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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyand migrants crossed the Greek borders. It is a number that has alarmed the Greek authorities... and Politico, Migration Minister Dimitris Keridis has explained that the agreement will primarily... between the two countries at the borders. Indeed, government sources admit that there has recently
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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAndroulakis’s measure, given that he has failed to generate any significant momentum for PASOK...The focus on the first round of voting in the PASOK leadership ballot has come as welcome... has become. Samaras and Karamanlis were both highly and openly critical of Mitsotakis and his
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Government hopes new train footage helps stem support for parties on political extremes
PoliticsGreek Politicssome of the pressure that has been building over the last few weeks and which New Democracy officials... carriages, which were carrying metal sheets. There has been speculation, based on independent... has been involved in a cover up in the comments he made after the video of the freight train
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IMF concludes Article IV consultation, prepares to publish DSA in July
EconomyProgramme-term, again, I want to point you to the concluding statement tomorrow [Friday] and the Article IV which I think will give a better sense of our views on short-term, medium-term, long-term and our... indeed very clear that we think the measures announced last week will mitigate Greece's medium-term
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Erdogan visit leaves Athens with much to ponder, no visible signs of progress
PoliticsForeign Policy: Refugee issue Turkey has agreed in principle to take back migrants from the Greek mainland as well..., a process that has largely ground to a halt due to difficulties in the asylum process. However, according... for the implementation of such a measure, because it runs contrary to the EU-Turkey deal. The original deal
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Ministers dispatched to deal with disgruntled MPs as cost of living complaints dog ND
PoliticsGreek Politicscolleagues that the government has been doing its best to manage inflation and improve earnings, focussing... rebuffed the minister’s invitation to express his concerns to him privately. Vlachos has become a thorn... Hatzidakis, which Vlachos co-signed with 10 of his colleagues. The MP has since pursued the finance
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Role of inflation in US elections gives government food for thought
EconomyMacroeconomyMinistry bill, with the emphasis on the dozen tax relief measures it contains. The bill indeed has... as the cost of living has caused strain in the household budgets of large parts of the American public... pct in the national elections a year earlier. New Democracy has also been consistently performing
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Tsipras advertises launch of rent subsidy scheme in latest voter-friendly initiative
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPavlos Polakis behind it on Wednesday by unveiling a rent subsidy scheme, another measure SYRIZA... the minister was granted by Attica Bank. However, the Athens Prosecutors’ Office has reportedly launched... in every five families that rent their homes. The government has budgeted 304 million euros
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Racism in Greece is getting worse and authorities are to blame, damning report suggests
SocietyThere has been a significant rise in racist attacks since the 2012 general elections, when Golden Dawn entered Parliament, and it has been exacerbated by authorities’ failure to react, the Greek... and at least four deaths. Neofascist Golden Dawn has been linked to 71 of the incidents and police
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Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
Societyausterity, a report published last month has found. The country came 28th in The Economist... expenditure has been one of the many areas that have seen significant cuts. Dedicated funding... that little progress has been made since 1984, when a reform programme was launched to switch from
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