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Uproar over minister's home protection comments underscore sensitive nature of challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsforeclosures have flared up at times during the crisis, the concluding act in this debate has been slow in coming. In a series of interviews, Georgiadis has been urging troubled borrowers to enrol in the home... in approach has as its aim to flush out strategic defaulters, while targeting protection for those
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Tensions within SYRIZA en route to membership ballot, party conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeetings and decisions scheduled between now and May. Open letters This has been another fractious... of a long-drawn-out identity crisis for the party. Leader Alexis Tsipras has made clear his desire... debate the SYRIZA’s strategy in opposition. Alexis Tsipras has made it clear he wishes to focus
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Newsletter 247 -10/04/2020
to be flouting the rules has been increased from 150 to 300 euros. Government officials also denied... to other countries in Western Europe. This has led to it circulating charts comparing the number of cases..., this has put the government in the awkward position of advertising its apparent success in tackling
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Reshuffle back on the cards as PM unveils plans for Greek industry
PoliticsGreek Politicsnears its completion. The prime minister has also unveiled his vision for a national industrial... after July 1, once the economy has fully reopened after the lockdown and “at a time of the PM’s... has been successful, and point to a series of polls recording high approval ratings
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Newsletter 260 -31/07/2020
slightly. Turkey has decided to suspend for the time being planned research for oil and gas reserves..., that it is prepared to meet any threat. However, Athens acknowledges that Berlin has played a crucial role... advisory public. This has established Berlin as a serious interlocutor and one, especially given
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policythat “we are ready to start exploratory contacts, the head of the team has been selected, who is Mr. Apostolidis, who has played this role successfully in the past and we expect Turkey, if it means what..., Kasos even though with limited delimitation. The demarcation has been drawn due east
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PM prepares for low key policy speech as poll suggests support for govt still high
PoliticsGreek Politicssince the summer break has indicated that support is still strong for his New Democracy party. Ahead... campaign. The onset of the virus, though, has led to a change in priorities. The government’s focus is now on the emergency measures it has to adopt to shield the economy from Covid-19, meaning
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
Agoraby definition. No country in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Greece, has been immune... this position. He conceded that since there has not been a mutually agreed delimitation, those who... - from a purely legal point of view. Given that the delimitation of the EEZ has not been settled
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PM puts emphasis on individual responsibility in bid to rein in coronavirus
PoliticsGreek Politicsteleworking wherever possible. He insisted that his government has reacted promptly to the challenges posed by the pandemic, but admitted that overcrowding on public transport is something that has... by the Covid-19 spike. According to Mitsotakis, the number of ICU beds has almost doubled since last year
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Microsoft deal welcomed as Greece vies for more foreign investments
EconomyFeaturesMicrosoft has announced plans to create three data centres in Greece in a much-needed boost... of the investment has not been disclosed, but the prime minister said that the data centre would bring long-term... in the years to come. “By a substantial margin, this is the largest investment Microsoft has made in Greece
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