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Greeks' working hours among highest in EU, annual leave below average
SocietyAn annual review for the working rights of workers in the European Union has found a divergence in the working lives that employees across the Union are entitled to. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions report ent...
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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
SocietyEarlier this month, Greece’s media regulator started the process of examining the bids for private TV broadcast licenses. While the relationship between money, power and information is the subject of debate in most healthy democracies, the government of...
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Crisis-era productivity in Greece lowest among OECD countries
EconomyFeaturesA study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) examining productivity levels over the last seven years found that Greece was the only country surveyed where productivity fell over the period. The OECD Compendium of Productiv...
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe year ends with Greece being hit by a cold snap and high winds, but with the government planning to get 2020 off to a smooth and convincing start. Given that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been out of Athens with his family over the past few ...
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Greece among hardest hit in Covid-related drop for European arrivals
EconomyFeaturesThe European Travel Commission (ETC) has examined tourism trends in the light of the second coronavirus wave and found that arrivals in Europe in the first eight months of the year were down by 68 percent compared to 2019. The hardest hit countries were...
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Transparency concerns emerge among voters as leaders clash over wiretapping
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe debate that followed the censure motion tabled by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras this week is due to climax on Friday, when PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the opposition chief do battle over the surveillance scandal before MPs vote in a ballot that New De...
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Majority for marriage equality in sight despite reluctance among ruling party MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter two days during which New Democracy MPs were briefed privately by government officials about the reasoning behind the marriage equality bill, as well as its details, the party appears confident that most of its lawmakers will back the legislation,...
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Signs of rally for ND despite strong dissatisfaction among voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV suggests that dissatisfaction with the government’s record in a number of policy areas is high but, nevertheless, New Democracy has started to reverse some of the recent losses it has suffered. Support for the ruling c...
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After Brexit vote, Tsipras stresses need for political response to EU shortcomings
PoliticsForeign Policy“progressives” hints at the recent efforts made by Tsipras to build bridges with Europe’s social
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
hints at changes to electoral bill Govt at loggerheads with judiciary over Siemens trial suspension
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