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  1. Athens encouraged by agreement on EU's Strategic Compass

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    and the total destruction of the city by Russian troops.” He also said that “Chechen troops have arrived from the Russian side and the city has been completely destroyed. The Greek government has a special... of Greek nationals and ethnic Greeks to evacuate the ruined city since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He

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  2. Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    by the union of workers in the city’s water utility EYATH supported by the association of musicians... in the city centre, including a proposal by a hotel chain to convert one of them into a conference venue... for the conservative vote. Sentiment in Greece’s second largest city has been particularly affected

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  3. Dead fish in Volos cause big political stink
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    More than 100 tons of dead fish that washed up off the port city of Volos in central Greece... towards the city in central Greece from nearby Lake Karla, which was drained in the 1960s..., the developments in the port city are a reminder of how the growing environmental challenges

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  4. ND highlights housing initiatives as Athens waste row rekindles hopes of progressive alliance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    alliance between the two parties which won city hall in the last local elections. The government... for a progressive alliance on the national scene. Athens mayor Haris Doukas, who won city hall for PASOK... euros to 30 million euros without notice, after the city council had already approved its budget

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  5. Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015

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    in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... government, with Pavlopoulos as Interior Minister, issued a presidential decree that allowed fixed-term

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  6. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos

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  7. Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    within the government, even leading to thoughts of removing Panousis’s portfolio from the Interior.... Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Hountis

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  8. Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left

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    Former Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday, highlighting the fragmentation in this part of the Greek political spectrum. With PASOK... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He

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  9. Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
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    in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos

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  10. Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
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    that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings

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