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PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the country’s police and coast guard – a relationship that Mitsotakis has tried to cultivate during his time..., coming just hours after the 16-year-old was shot during a pursuit that was prompted by him failing... will to clamp down on lawlessness. However, during New Democracy’s tenure, the behaviour of the police has
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Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agorais receiving on its debt. High inflation helps the government to recover from the big deficits during... assistance from the EU and the IMF during the adjustment programs, fiscal tracking in the monthly.... Almost back to balance. Figure 1 shows clearly that the fiscal balance was hit severely during
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek Politics, during which Mitsotakis accused Tsipras of being part of a shadowy network trying to destabilise... of alleged scandals during SYRIZA’s tenure and arguing that Tsipras, media outlets friendly to the left... with the aim of damaging New Democracy and prevent it returning to power in this year’s elections. During
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Newsletter 444 - 06/12/2024
on the government. The socialists also submitted an amendment during the debate on the Labour... state resources to keep the sector afloat and clean it up from the debt crisis legacies. During... for the Greek taxpayer. Also, as a compensation for the losses incurred during the Greek debt haircut
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Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015
to the future while considering the past Many essential questions were avoided during the election... in their portfolio. Greece’s export performance during the past two years is negative. While... about the role of state institutions and public administration during this electoral campaign
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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
PoliticsForeign Policyon the refugee crisis, while during the G20 meeting in Antalya this weekend (November 15-16) Chancellor Angela... seeking a compromise that will limit the influx of migrants and refugees to Greece. During Tuesday’s.... Greek Proposals Greece’s positions is well known and was made clear publicly by Tsipras during
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Lavrov visit yields little for Athens, which denies Iranian bank veto
PoliticsForeign Policycrisis and Iraq. In his public statements during his meeting with Pavlopoulos, Lavrov claimed... capital. Sergei Lavrov deliberately avoided mentioning the possibility of cooperation during his address at the forum. During his meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Lavrov simply said
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Athens sees Cyprus talks progressing despite lack of deal in Geneva
PoliticsForeign Policyof the three guarantor powers. During these talks and before the second session of the Conference... US administration to take over in Washington. It seems that during his last meeting with the US... to remain in Cyprus with a military base. During his last visit to the US, the Greek Foreign Minister
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Russia sanctions, regional diplomacy dominate Tsipras visit to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policyremain very good. This was clear during Tsipras’s visits to Moscow and St. Petersburg and when Russian President Vladimir Putin came to Athens last year. During his visit in June 2015 to St. Petersburg... relations, which had not been possible during the last couple of years under the Obama
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New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track
PoliticsForeign Policyat all during Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias's talks with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson... meets his US counterpart. The Cyprus talks were mentioned in passing during Kotzias's meeting... that it was strange that the Cyprus issue hardly featured on agenda during Kotzias's visit
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