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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agoraon European Union membership. In both cases, reason has collided with emotion. Just as in Greece... what they say with facts. In this era of so-called “post-truth politics”, it has become standard... into voting “Yes” because it wanted to protect its interests. The same argument has been made in the UK
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Russia and China prove hot topics in Tsipras-Obama talks at NATO Summit
PoliticsForeign Policyintervention by saying “this is something you ought to tell your friend Putin,” the government has tried... with an aim to end the crisis in Syria. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has supported this position for a long time and even Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has expressed similar views while meeting
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After calm summer, hectic September lies ahead for Greek government
EconomyProgrammereforms and bank governance. On the privatisation front, the government has to agree.... This board then has to select the Board of Directors, while the new fund should be fully operational... minister. In addition, the government has to transfer to the new fund a second group of state-owned
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
on the economic recovery next year, but there has been much speculation about what pledges the premier might... a total of almost 250 million euros, which was way in excess of what was widely expected. The process has... on the matter. Brussels has asked the Greek government to ensure that claims the 2009 deficit figure
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Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall
PoliticsGreek Politicsreportedly wants the campaign to last three months. The Potami leader has also proposed that the two parties cease to exist as separate political entities once the new leader has been elected, while Gennimata has indicated that she wants there to be some kind of transition process leading to unification
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts, looks for party balance and broad appeal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to reduce the ENFIA property level by 30 percent in his first two years of governing, suggesting that he has identified tax cuts as the main tool... the ENFIA tax as the prime example given that it has been a very unpopular levy, particularly
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsexisting channels. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has already attracted negative comments... upholding the appeals. New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis has also intervened in the issue, though... last year the government has held up the TV tender as a prime example of its self-professed attempt
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Government also finds itself at odds with Church of Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has found itself in an unexpected war of words with the Church of Greece over... Orthodoxy and its traditions. This has upset the Church of Greece, which is trying to block the reforms... to the military dictatorship between 1967 and 1974, an issue that has long been a bone of contention in Greek
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Greece worst-performer in EU 28 for social justice
Societyconsecutive year, a recent study by the Bertelsmann Foundation has found. In its Social Justice Index..., the report found that the gap between Greece and Bulgaria and Romania “has actually widened again, since..., while Greece is standing still”. The report notes that “the crisis has had a devastating effect
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Newsletter 104 - 27/01/2017
Monetary Fund has demanded. This was not confirmed in the Eurogroup statement or in the press conference... on February 6. Details leaked to the Greek media suggest that the Washington-based organisation has... long the 3.5 percent primary surplus will have to be maintained. And there has not been any agreement
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