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Tussle over arms deal sets tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecognised by the Saudis. Tsipras implied that Sfakianakis may have been trying to replace Papadopoulos... to be scrapped. This idea was put forward by a Communist Party (KKE) MP and SYRIZA’s Nikos Fylis
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Opposition keeps spotlight on arms deal as coalition looks for way out
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that the Saudis may have decided to only take 100,000 shells, with the remainder secretly going... out of the agreement following the furore, despite rejecting the opposition’s claims. SYRIZA MP Nikos
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Greece prepares for Erdogan visit, limits extent of Sharia law
PoliticsForeign Policya message that although Greece and Turkey may face numerous bilateral challenges... was discussed during Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias's visit to Ankara in late October. Erdogan said that he
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Coalition in last-minute legislative rush, extends helping hand to MPs
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government’s gifts may be a pre-cursor to snap elections but it remains unlikely that Tsipras... criticism that has come from the “53” faction and former Education Minister Nikos Fylis on several issuers
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After Zaev gestures, Athens tries to formulate pact with Skopje
PoliticsForeign Policyis willing to accept this compromise, which Athens has been pursuing for many years. Zaev may have been responding to Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who said in an interview with Euronews on Monday
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Aegean tension presents Tsipras with urgent domestic, foreign policy challenges
PoliticsGreek Politicsmay be triggered.” This view was echoed by Kammenos, when he appeared before Parliament’s Defence...For yet another day, the Greek government appears to have been consumed by the ongoing friction with Turkey in the Aegean. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be addressed directly by the lenders until they return to Athens in mid-May. The next step for the government... the programme There will be some SYRIZA MPs, such as former Education Minister Nikos Fylis, who
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Coalition's feud with shipowner shows no sign of de-escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government. There is no clear reason for this feud to bubble over in such a way now. It may just be a chance.... In a letter to parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis (SYRIZA), Gennimata claims that based on the strategic
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Pension cuts due in 2019 fuel political battle, election talk
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe measure. Similarly, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said that some austerity measures may... be considered early,” said SYRIZA’s parliamentary spokesman, Nikos Xydakis.
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Over to PMs after progress in Macedonia name talks
PoliticsForeign Policyof talks in both Thessaloniki, on May 4 and in Vienna, at the end of April. One of these concerns... following his latest meeting with Foreign Ministers Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov at Sounio
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