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  1. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Striking the right balance between ensuring that SYRIZA does not give police the type of free reign... portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos

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  2. Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the 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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  3. Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020

    Newsletters

    PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...

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  4. Athens moves quickly to scrap pension cuts as Eurogroup inches forward on euro reform

    EconomyProgramme

    , Eurogroup president Mario Centeno confirmed that the eurozone ministers gave Greece’s budget the green light... are committed to a sound fiscal path.” However, as expected, Centeno stressed that the focus will now.... “Further progress is clearly needed in some areas,” said Centeno. “This includes privatisation

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  5. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    . Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would... permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest

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  6. Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015

    Newsletters

    . Unfortunately, this leaves policymakers with limited options. The type of measures that can... Sakellaridis also played down the comments from Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Labour Minister

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  7. Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016

    Newsletters

    a whole new type of problem. There were more than 850,000 arrivals in 2015, only 414 of whom have been... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot... that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting this week was for a large refugee

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  8. Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
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    Agora

    a whole new type of problem. There were more than 850,000 arrivals in 2015, only 414 of whom have been... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting last week was for a large refugee

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  9. SYRIZA elects new secretary as Tsipras sets stage for election contest
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the main opposition party. This type of ideological clash is exactly the kind of conflict that Tsipras...The stage is set for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the next step in his effort to recharge SYRIZA after his choice for party secretary, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis, was elected

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  10. Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that SYRIZA, or the Progressive Alliance, will move further away from the multi-faceted type.... Former Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis is set to take over as the party’s new spokesperson

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