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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is attempting to turn the table on its critics and go on the offensive on a range of issues after spending the last couple of weeks defending itself over the farming subsidy scandal...-appointed Migration Minister Thanos Plevris. Since taking up his position a few weeks ago, Plevris
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicshis administration in recent weeks. Mitsotakis gave a lengthy interview to Skai TV on Wednesday, much... administration that have dominated the headlines in recent weeks or responding to criticism from the opposition
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PM aims to divert OPEKEPE inquiry as he signs up to SAFE scheme
PoliticsGreek Politicscomplications for the government, though, as Defence Minister Nikos Dendias had informed Parliament a few weeks... was initially told Greece would not borrow via SAFE and that this stance changed a few weeks later
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Polls indicate PM’s tax-cut offer fails to move needle as voters remain pessimistic, concerned
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty. The impression given by the surveys that have been published in the last two weeks... in Thessaloniki, which was trailed in the local media for several weeks before it was delivered
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Government warned to brace for repercussions of farm payments clean-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsconstituencies in recent weeks, and Mitsotakis’s plea suggests that an attempt earlier this month.... Farmers are gearing up for protests in the weeks leading up to a November 11 rally in Athens
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PM’s rivals rally to farmers’ cause as protests continue across country
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that patience has worn thin. The coming weeks will test whether the government can translate... again, as they did a few weeks ago, during what is a crucial pre-Christmas period for the retail sector
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Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek farmers left their meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday frustrated, saying the government’s concessions amounted to a “small basket” of measures. After weeks... for their grievances that has been registered in several opinion polls over the last few weeks. Yet
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Government's ongoing stand-off with livestock breeders heralds resurgence of farming protests
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with livestock breeders in an effort to put out the dying embers of the farmers’ protests that have troubled him for weeks, but with questions still being asked about... protests disrupted transport across the country for several weeks over the Christmas holidays
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Newsletter 497 - 06/03/2026
the next move. Athens is preparing for scenarios that would have been unthinkable weeks ago: Cyprus..., and the rerouting of major carriers around the Cape of Good Hope adds up to two weeks to voyage times and roughly
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Newsletter 498 - 13/03/2026
economy braces for prolonged shock from Iran warAs the war in Iran approaches two weeks... for weeks rather than days - Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras noted at an event this week
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