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ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort
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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government... deems not be in line with international law. In the notes, Libya claims that Greece’s maritime agreement... spokesman Stelios Petsas. The centre-right MP called for Athens to “toughen its stance” regarding Libya
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Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background
PoliticsForeign Policyinvolving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal
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Households unable to provide proper daily meal to children increases in 2012
SocietyIn 2012, just over one in five (22.3 percent) parents or guardians living in poor households... Authority (ELSTAT) report (pdf) also found that 12.6 percent of poor households – defined as those... of households (poor and non-poor) unable to provide their children daily with one proper meal a day
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One in four Greeks in severe material deprivation; a eurozone outlier
Societypoint: 50.3 percent of the poor population declares incapacity to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day. 51.1 percent of the poor population reports..., water, natural gas, etc. 55.5% of the poor population reports having great difficulty in making
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Material deprivation rises, while poverty risk drops slightly
SocietySevere material deprivation continues to rise in Greece across populations classified as poor and non-poor while the risk of poverty fell very slightly in 2016, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT... in overcrowded households. Broken down by classification as poor and non-poor populations
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Greek households spend greatest share of income on accommodation in EU
Society) was also the greatest in the EU. In Greece, almost all of (95 percent) poor households spend more... in Greece, where 14.6 percent of households in general and 27.1 percent of poor households were in rent and mortgage arrears in 2014. In the European Union as a whole, 10.2 percent of poor households were
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Household expenditure edges up again in 2018, still well below pre-crisis level
Societymedian equivalent consumption expenditure of poor households stands at 33.8 percent of expenditure consumption of non-poor households. Low-income households also spend over a third, or 34.6 percent, of the family budget on food. For non-poor households,19.2 percent of the budget is spent on food
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The unbearably slow vaccination process in Croatia
Agoraquantities, is hard to say. But it points to a poor "game review" when making long-term decisions about... vaccination, frequent "queue-jumping" vaccinations and poor communication of vaccination information... is particularly surprised by this pandemic nepotism. Poor vaccine distribution strategies A far bigger source
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Energy drives closer cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
PoliticsForeign Policyprocess on the Syrian crisis, while also expressing “serious concerns over the situation in Libya.” The instability in Libya and the presence of jihadists there was highlight by the Egyptian president
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