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PM sees progress on lasting dispute with Albania after Tirana visit
PoliticsForeign Policyperspective of Albania and the Western Balkans. After all, this was also the main topic on the agenda... are not in the same political party as with Tsipras with whom we are friends." Main opposition SYRIZA... management” in its foreign policy. The main opposition party sought to undermine the political
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorabeing signed, Samaras launched what was nicknamed Zappeio II, his main platform for “renegotiation.... Although Papademos managed to deliver on his main objectives, Samaras could sense that, with PASOK... in Tsipras’s claim that the country’s currency is not a taboo. Samaras, though, had crossed his main red
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
for an increase in the healthcare contribution for pensioners from 4 to 6 percent for main pensions and from... of the main pension funds, cutting supplementary pensions by 6 percent on average due to the implementation... would reportedly target savings of 1 billion by 2018 and involve a different calculation of both main
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politics, beyond the main aim, which is the IMF meeting,” the official is quoted as saying. It is clear... in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyof the Greek diaspora from the former USSR by the two main political parties in years gone by. Press... 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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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThis Friday’s vote in Parliament on the government’s university reform bill provides the main... before receiving an email from the Interior Ministry regarding the postal vote. The inference... available and does not contain contact information. The Interior Ministry issued a statement denying
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Data protection ruling adds to pressure on New Democracy from ranks
PoliticsGreek Politics, the main concern stems from the battering ND took in the June elections and the polling figures...-Michelle Asimakopoulou to obtain the contact details of overseas voters from the Interior Ministry... of State. In May, the Interior Ministry received a fine of 400,000 euros and Asimakopoulou herself
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Deadly floods blight Athens as progress sought in third review
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday, creating a bleak backdrop for political developments this week. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... will take place but approval of the coalition’s measure is guaranteed as the main opposition parties... in subsequent months to attack the main opposition party and its leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Third
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorathe picture-postcard backdrop of the Santorini sunset as borders reopened to visitors from most...” (sense of pride/honour) as the main weapon in the fight against the virus. The opposition has accused... recognisable housewives’ favourite addressed one of the main risks at the time - intergenerational mixing
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