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Government treads carefully on Trump, looks for positives in EU defence spending tweak
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPresident Donald Trump and his administration, but has made it clear that it is strongly in favour..., there has been a relatively subdued reaction in Athens to the speech given by US Vice President JD... needs to “mature politically”, which is a phrase that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has used
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PM's latest reshuffle off to bumpy start with first day resignation
PoliticsGreek Politicsto invest time arguing with his critics. Doxiadis, a venture capitalist who has taken on the role... this is a conscious choice by the PM to bolster his relationship with a section of ND that has always treated him..., resulting in his ousting from the party last year, has also burdened the PM’s ties with the right wing
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Confusion over Tempe findings allows government to claim victory over "disinformation campaign"
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the families has allowed the government to claim that there has been an organised plan to mislead... original findings. The council found that proper procedures were followed but has requested additional... was to investigate the circumstances leading up to the crash; however, it has featured large in sections
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Mitsotakis to resume tour of ministries as opponents struggle to gain traction
PoliticsGreek Politicsseasonal personnel, available, along with 80 drones and other technological means. The government has... have had in preparing for and then combatting these blazes when they have broken out has tarnished... popularity has fallen significantly over the last few months, largely due to the focus on the Tempe
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Newsletter 460 - 02/05/2025
Democracy’s ratings slide has stopped and that the ruling centre-right party has started to edge up... is seen as another step towards addressing the housing crisis, which has seen Greeks in major cities... parliamentary majority. The latter has been put in serious doubt by the centre-right party’s recent decline
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Newsletter 461 - 09/05/2025
has started to recover some of the losses it incurred during the first few months of the year, when..., as measured by voting preference, has risen to 24.7 pct from 23.3 pct last month. The survey also indicated that Course of Freedom has overtaken PASOK to snatch second place. The populist party’s
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Greek fears about status of historic monastery complicate relations with Egypt
PoliticsForeign Policyfears that the monastery's property would be seized. Athens has been in talks with Cairo for many... monastery. This has prompted Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis to visit Cairo on Wednesday along... the ownership of the monastery and its lands will be settled by an agreement that has emerged after
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Government hopeful of weathering subsidy scandal despite public’s finger of blame
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlmost all Greek voters believe that the government has political responsibility for the OPEKEPE... with the measures that the government has announced with the aim of combatting the apparent corruption... for PASOK in the latest sounding is up half a point on May. The forecast for Course of Freedom has
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst him by right-wing critics, that he has allowed neighbouring Turkey to get the upper hand on its... argued that he has pursued an active foreign policy by seizing the initiative on issues... of the criticisms levelled against the government is that it has made de facto concessions to Turkey
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Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the wildfire season. Main opposition party PASOK has sent a delegation to inspect the damage... and for the emergency response forces and volunteers. The party has indicated that it will withhold its... on firefighting rather than prevention has resulted in failure. KKE also admonished the government
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