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Tsipras turns attention to nervy party ahead of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government that there is no danger of further defections despite the challenging measures the coalition... the idea that the coalition’s slim majority is in danger of disappearing completely. These kind... expelled one lawmaker and had to replace another after they refused to pass the last set of prior
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Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
Agora’ be enough? To answer this question, one needs to take a step back and pose a more fundamental question... is at stake is much more than the EU itself: it is the danger of a regressive and illiberal Europe – a Europe... objective: to strengthen their influence and power at home. What can be done to counter the danger of a more
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agoracritical way, the danger of "people not thinking with their heads, but understanding with their hearts... that are on the other side of rationality, factuality and truthfulness. One way to define alternative facts... business celebrities. One of the biggest icons of pop music in the US, Madonna posted a video on her
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK and To Potami. Now, one of his former allies and most active ministers, has decided to launch...Former Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsin one go should not face any extra interest or penalties, while the remaining debtors should be given... in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the party. One of those deputies, Thanassis Papachristopoulos, has stated his intention... that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek Politicselections proves a good one for SYRIZA (i.e. a defeat of five points or less), the prime minister... fuelled on Monday by an amendment submitted to Parliament by the Interior Ministry. It aims... a parliamentary majority. The rule had been introduced in 2014 but the Interior Ministry argues
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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the coming weeks. One will relate to the economy while the other will represent the next step... with responsibility of overseeing the government’s role in Parliament. Former Interior Minister Makis Voridis... to Education, which Niki Kerameus will leave to take over as the new interior minister. Former Citizens
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Data protection ruling adds to pressure on New Democracy from ranks
PoliticsGreek Politicson the email leak which led to the withdrawal of one of the party’s candidates in the EP elections...-Michelle Asimakopoulou to obtain the contact details of overseas voters from the Interior Ministry... of State. In May, the Interior Ministry received a fine of 400,000 euros and Asimakopoulou herself
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agorato explain the driving forces behind the change but there is a danger that in this process facts are being twisted, or completely ignored, in order to neatly fit theories. End of populism One of the most..., that is one of the fascinating aspects of the new period Greek politics is entering. Part
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