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Turkish missile test adds to complexity of defence assessment in Athens
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is assessing the news that Turkey test-fired a locally made, short-range ballistic missile over the Black Sea on Tuesday, as Bloomberg revealed. According to Bloomberg "a mobile platform was used to fire the missile from an airport near the port city of Rize at around 7 am local time, said
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Immunity vote becomes test of nerve for New Democracy as public support slips
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new poll showing New Democracy slipping three points in a month and a public that attributes the OPEKEPE scandal primarily to political interventions sets a stark backdrop for Wednesday’s parliamentary vote on lifting the immunity of 13 government MPs. The vote, already a delicate internal test
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Newsletter 155 -16/03/2018
as a “test” for Greece the drafting of a growth strategy, which the institutions expect to receive in early... developed close ties over the last few years, after the PAOK chairman stormed onto the pitch with a gun
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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
people’s movements. Travel to some islands will require a vaccine certificate or a negative PCR test... is “putting economics before public health” or “jumping the gun” regarding the opening
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Post-election blamestorming or Why Harris lost and the Democrats should nominate Oprah
Agorapreparing in the background for that moment, but if she was, she had no opportunity to road test her... positions on hot button matters such as border security, gun ownership, and the hysteria around
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Kammenos calls for lynching of mayor but ends up boxing himself into a corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party. Kammenos, though, is putting this durability to the test after being caught on camera... was allegedly discovered in their water supply as a result of gold mining in the Skouries forest
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Investors voice concerns about delays to Hellenikon as mine talks falter
EconomyFeatures. Gold mines Another troubled investment in Greece, the project involving the Eldorado Gold subsidiary Hellas Gold, also seems to have stalled once more. Although the project moved forward after the company threatened to pull out of Greece in early September, Hellas Gold has turned to the courts again
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Rumblings spread in New Democracy in aftermath of post office fumble
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to tighten rules on gun ownership and establish a strong police... of whom complained about poor decision-making and the absence of a communications strategy. Gun control... there is widespread awareness of the culture of vendettas and gun ownership, as well as the association
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Third review agenda becoming more complex for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the third review than had been thought until recently. Eldorado Gold A decision by Eldorado Gold... at the gold mines. The government’s anger at the latest flare-up with Eldorado Gold was visible in its... limitation operation on his hands as it seems unlikely that Eldorado Gold will leave Greece after having
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Samaras ratchets up tension in clash with SYRIZA over violence
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/10/12/samaras_myrrto_1000_1210-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
PoliticsGreek Politicsthree people dead, and an arson attack this February on the premises of Hellenic Gold in Skouries... against the Skouries gold mine, no evidence that it was involved in or encouraged violence has been produced so far. Twenty people have been questioned in connection to the attack on Hellenic Gold
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