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Podcast - The heavy arm of the law: Police brutality in Greece
AgoraThe behaviour of the Greek police has come under scrutiny, again, following a number of incidents over which officers have been accused of using unnecessary and excessive force. In this episode, we take a look at why police tactics have triggered public...
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Kammenos eases tension with church, leaving coalition to focus graft attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsseems an attempt to quell the current dispute and kick the issue into the long grass for the time
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Report exposes fractured and incomplete response to refugees
Societyin supporting grass-route organisations that run unaccompanied minors’ shelters,” the report stated
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On lockdown: The moments that will remain
Agorato the tortoise stretching out on a sunlit patch of grass and how, briefly, we lived in its confined, still
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Fire at archaeological site puts govt's crisis handling under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics, that visitors would “only notice a little burnt grass”. A more extensive assessment of the damage given
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Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
PoliticsGreek Politics, the grass roots protests appear to have rattled the governing party, as they suggest another element
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ND moves to squeeze votes out of fringe parties, aided by infighting
PoliticsGreek Politicsleaders are also accused of promoting their favourite candidates at the expense of hard-working grass
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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government in Athens has promised to introduce a new framework for the issuing of commercial leases for beaches, after a growing grass roots movement demanding the enforcement of limits on beachfront development. The topic has become a focus for opposition parties, sensing an avenue of attack
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government had a duty to allow vaccinated citizens to resume their professional and social lives... to such views”. Economou argued that it is the government’s duty to ensure the return to normality for those
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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicsare expected to report for duty at hospitals in central and northern Greece after the government issued... duty on fuel, an intervention in the pricing policies of power utility PPC and a partial write-off
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