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PM makes first direct contact with Trump, hoping to keep US-Greek relationship special
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made his first bid to build a connection with Donald Trump ahead of the latter being inaugurated as US President in January. Mitsotakis held a 10-minute telephone call with the President-elect on Monday. According ...
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Opposition mulls censure motion as poll makes public discontent over Tempe clear
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first opinion poll published in the wake of the latest developments linked to the Tempe train crash made grim reading for the government, which is bracing to face further pressure from its political rivals. The MRB survey for Open TV indicated that ...
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Greece makes first contact with new Syrian leader as PM chases up missile issue in Paris
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece has decided to take its first steps towards building close ties with a post-Assad Syria. That was the main aim of the visit made by Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis to Damascus on Sunday, where he met with Syrian Interim President Ahme...
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Mitsotakis makes new bid to break deadlock with farmers as govt ponders relief measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s meeting this Monday with protesting farmers is being framed as a decisive moment in a standoff that has stretched for nearly 50 days. Scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Maximos Mansion, the talks bring together representati...
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Controversial migration bill divides government factions
PoliticsGreek Politicsmakes it easier for Greece to deport failed asylum seekers and restricts the right to residency... illegally, you only have one option, to return; you are not welcome”. The new legislation makes... 5-year prison sentence or voluntary deportation. The migration minister claimed this makes Greece
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The wrong prescription
Agoraand petrol stations makes the distribution network for OTC products sparser. This increases welfare... their share of medicine costs. The OECD also makes no mention of the fact pharmacies have to pay... contest. Ultimately, this comes down to a question of survival. The OECD itself makes it clear in its
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
conservative figures were implicated in the Novartis bribery claims makes it clear that SYRIZA is hoping it can inflict irreparable damage to Mitsotakis’s fortunes. In such an environment, it makes... pct in Jan Index makes strong start to the year, reversing decline of December Greece’s industrial
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomythat construction is expected to be subdued makes the projection of construction growth of 7.9 percent.... The Council makes a point that in 2017, the balance of other goods, that exclude oil and ships... growth of 2 percent during the period is not just an optimistic forecast. As result, the Council makes
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Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
PoliticsGreek Politicsand its local representative, Popi Papandreou, has focussed on the 2019 to 2022 period. This makes ND’s... is that it removes Voridis from the picture and, as things stand, makes any leadership challenge from... put ND on a trajectory that makes a third parliamentary majority look like an increasingly tall order
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PM gives full support to police amid fresh criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicslabelled at two officers and a group of policemen being implicated in a human smuggling ring. Speaking.... The controversy surrounding the latest incident was exacerbated by the fact that the two policemen were... in his speech, arguing that there are only a “handful” of bad policemen. He added that no abuse
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