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Brewing dispute with media adds to Tsipras's headaches
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWestern Easter, celebrated on March 27 or the Eastern Orthodox Easter, marked on May 1. On the refugee... the mainstream media while in opposition. The stakes rose further on Monday when State Minister Nikos Pappas
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor an investigation, which would lead to findings being published by the end of May, when the impact of any measures agreed with Greece’s lenders in the next weeks will be sinking in. State Minister Nikos Pappas
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Greece seeks to mend fences with Austria but frets about EU-Turkey deal
PoliticsForeign Policywith Austria may have come too late as the country is facing domestic political complications following...Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias' decision to visit Vienna this week has been viewed as a goodwill gesture from Athens in a bid to restore its relations with Austria, which had been sorely tested
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SYRIZA to suggest switch to proportional representation, schedules congress for Oct
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentation for years and may have the backing of PASOK and To Potami over this issue. Both opposition... Minister Nikos Fylis insisted in an interview over the weekend that the government would not make any
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that in trying to get PASOK and To Potami on board (25 votes combined) it may alienate... applies immediately rather than after the next elections. Independent MP Nikos Nikolopoulos confirmed
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Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been a subject of discussion in Greece for many years. Tsipras may be concerned... with the judiciary over the stalled Siemens trial intensified yesterday. Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos
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Justice can't be blind to facts in 2009 deficit case
Agorabillion euros or 3.4 percent of GDP. It had to revise these figures two months later and by May... this affair. State Minister Nikos Pappas described the Georgiou case as an “open wound”. He is right
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Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government’s ambivalent stance on the issue, emphasised by State Minister Nikos Pappas calling for light to be shed on the claims, has raised concern that Georgiou may be made a scapegoat
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After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicspart in the process, raising the possibility that at least one of the challenges may be successful... Nikos Pappas, who has overseen the whole process of regulating the TV market. It is clear, however
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Athens briefed as talks on Cyprus reunification intensify
PoliticsForeign Policyimplementation. Turkey may have representatives on this force. The Cyprus issue is expected to dominate...United Nations special adviser on the Cyprus issue Espen Barth Eide visited Athens this week to brief Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on the progress made during last
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