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Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
PoliticsGreek Politicsgeneral elections and since then the government has been trying to come up with a formula... necessary to put their apartments on the market. Another measure being lined up is a tender process.... The fiscal space available over the last few years has meant that the PM has always been able to use
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agoracherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... and economy. Samaras (the striker) acknowledged as much in his post-game comments. “I hope we provided our... that victory on the field has the power to transform people’s lives and a nation’s course. Sport could
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agorawas, in the public eye, invariably blamed on the property tax that has proved deeply unpopular in a country where 80... tax kills,” read one newspaper headline. For a friend in his mid-50s who has been desperately looking... EU-imposed austerity has been replaced by resignation and despondency. And in this sense, the death
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As reform talks continue in Brussels, Tsipras gauges reaction at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsown party and the domestic audience over the content of the reform package his government has sent... in return for further loans is unlikely. This has created a sense of anxiety within Greece.... Opinion polls suggest that there has been a gradual rise in the level of concern among voters as well
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Fool Britannia
Agora, the finance minister disappearing and nobody having any plan about what to do: This has all happened over the last few years in Greece. Never, though, all at the same time as has just occurred in the UK... campaign, has been a real revelation for those observing from outside, particularly in Greece, which has
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Athens blocks EU statement on China amid growing economic ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has blocked a European Union statement at the United Nations that aimed to strongly... statement was due to the “unconstructive criticism against China.” The same source has underlined... that Athens has expressed scepticism about the way the EU has criticicised the human rights record
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Greece prepares for Erdogan visit, limits extent of Sharia law
PoliticsForeign PolicyPavlopoulos, claim that he has not sent an official invitation yet. Among the issues that have... in 65 years. I think this visit will yield significant results," said Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister.... Athens has publicly declared many times that it still supports Turkey's European accession
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Large rally over name issue ramps up pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has vowed to continue negotiating with the Former Yugoslav Republic... was the largest demonstration that the capital has seen for some years. Coming just a couple... on a crucial national issue.” Since the first rally in Thessaloniki, Mitsotakis has decided to side
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Turkey's move in Mediterranean puts Mitsotakis under pressure domestically
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal.... It has also been condemned by Egypt and Cyprus, the other countries affected by Ankara’s bid to carve... and creation of EEZs. Greece has also threatened to expel Libya’s ambassador in Athens. Mitsotakis has had
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Athens reacts to Turkey developments, stance of EU allies on arms
PoliticsForeign Policysituations in the past, Ankara has tried to defuse domestic crises by provoking incidents abroad... to sell an aircraft carrier to Ankra has not gone down well in Athens. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias....” On its behalf, the Foreign Ministry underlined that Greece has repeatedly raised the issue
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