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Parliament re-opens for business amid calls for greater scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics. In an interview on Mega TV yesterday, former Labour Minster and SYRIZA MP Efi Achtsioglou warned... environmental legislation and speed up in investments in green energy. Critics are concerned... to be fanned by both main parties, despite recent official denials. In a TV interview yesterday, a junior
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Covid-19 inflicts minimal wear and tear for ND as opposition struggles to profit
PoliticsGreek Politicspositivity are taken into account, some Greek regions are still in the green zone – putting them among few... are growing more concerned about developments. An Alco poll for Open TV indicates that the pandemic... 15 pct in May. A survey by Marc for Alpha TV suggests that 35.6 pct of Greeks think
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Newsletter 324 - 21/01/2022
it would create in public revenues. Speaking on TV this week, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said... for Mega TV, also shows KINAL’s fortunes improving steadily. According to the poll, the centre-left party... of the year is also due to see the issuance of a green bond.MacroeconomyCharts of the weekBalance
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Relief for coalition as wildfire threat subsides
PoliticsGreek Politicscontrol a large forest fire that had been burning for three days north of Athens. The trouble... for around 1,500 hectares of forest- and shrub-land being burnt. The political leaders appeared to take... Kyriakos Mitsotakis, meanwhile, made six proposals for changes to the way Greece addresses forest
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PWC report finds Greek fire damage above average despite lower incidence
Societyare particularly devastating to its natural forest areas. The report found that between 2008 to 2017... area burnt per forest fire, at 27.94 hectares compared to an average of 11.42. The majority of fires.... Furthermore, countries in central Europe have the lowest ratio of burnt forest area per forest fire, which
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ND keeps eye on upcoming local elections amid ongoing complaints about wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthrough the Dadia forest, proved less an assessment of what had gone wrong with this year’s fire... Parnitha in Athens and the Dadia forest, and to conduct the necessary flood prevention works before... that the failings in the response to the threat posed by forest fires is part of a broader problem to do
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Government action plan on forests touted amid scepticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s response plan, combining support measures with a long-term forest management programme. Among... for fire prevention and forest management. Environment and Energy Minister Theodoros Skylakakis... Attica and commissioning detailed studies for the management of the 140,000 hectares of forest
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Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/02/goldendawntorches_myrto_1000_011-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore than 18 months after rapper Pavlos Fyssas was murdered by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias near Piraeus, the Neo-Nazi party’s leader, MPs and numerous members are going on trial. A total of 69 people, including Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloli...
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Paris attacks change backdrop for Tsipras visit to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras' first official visit to Turkey (November 18-19) has suddenly turned into perhaps the most crucial visit of a Greek premier to Greece's neighboring country, as it takes place a few days following Paris' terrorist attacks. T...
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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Nikos Androulakis used his maiden speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Wednesday to hit out at both the ruling New Democracy party and its main rival SYRIZA, in an attempt to position the socialists as a distinct and reali...
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