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Where are the Conservatives?
Agorato political parties and their leaders have actually become very confusing. I even suspect... way (the quick sticker), but, in practice, they are not at all in that way. I would love to find a political party that I could consider “financially (very) conservative, but socially (very) liberal
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Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network
AgoraIn the course of the past decade, China has invested in and provided loan funding for infrastructure projects across Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. During this period Beijing has also... government repeatedly argued that it now has regained “national sovereignty” and autonomy of decision
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Opposition pledges no let-up on surveillance affair as watchdog joins Supreme Court critics
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvolvement in the use of spyware and illegal surveillance has been questioned in an article by the head of the communications privacy watchdog. The intervention has been seized on by opposition party... in the country has been restored”. The statement acknowledges the difficulties faced by opposition
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Energy measures reassure public, as govt scrambles to keep lid on other household costs
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the left-wing opposition, which is on 26 pct. Third party PASOK-KINAL has held steady at 11.5 pct... and defence, with 46 pct versus Tsipras’s 26 pct and Androulakis’s 6 pct. The prime minister’s image has... the limited scope of direct government intervention. The latest measure introduced, the so-called “household
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
are another measure that the institutions have been pushing for since last year. The only measures... government has a relatively easier but still challenging task to meet its April obligations. According... of that, Greece has to roll over two T-Bill issues totalling 2.4 billion. The first involves 6-month T-Bills
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IMF sees 2020 GDP contraction at 10 pct, budget deficit at 9 pct due to virus impact
EconomyMacroeconomyOutlook, which has incorporated the impact of what it calls The Great Lockdown that sees global GDP dropping by 3 pct in 2020, subject to various uncertainties. The Fund joins the list of organisations... of the programme exit and some reforms to unify the cash reserves of the wider public sector, Greece has at its
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Some sad lessons the Western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria's EU Journey
Agorareputable indices and democracy reports, you may wonder if the country has not joined the wrong Union... as the most corrupt EU member — its last edition has placed Bulgaria 74th in the world together... flattering picture either — not only in the “control of corruption” category Bulgaria has scores
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PM joins forces with some eurozone partners to lobby for "corona-bond"
PoliticsGreek Politicsis willing to confront Chancellor Merkel and the government in Berlin, with whom he has been trying... emergency healthcare spending and pay for economic support measures. The initiative, spearheaded... for coronavirus measures. However, there is a growing realisation that the economic impact
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Looking to build on support for relief measures, ND unveils new tax bill
PoliticsGreek Politics-dom scheme The measure that has been capturing most attention outside of Greece is the introduction... indicated that 62 percent of voters had a positive view of the taxation measures that New Democracy has... electronically. These interventions came after complaints from various associations about the new measure
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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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