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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
AgoraIn the wake of the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Europe, Greece has emerged as an unlikely role model, with international media referring to the “Greek model” of crisis management.... It is to the credit of the decision-makers involved that they recognised their predicament and saw
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PM prepares to reaffirm political dominance in EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greece should adopt the Swedish model when it comes to tertiary education. Pierrakakis argued that no other country has adopted the Swedish model in its entirety. The latest opinion poll from Pulse... by 1 point to 29.5 pct, while PASOK’s ratings also dropped by half a point to 12 pct. SYRIZA saw its
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Revival of Mitsotakis-Tsipras rivalry points to future developments on political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicsto action. Tsipras’s high-profile appearance in Thessaloniki, which some observers saw as an attempt... pillars ranging from a strong, fair state and a revamped production model, to demographic resilience... Greece’s growth model, pitting a centre-left agenda of wealth redistribution and targeted public
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Attacks on Chios refugee camp underline precarious balance on islands
PoliticsGreek Politicsunder a sustained attack last week from suspected supporters of far-right Golden Dawn, leading... for the migrants’ plight, islanders saw tourism revenues drop this summer and this has stoked some resentment. Golden Dawn has sensed an opportunity and has tried to tap into this anger. Its spokesman and MP
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
tries to correct his party’s errors from the European Parliament elections, which saw SYRIZA end up..., neo-Nazi Golden Dawn with 4 to 6 percent, while ultra-nationalist Elliniki Lysi (Greek Solution... will gain 74 seats, KINAL 23, KKE 16, Golden Dawn 15, Greek Solution 12 seats and Mera25 9 seats. Under
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Newsletter 311 - 08/10/2021
party saw its majority in Parliament shrink slightly this week. Although the dismissal of one... of neo-Nazis in Greece following the outlawing of Golden Dawn. Secondly, Bodganos was only recently... a potential threat emerging to New Democracy’s right. The outlawing of Golden Dawn means
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ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsto its parliamentary group. The aftermath of the budget vote saw the media focus on the set of voter... an offshoot of the banned neoNazi party Golden Dawn. During Monday’s regular media briefing... Dawn politician. On Monday night, the Interior Ministry tabled an amendment in Parliament aimed
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Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsopposition party could point to the fact that New Democracy and PASOK (Elia) saw their share of the vote drop... saw its support decline by a combined total of almost 11 percentage points. Nevertheless, the fact... Dawn The other conclusion that can be drawn from the results of the EU vote is that Golden Dawn's
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Divided we fall?
AgoraAntonis Samaras became the arch-proponent of the anti-memorandum line, feeding the populism that saw...-Nazis of Golden Dawn. The seeds of division were sown. However, as the programme progressed... fed antagonism. Samaras's New Democracy cultivated the "theory of the two extremes," which saw
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Opinion poll blow for govt as it considers further Covid measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsof this shift, which saw support for the two main parties drop by a combined 5 points, appears to be centre... Fofi Gennimata. KINAL saw its backing increase from 8.5 pct in October to 9.8 pct this month.... It should be noted that two far-right parties, outlawed Golden Dawn and Greeks for the Homeland
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