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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
Support is growing for Stefanos Kasselakis leading up to the run-off for the SYRIZA leadership after several key party figures declared their support for the upstart candidate.
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Floods force Mitsotakis to postpone policy speech amid political fallout from ferry death
The unfolding disaster caused by Storm Daniel has forced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to call off his annual speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair to focus on the stricken areas.
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ND keeps eye on upcoming local elections amid ongoing complaints about wildfires
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to head to Thessaloniki on Wednesday to prepare the ground in the northern city for his keynote speech at the trade fair on September 9, but he left Athens with criticism from the opposition parties ringing in his ears after the PM held a meeting with officials to address the extensive damage inflicted by the wildfires.
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PM under pressure to account for destruction, as wildfires stoke anti-migrant sentiment
Pressure is intensifying on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to account for the government’s handling of the catastrophic wildfires which continue to burn across Greece.
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Raging fires and deaths force government onto defensive, create dangerous mix
In a bid to fend off the growing political criticism it has suffered as wildfires batter the country, the government has pledged to hold a leaders’ debate about how the Greek authorities have dealt with the challenge this summer after more destruction was caused on Tuesday and 18 people lost their lives.
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Govt looks to tax bonanza for autumn handouts announcement
The government appears confident that it has enough ammunition in the budget to announce another round of support measures, which it hopes will demonstrate that it is determined to tackle the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
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Growing challenges await PM following summer break
As Greece reaches the peak of its summer, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces a daunting return from his vacation due to several government slip-ups over the last few weeks and a series of challenges that lie ahead.
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Opposition intensifies calls for political scalp over failure to avert deadly hooligan clash
Political pressure is intensifying on the government in Athens to take responsibility for the police’s failure to act on warnings of a planned attack by Croatian hooligans, which resulted in the death of a Greek man in a brawl outside an Athens football stadium.
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Minister hangs on as failures leading to fatal hooligan raid further tarnish govt's image
The government finds itself under pressure, even from sections of the media that are normally friendly to New Democracy, after an apparent breakdown in public order procedures led to dozens of Croatian football hooligans entering the country and fighting with locals outside the stadium of AEK Athens on Monday night.
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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
The government in Athens has promised to introduce a new framework for the issuing of commercial leases for beaches, after a growing grass roots movement demanding the enforcement of limits on beachfront development.