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Controversial labour law set to usher in radical changes to employment practices
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy is moving ahead with draft legislation set to introduce sweeping changes to employment law. The bill, which introduces controversial concepts such as “zero hours” contracts, has been condemned by most opposition parties and labour unions in the latest dispute over workplace rights
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Unpopular tax bill set to become law despite objections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s legislation against tax evasion looks set to clear the final hurdle today in the teeth of strong objections from opposition parties and legal concerns raised by Parliament’s scientific council. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis threw his weight behind Finance Minister Kostis
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Rivalry between New Democracy and PASOK set for revival
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis is set to launch his own party. When these numbers are projected into an election
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Tsipras faces challenge in turning promise of China trip into reality
PoliticsForeign Policyto Parliament as a draft law. In the wake of the meeting, COSCO chairman Xu Lirong announced
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agoraof various theories about the coronavirus. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, stated that he
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Athens braces for Erdogan bargaining at NATO summit
PoliticsForeign Policywas spying for Athens. On Saturday, Turkish authorities reportedly arrested a man named Mohamed Amar
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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
Lafazanis, already appears to have put his foot down over Tsipras’s initial plans to nominate EU... decision to put the police on the defensive, rather than advocating a more proactive stance... in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis
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Mitsotakis sworn in as prime minister as attention turns to Cabinet picks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis set about appointing the team to carry out his mandate to transform Greece... Staikouras looks set to head the Finance Ministry, where he held a more junior ministerial portfolio... Dendias are tipped to return to former posts at the Labour and Interior Ministries respectively
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsand there is no such stipulation in most European Union countries. The amendment, which is due to be put to a vote... fuelled on Monday by an amendment submitted to Parliament by the Interior Ministry. It aims... a parliamentary majority. The rule had been introduced in 2014 but the Interior Ministry argues
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politics. The existing law, which has not yet been put to the test in elections, requires Greeks who live abroad.... On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Parliament lifting restrictions on Greeks voting... voters has so far gathered 300 registrations, out of what the Interior Ministry estimates
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