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Former minister’s trial set to revive Tempe in time for elections A former deputy minister will stand trial before the Special Court over the clearance of the Tempe rail crash site. The ruling puts the government back on the defensive over the country's most emotive scandal just as the pre-election season gathers pace.
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Government scrapes together more fuel price measures as ELAS intensifies pressure The government is facing a dual challenge as it attempts to contain rising fuel prices while confronting a stubborn lack of movement in the opinion polls.
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Government scrambles for more cost‑of‑living relief as WSJ revelations open new front The cost‑of‑living crisis, and in particular the surge in fuel prices, has become the central test of the government’s capacity to deliver tangible relief as it tries to build pre-election momentum.
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Mitsotakis uses UN stage to project leadership as poll shows dip for ELAS Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his address to the 81st UN General Assembly on Thursday to present Greece as a stabilising force in a turbulent international environment, combining messages of regional diplomacy, economic resilience and technological caution.
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ND divided over arrogance in its ranks, as well as fuel costs and farm payments With Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on an extended US visit, New Democracy MPs and ministers have spent the past days contradicting one another in public, amid polling suggesting that economic announcements have failed to rally support.
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PM launches tech “investment marathon” in US as fuel prices dominate domestic agenda Kyriakos Mitsotakis has turned a five-day US trip built around the UN General Assembly into what Greek officials are billing as an investment marathon, aimed at recasting Greece's image from a traditional tourism destination into a base for high-technology and AI-related capital.
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ELAS builds party machinery, stokes row over heating oil as Kasidiaris targets comeback As Greece enters a long pre‑election period marked by economic anxiety and political volatility, Alexis Tsipras is accelerating efforts to turn ELAS into a fully-fledged nationwide organisation capable of competing in the next general election.
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Mitsotakis facing up to challenging autumn as majority momentum fails to materialise As Greece moves into the autumn and the long pre‑election period begins to take shape, Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces a political and economic landscape that seems to be far more demanding than the headline macroeconomic indicators suggest.
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PM rolls out more help for energy bills, pleads for majority as polls show path narrowing Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his first television interview after the Thessaloniki International Fair on Thursday to address two issues that are having a major impact on the political landscape: the looming surge in energy prices and the increasingly complex arithmetic of the next general election
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Muted post-TIF polls trigger Mitsotakis counter-offensive The second round of polls conducted after the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) show New Democracy retaining a comfortable lead but gaining only marginally from the 2.2-billion-euro package PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled at the fair, while a clear majority of respondents rate the measures negatively.