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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsis certainly one where the conservatives feel they can eat away at the strong support for the government... 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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Coalition unwound
Agorapronounced, vision to spur the coalition’s efforts. As the drachma risk faded and lenders were.... Samaras, feted by some of the international media as the man who turned Greece around, saw an opportunity
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Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat reducing taxes will help spur the economy and that the increase in GDP will ensure... 21 administrative staff being moved back to metro stations to man ticket offices. According
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Newsletter 233 - 20/12/2019
that reducing taxes will help spur the economy and that the increase in GDP will ensure... the stoppage was caused by a protest against 21 administrative staff being moved back to metro stations to man
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New political clash over police violence, but ND seems unperturbed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInterior Minister Makis Voridis, alleged that the man in question was known to the police, had... beating a man who was apparently discussing with them their efforts to disperse people from New... were injured during scuffles. Regarding the video of two policemen beating a man who did not appear
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The men who would be prime ministers
Agorathe matter of a few months, Tsipras also had to eat his words. Vows to tear up the existing bailout... than his colleagues, should call for Tsipras to resign and snap elections to be held. It came
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Stavros Papastavrou had to resign as Deputy Minister to the PM and Minister of State... at ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new
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Speculation about timing of next general elections intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a snap election or play the long game and hope that he can eat away at New Democracy’s poll lead over... is turning a corner. On Sunday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis suggested that the general
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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the man to be Greece’s seventh president. For anyone expecting Tsipras would use... to sort out problems in the public sector that they inherited from previous governments. Yet, the man
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You can call it reform if you like
Agoraof the government’s commitment to reform. But what has been the fate of the man responsible for the legislation that allowed these 35,000 employees to be hired when it was not necessary, the man... taxpayer-funded jobs by lying? Surely, this man must also be held accountable, maybe even lining up
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