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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
SocietyThe Greek government has blamed freak weather conditions, planning violations going back decades... packed beach resort, full of holiday makers with very few escape routes. Very little has changed between... the MoU, bringing it back to just above 2006 levels. Since then it has resumed a steady upward trend
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesSince its launch in 2014, the Greek citizenship-by-investment scheme known as the “golden visa” has... of July 2018, the number of “golden visas” issued to property investors reached 2,968. This has... tourism from China, has clearly drawn many Chinese buyers with an interest in residence. The City
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EastMed pipeline close to high-level agreement, but still a long way from becoming reality
EconomyFeatures-project still has a number of hurdles to clear before it can become a reality, among them challenges...-found offshore fields to the markets of mainland Europe has been building. The plan envisages... announcement by Exxon-Mobil of a new discovery offshore Cyprus has boosted optimism around the project
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The Greek election's winners and losers
Agorathat his bid to send a message domestically and internationally that a page has been turned and a new administration which is up to European standards has taken over was severely diluted, if not completely.... Maybe this is because one no longer has the responsibility of running this troublesome country
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeatures. Lignite, or brown coal, has been Greece’s “national fuel” since the 1970s when it started being... rapid “de-lignitisation” marks a major turn-around in Greece’s energy policy, but one which has been... markets have been a fact of life for some time, and are starting to bite. This has been felt most
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Greece waits for tangible outcome from EU's symbolic backing over border crisis
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, will also be looking for practical help from its partners. It has already put in a request... to facilitate such an agreement so the Turkish president no longer feels he has anything to gain.... However, domestically, the Greek government has also been pushing the line that Ankara’s actions
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
AgoraGreece’s Covid-19 vaccination strategy has been closely aligned with the coordinated EU approach. This has guided the mix of vaccines acquired, the rate of delivery and the policy guidance on administration, while the roll-out process has been perhaps surprisingly smooth and free from controversy
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At the bottom of the Balkans: Kosovo's bumpy road in securing vaccines
Agoraof immunization against Covid-19 – which, according to them Kosovo has finalized the discussions... vaccines has been approved in the Parliament. Despite all these, Kosovo’s institutions have failed.... The political instability in the time of pandemic has had a major disruption in regard to vaccines
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Summer Covid wave sparks fresh warnings, as opposition unites on gender-based violence
PoliticsGreek Politics. Experts note that the decline suggests the current wave of the pandemic has crested, but warn... in July. It has been widely noted, however, that the latest figures equate to over 50 deaths a day.... The largest opposition party, SYRIZA, has blamed the government’s lack of support for the public
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Newsletter 361 - 02/12/2022
PoliticsPolls show some ND erosion as public tunes in to phonetappingAnother week has passed... cyber unit set up within the National Intelligence Service (EYP) which has been linked in reports... fifth on the subject, challenging him to appear before Parliament to answer questions. Mitsotakis has
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