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Re-opening plans hang in balance due to unrelenting virus
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe condition that customers must first send an SMS, which will mark the start of the clock ticking... school pupils might return to classes in the coming days, but on the condition that they carry out
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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy, according to the latest figures announced by Greek authorities. In September around 1,700 refugees and migrants crossed the Greek borders. It is a number that has alarmed the Greek authorities... Johansson and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, the Greek minister said there is more cooperation
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Murder the result of Golden Dawn acting with impunity and targeting working class neighbourhoods
Society- was, it hardly came as a surprise after months of neofascist Golden Dawn stepping up its presence on Greek... against neoNazis, he was forced off the stage by Golden Dawn MPs, who also argued with the relatives... the Greek police has taken to incidents involving Golden Dawn. Fyssas’s murder is also part
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agorachildren are set for life. It’s like real estate kryptonite to ward off any unwelcome financial... of the ruling. Apart from the fact that the Greek state has got a chance of winning back some... of injustice has forced the government and the judiciary to act, at last. The system cannot just live off
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A fierce political clash over medicine prices in Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Parliament passed an amendment on Wednesday that should lead to the cost of dozens... drugs, the vast majority of which are made by Greek pharmaceutical firms. However, until the new... as off patent, and which are cheaper than branded ones. The new legislation goes a step further by taking
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Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
AgoraDawn could be scrubbed off the Greek political map overnight. The reasons for the party’s rise... undoubtedly tapped into a far-right, ultra-nationalist vein that has existed in Greek society... funding for Golden Dawn has been suspended. The Greek Constitution has no provisions for banning
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the aim of the majority of Greek debt being written off. He also proposed that repayments... of their debt written off under SYRIZA’s plan. Also, when added to obligations to the state, loan payments... argued that this would help stoke demand and increase Greek GDP by 0.5 percent in the first year. He
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Greece's biggest problem? Society's lack of openness
Agorawilling to stay within the confines the Greek programme was not enough for some in Europe, who kept... years later, the threat of a calamitous exit seems to have receded. The Greek economy is projected... that would make Dr. Pangloss blush to argue that Greece is about to take off, that the disastrous habits
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Greece sets out broad reform plan for lenders' approval
EconomyProgrammeWith a letter sent to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Monday evening, the Greek... on Tuesday afternoon to sign off on the list. Speaking to the European Parliament's economic... of the society, and particularly the well-off, contribute fairly to the public finances. That said, a wealth
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EU summit talks give Greece narrow window of opportunity for reforms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears to have eked out some limited breathing space for his..., however, reportedly rejected a proposal by its Single Supervisory Mechanism to block Greek banks from... organisation is maintaining a strict line, it does not want to shut off all avenues for Athens
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