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Newsletter 142 -1/12/2017
details The government has spent the week fighting off corruption allegations in connection... of Kammenos’s problems. Apart from the fact that he has been made a target by New Democracy, which senses... with shipowner and media boss Vangelis Marinakis. Kammenos has made numerous accusations against Marinakis
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Tsipras focussed on MoU exit in 2018 but will have to avoid pitfalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a much more comfortable position, especially if the growth rate picks up as is expected, than it has..., the government has pushed a “clean exit” narrative, arguing that the end of the bailout means that Greece.... So far, the discussion about what form monitoring will take has been subdued outside of Greece even
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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeaturesin 2008-2010. The recession has resulted in a backlog of 21.4 million euros’ worth of infrastructure... sector is a case in point. Since Greece introduced natural gas as a fuel in 1995, it has built... domestic demand, which peaked at just 4.5 bcm in 2011 and has yet to recover to similar levels
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Newsletter 161 -11/05/2018
by May 24 but the apparent lack of progress in completing the 88 prior actions has led to some... to the Prime Minister, Dimitris Liakos, has sent a new message to ministers asking them to speed up... related to the energy sector that Athens has to complete. It is expected that a number of them
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Philip Roth's words of caution
Agorafollowers he has in Greece. The news of his passing was followed by numerous effusive tributes..., the novel has gained relevance over the last few years due to the rise of the far-right in Europe... situation in numerous western countries. Although Roth has Roosevelt make a comeback to become
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Name settlement triggers intense political battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsdispute has sparked political turbulence in Greece. New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who... Pavlopoulos on Wednesday and asked the latter to intervene in order for the deal, which has not yet been... of Macedonia (FYROM) Zoran Zaev this weekend. Mitsotakis also raised the issue of whether Tsipras has
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
SocietyDebate around a recent amendment to Greece’s Citizenship Code has prompted a flurry of claims..., they strike a chord with a Greek public that has become increasingly xenophobic and suspicious... Kikilias cited a front-page article in right-wing Estia newspaper, claiming that “the government has
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesThe plight of the Greek middle class has emerged as the dominant theme of the campaign for the July...) households’ disposable income fell by more than a third between 2010-2016 and has shown only... from tax returns shows that there has been a dramatic downward shift in earnings over the years
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agora. Another key difference is that the Netherlands has developed and adapted its asylum policy over several decades, whereas circumstances and political indifference over many years mean that Greece has had... at Rijswijk refugee centre The Netherlands has focussed its efforts on creating not only a swift asylum
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Solution, have indicated that they will not back the government’s proposal. Greek Solution has 10... percentage point the party has gained, reaching a ceiling of 50 seats if 40 percent or more of the votes... it has long supported a switch to proportional representation, arguing that this is a fairer and more
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