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Tsipras fails to halt strike as domestic political battle heats up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEfforts by the government to end the strike by refuse collectors have failed to pay off..., when local authorities are due to hold a general strike. Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos... with the conservative party failed to vote in favour of ending the strike. Tzanakopoulos claimed
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Despite strike law reservations, coalition expects straightforward vote on multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government’s efforts to defend the strike measure, as well as others in the vast omnibus bill, were probably made easier by New Democracy’s decision to argue that the change to strike action... not agree with the change to the strike rules but had been unable to convince the lenders not to proceed
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Strike acts as focal point for cost-of-living frustration despite higher energy subsidies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first general strike during the current cost-of-living crisis was held on Wednesday, piling... of new right-wing movement by an ousted New Democracy MP. Wednesday’s strike was called... consumer. Wednesday’s strike served as a focal point for the opposition parties to step up
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Demand for cost-of-living measures intensifies as opposition backs strike
PoliticsGreek Politicshave gone on strike demanding for more effective government interventions. The General Confederation of Workers (GSEE) has called a general strike on Wednesday demanding the reinstatement... the strike that price hikes continue to eat at the purchasing power of Greek workers, claiming
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Authorities ready energy "plan B" for potential supply disruptions as cost of living prompts strike
PoliticsGreek Politicsprivate sector workers surveyed have been cutting down on heating their homes to save money. Strike... representing public and private sector workers and professionals have called for a general strike
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Newsletter 233 - 20/12/2019
ND intent on sticking with formula Govt pledges more tax cuts and strike legislation as 2020 budget... shift declared themselves on strike. As he made clear earlier in the year, during protests against... in the government’s legislative activity, but the new year is expected to start with a bang as the pension
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Unknown soldier debate exposes rift within government
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccident ended a 23-day hunger strike at the spot, which has been turned into a makeshift memorial... terms the grieving father would have been arrested on the first day of his hunger strike, denying... to settle intra-party scores. Dendias’s intervention in support of the hunger striker Panos Ruci
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Effort to end notaries' strike amid concern for auctions, NPLs
EconomyProgrammeof notaries and that they would have no reason to continue their strike. Out-of-court workout
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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvised them that the man who had been beaten was a member of a radical left group and had been involved in a recent protest linked to the hunger strike launched by terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas. One... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsended up being beaten to the punch by New Democracy. The government’s proposals was table... Mitsotakis on Tuesday to call on Tsipras to resign and snap elections to be held if necessary marked... for Tsipras to resign. During a briefing on Thursday, party spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos said
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