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Poll suggests broad support for border closure, continued concern about islands The first major opinion poll published since the closure of Greek-Turkish border crossings appears to back up the sense that there is strong support for the government’s decision across the political spectrum.
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Greece gets EU show of support, emergency funds for migration The European Commission approved 700 million euros of emergency funds to help Greece cope with the ongoing border crisis arising from the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Turkish borders.
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Greece waits for tangible outcome from EU's symbolic backing over border crisis Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be accompanied by top European Union officials when he visits the Evros border region on Tuesday as Athens hopes to receive more than just symbolic support in addressing the increased influx of asylum seekers from Turkey.
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PM faces complex challenge as Turkey threatens free passage for refugees The government scrambled to prepare on Friday for a potential sharp influx of refugees arriving in Greece over the next few days after Turkey intimated that it would provide free passage to Syrians seeking to reach the European Union.
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Island unrest puts PM in tough spot The government finds itself having to tackle two crises: The angry reaction on Aegean islands to the attempt to build closed reception centres for migrants and the arrival of the coronavirus in Greece.
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Tsipras challenges Mitsotakis as probe into scandal rekindles rivalry SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to take him to a special court in connection to the handling of the Novartis case when the left-wing party was in power.
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Mitsotakis in bid to "square the circle" in EU budget negotiations Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is travelling to Brussels on Thursday to participate in a special summit of European leaders aimed at reaching agreement on the EU’s seven-year budget for period 2021-2027.
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PM hopes solo run can lead to settlement of football dispute Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has taken it upon himself to try to resolve the storm created by a dispute involving the country’s top football teams and their owners, which is threatening unpredictable political consequences.
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Internal party rivalries prove a hassle for Mitsotakis and Tsipras Following his return from talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel in Paris and Brussels on Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a cabinet meeting in Athens on Thursday.
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ND under attack from all sides over handling of football wrangle The government is trying to avoid tying itself up in knots after coming under attack from all sides on Wednesday, when it passed an amendment that ensures two football clubs from northern Greece will not be relegated despite an independent commission recommending that they be expelled from the Super League.