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  1. Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt

    Economy

    On top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of l...

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  2. Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The use of face masks for debates in Parliament became compulsory on Wednesday as Greek authorities try to re-instill a sense of caution in the public after seeing the number of coronavirus cases rise significantly this week. The decision to make MPs an...

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  3. Government tries to contain fallout from breach of voters' data

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    given the ongoing investigation into a potential data breach at the Interior Ministry. The MEP... Data Protection Authority, the Interior Ministry and a public prosecutor. It was also announced on Friday that Interior Ministry general secretary Michalis Stavrianoudakis and New Democracy’s secretary

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  4. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
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    Agora

    spending has been reduced to a drip feed. While there is still waste that can be addressed, finding 2 billion euros at this stage of the Greek crisis is more than just a tall order. With no genuine

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  5. Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
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    Agora

    debate about extremism without finding a way to rise above the so-called “strategy of tension.” It has... of Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias and Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou – the two people

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  6. SYRIZA's date with history
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    Agora

    , Tsipras runs a similar risk of finding himself trying to disentangle a complex set of parameters... accused Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of trying to encourage “apostasy” among opposition MPs in order

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  7. Tsipras forges ahead with referendum as lenders hold back, wait for result
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    “take personal responsibility for finding a solution.” It is not clear what he meant... to include New Democracy, To Potami, PASOK and at about 50 SYRIZA MPs in order to form a majority, unless

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  8. Portugal and Greece: The opposite ends of Europe’s southern periphery
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    Agora

    , in liaison with the European Central Bank (ECB), conducts regular review missions to Portugal in order... in the hope of finding better living and working conditions on new shores, be they far or near

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  9. As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    but left before he was due to speak as a result of a dispute over the order in which the guests were... that there are prospects for the parties close to the centre of Greek politics finding common ground. In his speech

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  10. Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
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    Agora

    tightening in the beginning of the bailout period in order to restore confidence in a recovery... is to start by finding out how big a surplus is needed to pay off all the debt, the second point is to find

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