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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters Trailing in the opinion polls ahead of the European and local elections on May 26, the government appears to be searching for more policies that will appeal to voters and prevent SYRIZA from suffering a crushing defeat next month.
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Athens eyes multiple benefits from joining China-backed 17+1 initiative Greece joined last week the China-backed coalition of central and eastern European nations, the so called 16+1 group, becoming the 17th member of the collective.
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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold Alexis Tsipras has thrown a new pledge into the pre-election mix by promising not to reduce the tax-free threshold for incomes next year if he becomes prime minister again.
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SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment The talks Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos held with International Monetary Fund officials at the sidelines of the spring meetings in Washington over the past few days appear to have paved the way for Greece to make an early repayment to the IMF, a move that the government wants to include in its pre-election agenda.
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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left Alexis Tsipras tried to give another push over the weekend to the centre-left alliance he is putting together for the European Parliament elections, although its true use may only become evident following the next national vote.
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Only inconclusive poll result would prompt KINAL approach, suggests Mitsotakis New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has played down the chances of governing with Movement for Change (KINAL) if his party wins the next elections, unless the result of the national vote does not hand the conservatives a clear majority.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
In Skopje, Tsipras focuses on name deal positives as trademark issue looms Athens believes that the first official visit by a Greek prime minister to North Macedonia went smoothly on Tuesday.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Tsipras visits Skopje to highlight name deal positives as implementation work continues The beginning of a new era in bilateral relations between Greece and North Macedonia is the main aim of Alexis Tsipras’s trip to Skopje on Tuesday, which will be the first visit by a Greek premier to the neighboring country.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
After local elections in Turkey, Athens hopes recent tension with Ankara will ease Greece is hoping that the end of the campaigning linked to the local elections held in Turkey last weekend could lead to a de-escalation of recent tension between the two countries.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Mitsotakis targets undecided, young voters as he banks on anger to end SYRIZA's reign Speaking to his party’s MPs on Thursday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mistotakis urged voters who are disgruntled with SYRIZA to use the European Parliament and local elections due on May 26 as an opportunity to vent their anger against the left-wing party.