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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsnecessitated by exceptional circumstances, which have now ceased to exist. One piece of legislation... this month. The broadening of the scheme is one of seven key changes the government wants to introduce.... The latest development has seen one of the three protected witnesses detained at Athens International
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Kerameus, whose removal the opposition had been calling for in recent weeks. One of the highest-profile..., with women still holding fewer than one in four posts. However, it is the inclusion of controversial... interview, one bishop said that “the church showed disobedience and the state showed forbearance
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Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/02/goldendawntorches_myrto_1000_011-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
AgoraBarring any last minute upsets, Golden Dawn will officially become Greece’s third-largest party when local and European Parliament elections are held in May. At least that is what opinion polls have been indicating for some time. It would represent anot...
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Podcast - Riding into the danger zone: Greece gets new jets
AgoraGreece recently received the first six state-of-the art fighter jets it has ordered from France, hoping that their arrival marks the start of an upgrade of its military capabilities, but also an improvement in its geopolitical standing. The Rafale plane...
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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
Agora"In one hand Greece holds an olive branch but in the other it holds the sword of justice," said Greece's new Defence Minister Nikos Dendias as he was sworn in on Monday. The danger is, though..., is one of the ways to achieve the goal he describes. However, Greece's relationship with these countries
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Newsletter 125 -30/06/2017
in. Of course, the danger for the prime minister is that in making such an ambitious claim, he has... not materialise is one of the reasons that the Greek public appears unimpressed by the June 15 Eurogroup... by referring the matter to a prosecutor, especially after the convict claimed his life was in danger
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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politics, even after newspaper reports highlighted that the Greek authorities were aware of the danger... one of its strongest points: Law and order. The opposition party argued that by allowing “200 neoNazi... in the broader public administration. This turn of events underlines one of the dangers about the emphatic
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat declining trust in institutions poses a danger to stability. In a TikTok video published on Wednesday... promises to cut prices by an average 8 pct on one in ten products on supermarket shelves, which... we must do our utmost to safeguard political stability”. Harakopoulos was one of a handful of party
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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY
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Fight against tax evasion yields results, reveals challenges
SocietyImproving tax collection in Greece has been one of the dominant themes over the past three years... in the eurozone. It was equivalent to 27.5 percent of GDP, making it one of nine euro-area members that has... for public revenues at the Finance Ministry. One of the criticisms the troika had made of Greece’s tax
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