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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
closed. This translates into activity at roughly 10 percent of last year’s Greece has opened its doors to a selected tourism market, but despite the sector’s hopes, it looks like the summer season... said that they had a “negative” or “probably negative” view of SYRIZA’s performance over the last
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Approval of street protest law a potential source of political tumult
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament approved on Thursday night the government’s legislation aimed at bringing street... a large demonstration in central Athens against the government’s initiative, resulting in some clashes... to the legislation as a sign of the government’s supposed authoritarian tendencies, providing fuel to those
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Newsletter 258 -07/17/2020
, taking the total number in Greece since the virus emerged to almost 4,000. Thursday’s numbers were... to restrictions as the government amped up measures at borders. Opening Greece’s borders to welcome tourists...”. Greece’s highest administrative court also handed Mitsotakis another hot potato this week when
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Experts recommend extensive reforms to overhaul economy amid mixed reception
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the utilisation of the country’s share of the EU Recovery Fund. The committee has adopted a sweeping remit... industry, technology innovation. The goal according to the report’s authors is to align the Greek...’s long-term planning. The prime minister expressed satisfaction that many of the proposals align
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Pompeo meeting concludes week of intense diplomatic activity over EastMed
PoliticsForeign Policyand diplomats as an opportunity to inform them about the movements of Turkey’s Oruc Reis research... is not expecting any tangible results from Friday’s teleconference involving EU foreign ministers but the fact that the call is taking place and that Turkey’s actions will be discussed is seen
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Trouble from Turkey prompts plans for extra defence spending after years of cuts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Christos Staikouras said in a TV interview that New Democracy is prepared to dip into Greece’s... on the purchase of two Belharra-type intervention frigates. No order has been placed with France’s Naval... recent years, when Greece’s defence budget had been trimmed – in real terms – as the country’s economy
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Tsipras picks holes in ND approach, unveils own spending proposals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to set out his thoughts on Greece’s present and future... on the economy and foreign policy, and give his assessment of government’s record. He also ramped up his... to the government programmes. The centrepiece of Tsipras’s presentation was SYRIZA’s economic programme, which he
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe claim by one of Greece’s top sportswomen that she had been a victim of rape by a high-ranking sports official has brought unanimous support from the country’s political world and calls... as Greece’s #MeToo moment, the high-profile public support for Olympic sailing gold-medallist Sophia
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Newsletter 282 -29/01/2021
and it is still not clear whether the bloc’s decisions will bring positive or negative consequences... and Turkey have been afforded added drama by Greece’s political system and the media. This may have been why... following Monday’s meeting, but the Greek side has played down expectations about any kind
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Newsletter 286 - 26/02/2021
would have also been a welcome distraction from the political dispute over the government’s handling... of the National Theatre earlier this month. Much of the opposition’s attention has been focussed on Culture...’s record on handling the #MeToo phenomenon and standing by Mendoni against mounting calls for her
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