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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing... is one of the few cabinet members to emerge with his reputation relatively intact. The Interior
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several... the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker government
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural Development. The new head of the Development Ministry is Takis Theodorikakos, who has previously served as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras... is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry, where she is replacing one of the few
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societyin. In a joint statement, 20 human rights and aid groups called on the government to end its..., spearheaded by Human Rights Watch (HRW), revealed that several of the NGOs had requested a meeting with Prime... in these terrible conditions on the islands for another winter,” Eva Cosse, Greece researcher at Human
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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
Agorathe European Union is founded, namely "human dignity, freedom, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities". The bright spot of the Croatian presidency... solidarity when it comes to distributing money. Human rights and the radicalization of society
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Samaras and Venizelos rule out elections but can't be sure they won't happen
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat have not been arrested by suggesting they would not dare to resign en masse and create... by abusing the right of its deputies to resign their positions, it should be prevented from doing so... of their title. So, if the others do not resign in the meantime, there will be no elections. SYRIZA, however
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After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politicsdoctors being forced to resign was raised. “Over the last year there has been no break with bad old... CEO Anthimos Thomopoulos to resign. The HFSF denied this was the case and Tsakalotos reportedly dodged..., initially resisted calls for her to resign but eventually stepped down. Revenues chief It was not until
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Court delivers serious blow over TV permits, gov't vows to fight on
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition for the coalition to resign. PASOK and To Potami immediately called for State Minister Nikos Pappas, who was the architect of the process, to resign. Given that Pappas is Alexis Tsipras’s closest... that the government should resign because of the failure of the TV licence tender
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agorapoliticians and human rights groups agree is not fit for purpose. Elements of the Dutch system... criticised by human rights groups. Groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Doctors... they qualify for protection. Particular emphasis is given by human rights groups and migration
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PM scrambles to rein in political fallout as deadly crash threatens to upend election contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the incident, claiming that, “unfortunately everything points towards the cause being tragic human error... a bigger challenge. For one, the scale of the human impact makes it harder for the general public... treated. It is also notable that while the media has homed in on the “human error” factor
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