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Greece targets seat on UN Security Council as North Macedonia row rumbles on
PoliticsForeign Policyin the United Nations but also in the European Union, we saw difficulties in achieving consensus, even... to use the name Macedonia in his public remarks, during a press conference on Wednesday. “Whatever... representatives of the African countries will vote. The usual procedural attendance averages 180 out
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyin the census for the first time in 2020 skews the picture slightly, however 2020 also saw a record... after the fall of the Samaras government in January 2015. Under SYRIZA/ANEL it increased to a maximum... in by MoU-imposed restrictions on permanent hires saw governments resorting to temporary hires, leading
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAgreement, despite the expected departure of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) from... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL... in SYRIZA see the divorce from ANEL as a positive, considering that it was a political compromise
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Newsletter 13 - 30/01/2015
to the eurozone, the month of December saw a deposit outflow, to the tune of 4.2 billion euros, more than... statements and xenophobic tweets from representatives of Independent Greeks (Anel), including party... that the coalition with Anel was announced on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
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Neither necessary, nor good
Agorawith the Independent Greeks (ANEL), a party that has espoused populist, nationalist, racist and conspiracy-theorist... pliable. However, being in government with ANEL is not the straightforward, guilt-free politics that Tsipras imagines. In political terms, he is dining with the devil. His first alliance with ANEL
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SYRIZA looks back at time in office as it searches for way forward
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the Prespes Agreement as having hampered the government’s efforts to raise awareness...’s alliance with ANEL, arguing that it was the only option open to Alexis Tsipras. It criticises... in Parliament following the break-up with ANEL, served to lull the leftists into a false sense of security
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Athens treads tightrope as Turkish research vessel sails in Aegean
PoliticsForeign Policythe two countries. Ankara saw this as a snub, both because of concerns that other Eastern... did not seem encouraged by Erdogan’s remarks on Monday even though he called for talks to settle..., that former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, who served in the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition, has criticised
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid...The final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros
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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
that a large portion of workers fell into one of three categories: Either they saw their work suspended... at 7.01 bln September figure confirmed as missing target by 9.58 billion euros The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds
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