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Newsletter 361 - 02/12/2022
the committee with the page from the government gazette which named the former official as the one... as one possibility if the PM decides to cut his four-year term a little short. SYRIZA sources argue... households in a rising rates environment, only this time there is no fiscal laxity like the one afforded
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PM prepares to set out policy agenda, SYRIZA gears up for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsto vulnerable households, although the PM did explain in a Facebook post that although Greece has one... to a total of 5 percent. Then there is a pledge to reduce contributions in the current term by one more... Pappas – one of the five candidates, and those who believe it is time for SYRIZA to move on from
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Late switch smashes accord over postal vote, but marriage equality compromise still intact
PoliticsGreek Politics. Polakis rift One of the key figures in SYRIZA who has expressed scepticism about the marriage equality... parliamentary group. The same-sex marriage legislation is just one of the friction points that has emerged... whether Kasselakis and one of his main backers during his insurgent leadership campaign will be able
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policyadministration, trans border cooperation, energy, interior affairs and cases of justice. One... of the neighbouring state’s ambassadors. The main message of Kotzias’ visit was summed up in one phrase... will meet again in October. One reason behind the strategy adopted by Kotzias is that Greece has
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, with another 11 leaving office. The cabinet is also slightly larger than the last one, which had... Skourletis at the Energy Ministry. Stathakis was replaced by Dimitris Papadimitriou, one of the most... as government spokesman. There was only one change at the Finance Ministry, where Euclid Tsakalotos remains
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsin religion classes, which had been one of the points of dispute between Fylis and Ieronymos. At SYRIZA’s... minister and one of the few women in the cabinet has stoked a lot of interest from the media. However, Achtsioglou is also in the spotlight because labour reforms are expected to be one of the most
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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
(SLA) could be reached by April 7 but acknowledged that one issue is proving a major stumbling block... by 6,900 to 3.65 million. The number of long-term unemployed (more than one year) edged up..., one month before the conclusion of the long-lasting first review. ELA funding stood at 43.15 billion
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After raising labour concerns, back to grind of talks for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut pointed out that there is no “one-size-fits-all” system that can be applied in all member states... regarding labour reforms. This issue seems to be one of the last remaining obstacles in the discussions... been one of the gains the prime minister wanted to walk away with but the IMF seems adamant
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Newsletter 113 - 31/03/2017
from 2020 but the IMF appears to want the measure, worth 1 percent of GDP, to be implemented in one... for the mechanism is to have covered its operating expenses for one year over the last three years... investment groups that have tabled binding bids. One the biggest stumbling blocks to have emerged
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societyas a way of maintaining ties with the diaspora. The problem is a practical one: voting is only... claim Greek descent. This is clearly an outside estimate, and not a very reliable one. Only a subset... citizenship for immigrants by the back door. Any proposal, if indeed one emerges, has a long way
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