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Newsletter 141
than many thought in the second round, when roughly 156,000 people took part. Pollsters have... the prospective alliance in a strong position after the next elections, especially if New Democracy, which... budget sees strong growth in 2018 Several key items revised against both the MTFS and draft budget
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Mitsotakis, Konstantopoulou intending to test Tsipras's mettle
PoliticsGreek Politics. Speaking during a lengthy interview on Mega TV on Tuesday night, Mitsotakis called the situation... speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou told Skai TV that she is considering launching her own political movement... a better chance of doing this at the next elections. She has a strong appeal among young voters, who
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Coalition guards unity as Tsipras briefs opposition leaders
PoliticsGreek Politicscomments with Gennimata in front of the TV cameras. The government immediately dismissed the claim made... chief’s questioning of some Greek ministers met with a strong response from government spokesman... to create rifts within the government. Tzanakopoulos argued on Skai TV that the institutions
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Coalition majority trimmed further after unexpected loss of ANEL MP
PoliticsGreek Politics, where there have been some strong reactions against the settlement with the Former Yugoslav Republic... it will have to vote on it in Greek Parliament. The now independent lawmaker told Skai TV... said in a TV interview on Tuesday night that his party will not approved the agreement with Skopje
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Ball in Greece's court after Skopje completes approval of name deal
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsnew name of North Macedonia. Next steps Speaking to Open TV last week, Tsipras stated that as soon... provoked a strong reaction from Moscow on Monday. Russia's Foreign Ministry has issued a statement... has said many times (including in a TV interview on Monday), that if the agreement is ratified
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Erdogan's Hagia Sophia move adds to complexity, uncertainty of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policycompromised, the issue is stirring up some strong sentiments among Greeks because the building is seen... Minister Nikos Dendias stressed, though, in an interview with Skai TV on Sunday: “We should avoid... sovereign rights with its drilling for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean,” Dendias said in his TV
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Tsipras launches attack on New Democracy as reactions to lockdown mount
PoliticsGreek Politics’s position on a number of critical issues. In an interview with Athens TV station Kontra... and TV personality Menios Fourthiotis was recently stripped of police protection after police unions... strong resonances to some of his party’s least successful pledges in the recent past. The moment
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KINAL leader gains confidence as ND ratings wane
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty playing in the future Greek political landscape. In an interview to regional station Ionian TV... in Ukraine confirms that ND’s lead over SYRIZA is narrowing. The sounding carried out by Pulse for Skai TV gives ND 32 pct of the vote, just 8.5 ppts ahead of the leftist opposition. KINAL remains a strong
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PM hits back at surveillance list claims, falls out with ally
PoliticsGreek Politicsof slanderers and serial blackmailers sponsored by SYRIZA. During the interview on ANT-1 TV’s primetime.... However, the PM’s strong words may have bolstered his support in some sections of the party. Earlier... claims were unsubstantiated, while Star TV, which is affiliated with the Vardinoyiannis family
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Emboldened Mitsotakis plans for Erdogan meeting, next step in Greek-Turkish ties
PoliticsForeign Policycountries will soon have newly-elected governments with strong leaders who know each other and who....” Additionally, in an interview with Alpha TV in Greece, Mitsotakis declared that he wishes to meet Erdogan... time. In his interview with Alpha TV, Mitsotakis said that meeting with Erdogan “would seem to me
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