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Hooliganism poses familiar set of challenges for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof priorities during the 2019 election campaign. It has shown its intentions to deal with what it saw as disorder and lawlessness during SYRIZA’s time in power in some areas, such as universities or the bohemian... supporter associations over the past few days. He promised checks on another 18 during Friday alone
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Newsletter 328 - 18/02/2022
the ratings for news coverage, over the weekend. During his appearance, the PM pledged to subsidise... the price of lamb and goat, meats that are traditionally roasted during Easter, jumped by 17.6 pct... will need to be revised to reflect persistent inflation during 2022, as the authorities had assumed average
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Athens hoping for period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations after PM's talks with Erdogan
PoliticsForeign Policytwo hours at Erdogan’s presidential mansion. Disagreements on bilateral issues were discussed during... “positive agenda” and issues related to economic co-operation. A lot of progress was reported during... Mitsotakis said, commenting on his meeting with Erdogan during his talks with Ecumenical Patriarch
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SYRIZA challenges govt over Covid deaths again as pandemic numbers rise
PoliticsGreek Politicshealthcare during the pandemic and that this contributed to a higher number of deaths when compared... intensive care treatment during the period studied. Reacting to the EODY document, SYRIZA spokesman... about this issue, particularly the state of regional hospitals, during the pandemic. While
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Travel surplus of 60.8 mln in Jan substantially higher than a year earlier
EconomyMacroeconomy, lower than the 97.7 million euros during the same month in 2020, before the pandemic outbreak. Receipts... by 256.7 percent during the month, coming to 341,400 visitors. The average expenditure per trip... visitors, while non-EU visitors rose by 324.4 percent to 143,900. During 2021, travel receipts rose
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Travel balance improves significantly in first two months of 2022
EconomyMacroeconomythe 70.7 million euros during the same month in 2020, just as the pandemic outbreak was taking hold... by 314.8 percent during the month, coming to 317,000 visitors. The average expenditure per trip... visitors rose by 253.6 percent to 130,100. During the first two months of 2022, travel receipts rose
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PM broaches demographics issue, stresses role of migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe sixth largest population reduction during this time, with the median age rising from below 40... adopted a series of tax incentives aimed at tempting young Greeks who moved abroad during the previous decade or so to return to their homeland and establish businesses or economic activity here. During
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Newsletter 342 - 17/06/2022
to rent or buy homes. During a recent speech at a conference on the demographic challenge facing... inflation. However, given that the eurozone has used during the pandemic most of the ammunition available... will come once the reforms are delivered later in the year. After 12 years during which there were
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PM eyes pre-election prize as enhanced surveillance draws to conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsperiod during which Greece’s policy was either dictated or heavily supervised by its lenders... restored during the last three years, which he suggested was an apt response to populism... this point onwards. During a panel discussion on Kontra TV on Thursday, New Democracy MP Vassilis Giogakas
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Erdogan's inflammatory comments a harbinger for new period of Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policyby locking them with a radar during a NATO mission over the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey said... not been raised during any official EU meeting. However, they seem to acknowledge that since relevant... like foreign policy. During a press briefing in May, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandros
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