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Newsletter 319 - 03/12/2021
are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death rates from the virus... policy from SYRIZA is to call on its rival to set out in detail what it would propose instead, knowing... continuously since April, after nearly one year of decline when the sector was hit hard by two lockdowns
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MEP Androulakis takes first round in KINAL leadership vote after notable turnout
PoliticsGreek Politicswith 26 pct. The turnout, which exceeded 270,000, was one of the key takeaways from the first round... who took part was notable. One interpretation of this higher participation is that the party and its... vote. Loverdos could play a crucial role as he is set to announce who he will back in the second
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Newsletter 320 - 10/12/2021
looks set to win the run-off vote for the leadership of Movement for Change (KINAL) this Sunday... the Greek one would be an obvious impairment to leading the centre-left party. Although he did... took part was notable. One interpretation of this higher participation is that the party and its
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Androulakis receives strong mandate for renewal at KINAL
PoliticsGreek Politicsis expected to set out his vision, which will likely include an overhaul of the party structure, between now and then. One of the first moves he will have to make before then is to appoint a new... as voters seek to give one party a clear mandate.
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Questions over handling of rape case turn spotlight on policing and legacy of Greek #MeToo
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe public, including the revelation that one of the alleged perpetrators was released immediately after... set up to handle complaints, with the Thessaloniki office receiving 1,000 reports from the region over... to intimidate the victim while acting for one of the accused. The incident, and the public attention
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Mitsotakis pledges more help to tackle inflation, calls for EU price cap on natural gas
PoliticsGreek Politicsin which he set out a six-point plan to address the functioning of the EU’s wholesale gas market... of introducing a price cap. Ahead of Russia invading Ukraine, the government had been mulling a one... for a different type of intervention to the one suggested by Mitsotakis to von der Leyen, SYRIZA noted that it’s
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Athens encouraged by agreement on EU's Strategic Compass
PoliticsForeign Policy, annual defence spending exceeds 2 pct of national GDP, a goal that is set out in the Compass... assistance clause in the event of aggression against one of the bloc’s members. It also strengthens... Moldova, along with 10 other Greek nationals. “What I saw, I hope no one will ever see,” Androulakis
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
AgoraIn 2019, one of us wrote a book[1] about the Greek economy called “The Macroeconomy of Greece.... It is worth asking what happened to Odysseus and his people who set off on their journey in relatively.... One way of doing this is increasing the legal retirement age. Another to curtail early retirement
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Inflation triggers political machinations, move to increase budget spending
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is set to submit a supplementary budget that will allow it to increase spending... an economic conference this week that the next government may have to be made up of more than one party. One interpretation for this comment was that it was an honest assessment from a premier who
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Mitsotakis lays out confidence-boosting roadmap to end of term
PoliticsGreek Politicsterm, the prime minister set out his legislative agenda into 2023, while promising to do his best... that if they are not prepared to be dedicated to their task over the next 12 months due to having one eye on campaigning... one or two years from their original targets. On the education front, the legislation will allow
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