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From soup kitchens to school meals, demand for welfare in Athens is surging
SocietyThe City of Athens has conducted the first ever survey of people using its welfare services, including soup kitchens, and the findings of its report provide further cause for concern about the social... most worryingly, the City of Athens survey also found that the number of families asking
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Newsletter 5 - 28/11/2014
managers in the City. Despite two days of meetings in Paris, the Greek government delegation, led... policy priorities. The reception their proposals received in the City is indicative of the work
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From London to Paris, no happy returns for Greece
Agorapriorities to a select group of investment bankers and hedge fund managers in the City. Despite two... their proposals received in the City is indicative of the work that remains to be done, in Athens
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
their willingness to help being shunned. Mateusz Klinowski, the mayor of the small city of Wadowice... that the city should host refugees. Poland’s government, though, had other ideas and made it clear it had
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Locating Europe's pulse in the refugee crisis
Agora, the mayor of the small city of Wadowice in southern Poland, recounts how he was the first local... of Wadowice’s most famous son that the city should host refugees. Poland’s government, though, had
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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order
PoliticsGreek Politics” front. The decision by police in Thessaloniki last week to clear squats in the northern city... repeatedly expressed concern about crime levels in the city centre, and offered his unreserved support
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The republic without a government
Agoraof this year left the impression on residents in the city and beyond that the police temporarily lost control... international airport. Similarly, in the southern city of Stuttgart the hugely controversial
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As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
AgoraMuch moral anguish has been expressed in Greece by politicians and commentators regarding the physical assault that Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris suffered in the northern city on Saturday... and concentrate on his duties, such as sanitation and trash collection in his city,” said the party’s shadow
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturestourism from China, has clearly drawn many Chinese buyers with an interest in residence. The City... to increased demand for smaller city apartments as well as luxury properties in resort destinations
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Short-term rentals raise rents by average of 8.3 pct, study indicates
EconomyFeaturescreated what the study termed “tourism ghettos”, areas of the city where tourists are the main... than that for the long-term properties. Elsewhere in Greece, a similar pattern was noted. The city
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