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

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    that has led to controversy and even criticism from human rights groups in the past but at the same... 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. Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
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    Society

    of the UN Convention on Human Rights. These include designating paths to citizenship for older... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship

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  3. Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
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    that human decency demands of an enlightened Europe. The other point concerns what more Greece can do once refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... that take the risk anyway. So far, the EU’s efforts to get Turkey to tackle human traffickers has

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  4. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    Agora

    facilities for refugees in Greece continue to be unacceptable. Human Rights Watch highlighted recently... pressing of crises, where the human cost is so clear, is an embarrassment for the EU and its members... to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière suggested in an interview earlier

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  5. Wildfires provide familiar test for government
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    will be whether human lives are lost. Despite the massive devastation inflicted by the Evia fire two years... to the fact that it had prevented a Mati-style human disaster. Greeks abroad While all the attention... elections. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus said that removing the barriers was “a matter of respect.” Many

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  6. PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come

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    , while some rural districts will lose seats as a result of dwindling population. Three seats will also... across electoral districts. Interior Minister Makis Voridis stated recently that the government intended

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  7. EU report shows Greece entering new era of extreme ageing and population decline
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    , with population decline concentrated heavily in rural regions and the interior. While some coastal areas

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  8. Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    in Libya. Dendias reportedly briefed Raab on the Greek positions and “on the dangers that are being created... issued by the Interior Ministry, the private Dogan news agency reported. The Greek government

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  9. Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece

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  10. New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    approach on migration in response to increased arrivals from Libya also comes at a time when New... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster

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