakis looks beyond New Democracy for votes that could bring him to power
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has renewed his appeal to non-conservative voters, who... logo, Mitsotakis argued that the party has to be as flexible as possible to adapt to the particular....” Since taking over the leadership of the party in 2016, Mitsotakis has been involved in a tricky
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
Agoraby definition. No country in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Greece, has been immune to such phenomena - as the most recent crisis in the region highlights. For the purposes of this article, I... often used by members of its political elites. I will focus on the only issue that both Greece
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