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Vexed SYRIZA abstains from vote on election bans The Greek Parliament voted, amid some acrimony, late on Wednesday night to allow the Supreme Court to ban parties that are led by convicted criminals and which represent a threat to democracy from taking part in the country’s elections.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come The turn of the year gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an opportunity to reinforce the message that the government will continue to provide relief for hard-pressed households, as elections loom ever closer on the horizon.
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Migration back on main political agenda As Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis headed to Prague for the meeting of leaders to discuss the European Political Community, hoping to share his concerns about Turkey with his counterparts, the issue of migration, one of the friction points between Athens and Ankara, was making headlines again in Greece.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Greece beefs up border security to counter migration flow Athens believes the migration crisis has entered a new phase, calling it a hybrid attack on Greece by Turkey.
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair With the opposition intent on cornering Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over his management of the intelligence service and the surveillance of politicians and journalists, the government is focussed on pulling together an economic package which it hopes will strike a chord with ordinary voters.
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Political impact of spying revelations unclear, as drip-feed of information continues More revelations about the phone-tapping scandal threatening to engulf the Mitsotakis government are expected to surface in the coming days, leading up to the reopening of Parliament and the initiation of the inquiries looking into the affair.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Baerbock visit leaves Athens hopeful of shift in Germany's stance on Greek-Turkish disputes German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock visited Athens for the first time since her appointment next week and there is a feeling among Greek officials that it may have marked a shift in the way Berlin views the enduring disputes between Athens and Ankara.
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Latest criticism regarding human rights, civil society rebuffed by govt The Greek government’s attitude towards civil society and human rights has come under fire from international institutions in recent days, with the official response blaming propaganda and Turkish provocations for the accusations levelled.
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PM broaches demographics issue, stresses role of migration Kyriakos Mitsotakis broached a pressing national issue – demographics – on Wednesday, but also one that is somewhat sensitive for his party, particularly when it comes to the issue of migration.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Govt bats away pushback allegations as migration attitudes harden New media allegations of pushbacks of migrants from the Greek borders and a stern warning from the UN have led the Greek government to issue a statement defending its humanitarian record and denying the use of illegal and dangerous border defence practices.