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Ministers leaving for personal reasons: PM

Scott Morrison says characterising ministerial resignations as rats leaving a sinking ship is offensive, despite the coalition struggling in opinion polls. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has bristled at suggestions an exodus of coalition frontbenchers ahead

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Unpardonable and irresponsible lies

The theoretical and easy self-criticism of ministers and SYRIZA cadres is fine, but at some point they have to confront the results. We make mistakes and sometimes unpardonable ones, Deputy PM Yannis Dragasakis told Parliament

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Opportunity

The Pasok-centred Movement for change paid a debt of honour to Andreas Papandreou. It is a debt not just because Andreas Papandreou played a leadimg role in fashioning the contremporary centre-left, but also because the

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Envelope for the next PM

The climate and atmosphere surrounding the government is not the best. Pressures from the electorate are patently obvious. There are plenty of disputes and initiatives which are collapsing one after the other. These initiatives do

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Greek derby abandoned due to crowd trouble

The Greek derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos at the Athens Olympic Stadium was abandoned on Sunday due to crowd trouble. Deep inside the second half as their team were losing 1-0, Panathinaikos fans clashed with

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Orban raises prospectof EU exit, citing Brussels’ authoritarian drift

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has once again raised the prospect of a Hungarian exit from the European Union, suggesting that the bloc’s authoritarian evolution may soon outweigh the benefits of membership. Speaking in an interview with the far-right platform Ultrahang, Orban said that Hungary’s EU membership “still makes sense

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Turkey’s made a bid to join BRICS

Turkey has formally applied to join the BRICS, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg. The BRICS group of nations is made up of emerging economies and includes China and Russia, among others. As stated in

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