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Domestic factors seen playing role in PM's pick for European Commission
PoliticsGreek Politics. Legislation landmarks The government is also proceeding with a busy legislative agenda in the final days..., journalists and public contractors. Promoting the bill, the government focussed on the automation
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
), the European Commission and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the newcomer making the quadriga, it would... the proceedings on time. By Jens Bastian
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From the troika to the quartet
Agora), the newcomer making the quadriga, it would be Greece’s third macro-economic adjustment programme... to conclude the proceedings on time. *An earlier version of this article appeared in last week's e-newsletter
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Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015
Three pending issues Government and quadriga have yet to agree on some prior actions After the three-day trip by the quadriga mission chiefs to Athens on October 21–23, the first visit since... (increasing by 25,000 euros for each child) and with an annual income up to 35,000 euros. The quadriga has
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
Vaccines turn political PM announces compulsory jabs for some, prompting first major anti-vax protest Amid concerns about an approaching fourth Covid wave hitting Greece this summer, the government announced the start of compulsory vaccinations this wee...
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Athens and Skopje press ahead with confidence measures despite uncertainty
PoliticsForeign PolicyNeighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn with regard to him... political situation in FYROM. An intervention by Hahn, who visited Skopje last week, led political parties
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Greek distrust of media high compared to EU average
Societybought the debt-ridden Lambrakis Press Organisation (DOL). Marinakis already owns Parapolitoka group and Eleftheria tou Typou newspaper. In total, 353 titles and trademarks of DOL will now come under
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Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues
Societyproperty of defunct MEGA channel, which has been off air for a year. Marinakis, who already owns the DOL newspaper group, has been on a media buying spree since 2017. The DOL group includes two of Greece
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Mitsotakis enjoys growing popular backing at home, as efforts intensify to defuse border crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJohannes Hahn had indicated that the Commission might be willing to offer an assistance package to Turkey for the more than 3 million refugees currently living in the country. Hahn noted
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