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Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The contract between the Greek foreign ministry and BGR group, a Republican-focused spin shop with close links to Trump and his officials, is worth $600,000 per year and started on Monday (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Athens pays $600,000 to Washington lobbyists to be 'Trump-whisperers'

Greece has become the latest European government to hire Washington lobbyists as it seeks to curry favour with president Donald Trump. 

The contract between the Greek foreign ministry and

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The contract between the Greek foreign ministry and BGR group, a Republican-focused spin shop with close links to Trump and his officials, is worth $600,000 per year and started on Monday (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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