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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the coming weeks. One will relate to the economy while the other will represent the next step... Parliament is set to be sworn in on July 3, followed by a three-day debate on the government’s policy... health minister, while Olga Kefaloyianni is set for a comeback as tourism minister, a position she has
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Kasselakis names core backers for key party posts amid questions over party unity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe newly elected president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis set about the task of staffing key party... earlier this year after one of his frequent rebellions. The post of director of the parliamentary team... position, given the fact that Kasselakis himself failed to secure a set in the June elections
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Athens certifies improving mood in Greek-Turkish relations during Erdogan's visit
PoliticsForeign Policyhighlighted. One of the few agreements of substance concerned Greece agreeing to issue seven-day.... The opposition parties also asked to be briefed on the content of Thursday’s discussion. The government is set... of the opposition’s criticism suggests that the government largely achieved the goals it had set
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Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe same-sex marriage bill is continuing to cause turmoil in Greece’s main political parties as at least one minister looks set to quit the New Democracy cabinet over the issue, while some SYRIZA... own MPs to support the reform. Minister of State Akis Skertsos is set to brief conservative lawmakers
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Government being tested on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government have well and truly entered one of their most.... The government’s argument that, once passed, the bill will allow top quality foreign universities to set up... platforms. Mitsotakis rejected, though, the opposition party’s idea for limits to be set on rental
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Newsletter 415 - 08/03/2024
. The bill allows foreign universities to set up non-profit subsidiaries in Greece, thus circumventing..., the same as PASOK. The Communist Party (KKE) lost one point, falling to 7.5 pct, but the ultra... 15 pct this year. This set of conditions will tie the hands of the government regarding the tried
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Greek-Albanian deadlock over Beleri case no closer to being resolved
PoliticsForeign Policythe conditions Greece had set for Albania's accession negotiations with the European Union to proceed... concept of the rule of law". "One year later, the defeated mayor remains in his position, with full...," Gerapetritis said. Since November 2023, Athens has set its conditions for Albania to proceed
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Government tones down fiscal pledges as tighter framework starts to bite
EconomyMacroeconomy, is to set aside fiscal space and use it instead for debt reduction initiatives. It is clear..., set by law as the average of inflation and GDP growth each year, which will have an annual fiscal... and the other half in 2027, although it can be brought forward by one year. The fiscal impact
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Podcast - Whose property? Greece’s housing challenges
Agoraproperty market is booming, but that's creating a whole new set of problems. High rental and purchase... and the much-debated Golden Visa scheme. Useful reading Inside one of Europe’s last golden visa programmes and what’s set to change - EuroNews Local Greeks pushed out as mass tourism takes over Athens
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Mitsotakis tempers expectations for EP vote, Kasselakis talks up prospects
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn an extensive TV interview on Thursday night, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set the bar for his party in this year’s European Parliament elections at a similar score to the one New Democracy... of the south.” He accepted that improvements can be made, as set out by the European Commission’s rule
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