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ND clarifies plans for emergency health system capacity as public mood over Covid-19 sours
PoliticsGreek PoliticsExperts continue to intensify their warnings over the latest wave of Covid-19 infections in Greece, prompting rumours that stricter measures are on the way for the greater Athens area.
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Mitsotakis seeks to reassure on foreign policy, spending plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA day after his traditional address to industry representatives at the Thessaloniki Expo Forum where he laid out the government’s economic programme for the year ahead, Mitsotakis gave a wide-ranging press-conference which offered him the opportunity to state the government’s positions on a number other policy areas.
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Defence spending, economic support plans dominate PM's policy speech
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCovid-19 meant that Kyriakos Mitsotakis delivered the prime minister’s annual keynote economic policy speech to a reduce audience on Saturday.
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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHundreds more refugees and migrants were left without shelter on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday night, after a series of fires burned through the informal encampments which had survived a catastrophic fire that burned the Moria asylum centre the night before.
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Parties debate pandemic response as public approval deteriorates
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary season kicked off on Monday with a special session on the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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PM prepares for low key policy speech as poll suggests support for govt still high
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is trying to dampen expectations ahead of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech in Thessaloniki on Saturday – a task made easier by the fact that the first major opinion poll since the summer break has indicated that support is still strong for his New Democracy party.
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PM seeks fine balance as he prepares to unveil latest set of fiscal measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is building up towards his economic policy speech in Thessaloniki on September 12, although the government is trying to lower expectations about what the public should expect.
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Ionian expansion raises questions about Aegean as Athens talks with Tirana
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe decision to extend Greece’s territorial waters along its western coastline in the Ionian Sea from six nautical miles to 12, as announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament on Wednesday, can be seen as a landmark for Greek foreign policy.
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Accused of U-turn over extension of territorial waters at home, ND steps up diplomatic drive abroad
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government appears determined to open up new diplomatic fronts in its efforts to secure a de-escalation in the eastern Mediterranean.
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe belligerent rhetoric from Turkey towards Greece has continued this week as Greek MPs prepare to vote on the maritime boundaries deal between Athens and Cairo that triggered the latest round of tension with Ankara.