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Air traffic blackout and trimming of university registers open new fronts for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government's political opponents, but also aviation experts, are calling on the centre-right administration to take action regarding Sunday's outage of Greece's air traffic control systems.... The government sees a system finally being brought under control; critics see a narrowing of access
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Newsletter 498 - 13/03/2026
. It has also given Kyriakos Mitsotakis an opportunity to reassert control, define the national mood... rather than control. Mitsotakis is betting that voters anxious about war, prices and instability
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor judicial independence, EU conditionality and the limits of executive control over institutions. Meanwhile... that the national authorities are asserting control over the tenure of delegated prosecutors in a way
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Urban planning scandal deepens as Tsipras unveils five cost of living pledges
PoliticsGreek Politicslacks modern tools of transparency and control, and that digitisation is the only effective way... authority to take control of unused public properties, regulate the activities of funds involved
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Marginal changes in loan and deposit rates in Sept
EconomyMacroeconomycontrols in late June. Note that the top-4 banks control more than 95 percent of the Greek deposit market. The roll-over of time deposits is prohibited due to the capital controls, unless the automatic... of capital controls, it was the highest in the eurozone. Overall, the weighted average rate on total new
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Greece seen improving refugee response but still under pressure to deliver in Feb
PoliticsForeign Policy, the key issues for a successful control of refugee flows are: 1. The construction of hot spots 2. Re... controls within Schengen zone would be in place for longer of Greece does not meet its obligations... of the Treaty will be activated, allowing member states to extend the border controls for up to two years
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Time deposit rate slips 12 bps in Oct, average loan rate rises by 29 bps
EconomyMacroeconomybps after the imposition of capital controls reflects the elimination of competition in the domestic market, since the core Greek banks that control more than 95 of the market cut their rates. The time... it was the highest in the euro area before the imposition of capital controls. Following the October movement
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
is that it is practically impossible to “control” a sea border, as Frontex spokeswoman Ewa Moncure recently highlighted... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot... scheme, a deal with Turkey and reintroducing border controls in the Schengen area) to stem the flow
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agorahere. The first is that it is practically impossible to “control” a sea border, as Frontex... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... controls in the Schengen area) to stem the flow of people to Europe, Greece has been the fall guy, taking
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
as part of a probe into a contract awarded by Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention... to lower net transport receipts, mainly attributed to capital controls. Travel receipts fell... deposits were plummeting and capital controls were being imposed will only compound suspicions
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