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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsway. They found some common ground recently over the Tempe issue, paving the way for a confidence... anti-systemic, even though it led a governing coalition between 2015 and 2019. Konstantopoulou
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Greece submits proposals to lenders in hope of paving way for agreement
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government sent to the institutions on Thursday evening its final proposal including prior actions that will complement the request for a new 3-year programme from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). In the 20-page document submitted to th...
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Budget continues to outperform in Oct, paving way for 350 mln Christmas handout
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance came to a surplus of 6.08 billion euros in October, compared to a deficit of 350 million euros in the same period of 2022, according to the preliminary budget execution data released by the Finance Ministry (MoF) on Wednesday....
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PM unveils 1.1-billion-euro anti-inflation package to opposition scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is pinning its hopes on a new support package to blunt the effects of galloping inflation on households and businesses, but the opposition is accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of being too timid and missing the mark. An addition...
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Top EU prosecutor lambasts anti-corruption efforts, calls for reform to bring ex-ministers to justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLaura Kövesi, the chief prosecutor directing several investigations into the misuse of EU funds in Greece, said her office would not be deterred from getting to the bottom of corruption scandals like OPEKEPE and Tempe. In an address which will embarrass...
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Philip Roth's words of caution
Agorain 1940 and a wave of anti-Semitism and ultra-nationalism sweeps the country. Published in 2004... that both contained a single word - “Why?” – the conservative politician tweeted that “anti-Semitism... disrespect to my Jewish compatriots” and apologised to Greek Jews. “I firmly believe that anti-Semitism
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A summit of little substance
Agoraon the outcome of the European Parliament elections next May. The chances are high that anti-EU, anti-euro, anti-immigrant, and/or anti-establishment/elitist parties or movements will generally do well... with, and the climate within, the Parliament. Even more importantly, the success of ‘anti-parties’ could have
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Stalling vaccination campaign, protests raise concerns on health and political fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a combination of vaccine hesitancy and an increasingly active anti-vaccination front. Monday’s regular... the emergence of an organised anti-vaccination movement. Commenting on the events, the head of the National Vaccination Committee Professor Maria Theodoridou said that “we are talking about anti-vaxxers
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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the streets. Wednesday saw the first mass anti-vax rallies in Greece, with police estimating..., including at the recent anti-labour law rallies, they also mark a scaling-up from the much smaller-scale anti-lockdown and anti-mask demonstrations which took place during the lockdown, while the presence
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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/25/goldendawn2_1000_myrto_2511-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agora. In September, a Golden Dawn member stabbed to death an anti-fascist rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, in a Piraeus... boosted support among its core i.e. young, male, anti-systemic voters,” says Elias Dinas, a UK-based... and an expert on right-wing radicalism, notes that a big chunk of the anti-fascist movement in Greece
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