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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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Challenging three days of diplomatic talks, protests and budget voting ahead for Greece
PoliticsForeign Policyby days of heavy rioting in the Greek capital. Hunger strike The 15-year-old’s murder is traditionally... charged than in the past because of a hunger strike by Nikos Romanos, a friend of Grigoropoulos who... strike more than three weeks ago to convince authorities to allow him to do so. His request has
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Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016
strike saw one of the strongest turnouts in recent years, uniting a wide range of professionals... measures now that will last in order to make it sustainable. The general strike on Thursday saw one..., including cafes and restaurants, participated in the strike for the first time. The government
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Coalition appears to reach common ground with notaries over property auctions
EconomyProgrammeto them calling off their strike and allowing electronic auctions to begin at the end of the month... ground was found during the meeting for the strike to be called off and for electronic auctions...’ representatives suggested that the strike would be called off, although this will have to be confirmed by votes
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Newsletter 222 -04/10/2019
this week over the latest strike by unions over the government’s proposed labour reforms. Although public transport came to a halt in Athens on Wednesday, participation in the strike was deemed minimal and was lower in comparison to last week’s protest. Perhaps sensing that the second strike had
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Voters in flux as government faces more pushback over labour reforms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs another 24-hour strike was held on Tuesday to protest the government’s planned labour reforms... of Tuesday’s strike, which followed a general strike earlier this month. Greece’s unions... aftermath, which shot back up the political agenda recently due to the 23-day hunger strike by one
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Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto build four submarines for the Greek Navy at the Skaramangas shipyards, west of Athens. The deal... sights for some time and the Skaramangas stalemate represents an opportunity for the leftists... to a question about Skaramangas was to exonerate the current government from any wrongdoing
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
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Greek MPs pass 2015 budget but give few clues for presidential vote
PoliticsGreek Politics, the tension from Saturday could carry over as Romanos has entered the fourth week of a hunger strike... more trials. His hunger strike has not just drawn support from Greece’s small but hardcore anarchist... Tsipras had simply referred to his age and the fact that he is on a hunger strike.
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Coalition feels wrath on pensions but not in opposition's interest to push hard
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue on Thursday against the backdrop of another general strike. Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos... in was highlighted by the strong turnout for Thursday’s general strike in Athens and other parts of the country... are particularly unpopular with the self-employed and farmers. In the build up to Thursday’s strike
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