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‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’
I don't know if we have realized how rare it is in today's global reality what our country has today: political stability.
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SYRIZA’s rough weekend: Greece’s main opposition breaks up
Following several weeks of tensions, a left-wing faction within SYRIZA, Greece's main opposition, announced on Sunday that it was peeling off, accusing newly elected leader Stefanos Kasselakis of "Trumpian practices" and abandoning the party's core left-wing ideology for a sort of "right-wing populism."
PASOK requests creation of parliamentary committee for Tempi fatal train collision
PASOK requested the creation of a parliamentary committee that would carry out a preliminary investigation into the fatal Tempi train collision that occurred in central Greece earlier this year.
The 20-page document, signed by party leader Nikos Androulakis and PASOK's entire parliamentary group, was sent to Parliament President Constantine Tassoulas.
Mitsotakis and Christodoulides to take part in inaugural Greece-Cyprus High-Level Cooperation Council
After jointly attending the humanitarian conference convened by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides returned to Athens for the inaugural Greece-Cyprus High-Level Cooperation Council. The Council is scheduled to commence at 12 p.m., with joint press statements to follow.
SYRIZA trails in new poll
A second opinion poll in as many days as indicated that main opposition SYRIZA is less than two points ahead of third-place socialist PASOK, while ruling New Democracy remains way ahead.
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Greek Parliament approves Igoumenitsa, Thessaloniki port bills
The Greek Parliament's plenary debated and approved two ratification bills on Tuesday evening, one for the port of Igoumenitsa in western Greece and one amending the concession for the port of Thessaloniki.
Both ratification bills were included in a bill by the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy.
Preparing for the next two elections
It's been less than three months since ruling New Democracy confirmed its electoral triumph in May in a second national election, on June 25, that saw it win well over double the share of the vote that second-placed SYRIZA received - 40.56% to 17.83%.
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Major parties seeking fresh impetus
Local elections frequently take on the characteristics of a referendum and serve as a platform to convey a message that voters wish to express.
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SYRIZA candidate making waves
A new, slick entry into the succession race for the leadership of the main opposition party SYRIZA is threatening to upstage other candidates.
With a four-minute-and-20-second video and a 560-word text, 35-year-old Stefanos Kasselakis gave the stamp of his candidacy for the SYRIZA presidency, bidding to step outside the narrow party geographic boundaries.
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Government officials to survey fire-affected areas in Evros
A government delegation embarked on a visit to assess the areas affected by the fires in Evros, in northeastern Greece, on Monday.
Heading the delegation is State Minister Makis Voridis, who is joined by Citizen Protection Minister Ioannis Oikonomou, Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis, and Alternate Interior Minister Thodoris Livanios.