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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agora, because policy needs to be sustainable and calibrated for the new generation, which has a life... dependent on others. He is self-starting and has a steady sense of purpose. Odysseus’ own mythical journey... with three years’ worth of additional data. A big external shock has arrived, the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Deal with Germany over arms to Ukraine irks opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has come under fire from opposition parties at home after it was announced... zone” by sending arms to Ukraine, especially during an increased threat from Turkey. SYRIZA has been... believe their position has been strengthened by a report in left-wing Efimerida ton Syntakton which
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Newsletter 343 - 24/06/2022
of energy bills. PM Mitsotakis stressed the range of measures that his administration has adopted... in 2019. The Finance Ministry has set aside 375 million euros for the latest measures, taking total... Greeks to the polls this autumn. The left-wing party believes that Mitsotakis has decided that if he
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agorato lower, but still appreciable, unemployment rates. The recovery has not yet played out... that the natural UR could settle around 7½ percent of the labor force. Employment growth has since been robust... it collapsed in the crisis of 2010. Informed by the painful experience of the 2010 crisis, Greece has
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ND struggles to shift spotlight away from wiretapping fallout
PoliticsGreek Politics“internal enemies,” while PASOK, which has two Muslim MPs in its ranks, said Athansiou should.... The incident is indicated of how New Democracy has at times tied itself in knots following the resignation... has promised to reform EYP, already tabling draft legislation, and to fully investigate
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Newsletter 348 - 12/07/2022
Friday of the EYP chief and the general secretary to the PM, Grigoris Dimitriadis, New Democracy has..., as has been demanded by PASOK, and would be open to “creative ideas” for further improving... given that any government that has a majority in Parliament will also have a majority in the house
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Athens pins hopes on pan-European solution for energy crisis, as surveillance affair unfolds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA renewed sense of urgency among European governments has revived hopes in Athens that a collective... pipeline by Gazprom. This would come as a relief for the government in Athens, which has spoken... and Portugal, has presented a number of proposals to its EU peers in recent months in the hope of urging
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Reports claiming link between spyware and state pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has come under renewed pressure regarding the phonetapping affair, as media reports... not stand up to scrutiny. If confirmed, this could be significant evidence as it has been established... argument that the spyware has no link to official, legal wiretapping. New Democracy has so far dismissed
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Opposition fails to make inroads in spyware hearing as denials continue
PoliticsGreek Politics, the special cyber unit set up within EYP which has been linked in reports to the use of Predator, he.... In an interview given to the podcast Protagonistes, journalist Tassos Telloglou, who has co-authored..., challenging him to appear before Parliament to answer questions. Mitsotakis has a right decline
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PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsto fight crime and deal with migration challenges. New Democracy traditionally has close ties with the country’s police and coast guard – a relationship that Mitsotakis has tried to cultivate during his time in office. Tuesday’s announcement was not the first time that the current government has sought
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