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PM pledges another billion for energy bills as govt retreats over environment bill Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to pull out all the stops to help households deal with high energy bills, although it is not clear that the relief measures are having the desired effect in terms of winning over public opinion.
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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires The New Democracy administration unveiled a digital wallet as part of its ongoing e-government overhaul, but for opposition SYRIZA the announcement was an opportunity to ask questions about the stalled digital ID project and the conservatives’ record in public administration reform.
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ND exults in Saudi Arabia deals as opposition calls for answers over spyware The government’s efforts to ensure that a blaze of positive publicity accompanied the range of agreements that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signed with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday were somewhat overshadowed by questions about what links the conservative administration might have to attempts to eavesdrop on journalists and political rivals.
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons Athens continues to press for solutions to the energy crisis at an EU level as the cost of domestic subsidy programmes skyrockets, threatening to cut further into the budget.
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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation Wildfires continued to test the government and the country’s civil protection capabilities over the weekend, although a new opinion poll suggested that New Democracy has not been damaged by the recent blazes and is, instead, closing in on a potential parliamentary majority at the upcoming elections.
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Questions posed about pace of absorption for RRF funds As the dust settled from this week’s forest fire on the outskirts of Athens, SYRIZA turned its attention to the government’s performance in absorbing funds from the European Union’s Covid response package, the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
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Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response With the wildfires which burned through the northeast suburbs of Athens extinguished, the political recriminations have begun. The government is claiming success, but opposition parties are accusing the New Democracy administration of arrogance and misplaced priorities
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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny A large wildfire on the outskirts of Athens broke out on Tuesday, piling fresh pressure on the centre-right government and all but killing off the prospects of snap elections later this year.
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Early details show energy emergency plan facing practical challenges As Greek authorities prepare for pan-European natural gas shortages in the coming months, the regulator’s national emergency plan offers a glimpse of the cost and effort that will be required to keep the lights on this winter.
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Relief measures being lined up, but PM's eye also on reforms rollout Although most of the focus will fall on what measures the government plans to unveil in the autumn to combat the cost-of-living crisis, reports suggest that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is also keen to promote his administration’s reformist credentials between now and the end of the year.