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  1. Strong public support for farmers adds to pressure on PM for more measures
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    significantly. Both SYRIZA and PASOK saw their support decline by half a point compared to December. PASOK...-nationalist Greek Solution, which saw is rating jump by 1.5 points to 6.5 pct. According to the poll, the cost of living is seen as the most important problem they face by 40 pct of respondents, while 53 pct

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  2. For Greek families, electricity goes from given to must for survival
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    Society

    , rely on air conditioning units and electric heaters. The problem, though, is that an increasing... for not having reacted earlier to the developing problem, especially given that lives were lost last year... between the second half of 2011 and the latter half of 2012. Consumers in Cyprus saw

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  3. Refugee crisis poses multiple political challenges for Tsipras

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    . The United Nations called on both Greece and Europe to step up their response to the problem after its... and described the conditions he saw as “appalling.” #asylum seekers, appalling reception conditions. Somewhere... (@cochetel) July 29, 2015 The UN also noted the scale of the problem, stressing that about 124,000

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  4. Newsletter 332 - 18/03/2022

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    taking substantial measures to address the problem. In a social media post, leader Alexis Tsipras said... over the last few quarters, which saw the stock of main pensions applications drop from the high... reaction to a problem that needs a much wider, consistent approach? We start by asking whether

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  5. Greece targets seat on UN Security Council as North Macedonia row rumbles on
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    that we can take important steps to solve the chronic problem of the Cyprus problem,” Gerapetritis... in the United Nations but also in the European Union, we saw difficulties in achieving consensus, even.... The Prespa agreement, which for us had many problems, has a basic acquis that is the one name overall

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  6. Survey reveals working lives, job-finding trends of young Greeks
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    Society

    saw it through to completion. This tended to be people who have completed tertiary education and Greek... surveyed said that they found no type of support helpful. When it comes to finding a job, the most

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  7. Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
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    Society

    was built upon by subsequent governments and extended with a strategy which saw the creation of numerous... of the Diamantopoulou law criticised what it saw as a deep politicisation of decision-making on all... activity was clearly taking place. Once again, the problem appears to be not the law itself but its

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  8. Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey

    Agora

    flows? The IMF’s non-eurozone directors saw in 2010 that Greece’s bailout was designed for the benefit... diplomacy to manage the crisis. For the MEPs, the problem with the troika is that it’s an ad hoc... support the idea of uniting the continent, the problem is that the troika stands for Europe’s division

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  9. Eurogroup approves 3rd bailout for Greece but expects swift, extensive action
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    Greek Parliament approved with a broad majority, even though Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras saw... problem of non-performing loans. “Given the magnitude of the problem, we urge the authorities

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  10. When the refugee crisis met the bailout review

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    to the growing refugee problem. There would be an unseemliness to Greece and its lenders horse-trading like... at the same time would be a recipe for disaster. We saw last year how Greece’s state machinery seized up... and the Greek people are paying a very high price for the problem they themselves did not create,” said

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