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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agoraresisters, who quickly found paid work,” he writes. “By 1980, around 3,000 Christian Turks, mainly Syrian Orthodox Christians, but also Armenians claimed asylum with the backing of churches and secular lobby... and checked before being provided with a lawyer free of charge and interviewed by the immigration
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No holiday from rancour over Athens wildfire as PM accused of downplaying damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe emergency services, volunteers and the armed forces for responding to the fire which incinerated 10,000... by the fire”. The remarks incensed opposition leaders, who saw them as an attempt to downplay the effects of the fire. SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis said the PM had chosen one of the most holy days
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agora, for the first time, Renewable Energy Sources (RES) (mainly wind and photovoltaics) took the lead... been met by lignite plants, mainly through district heating systems. Thus, following the decision... and Switzerland have recently committed to achieving a fossil-fuel-free electricity mix by 2035. With regard
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Fires cast growing shadow as new shipwreck probe is announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a shepherd on Karystos had also died in the fire ripping through the island. These were the first... spent on upgrading Greece’s military capability with the spending on fire prevention and firefighting... about the way that Greece prepares itself for the fire season and whether its forest and land management
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New Tempe row brewing amid doubts over rail safety report
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the fire that led to some of the deaths following the crash. It was made clear at the time.... Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis reacted to these developments by turning his fire... on the cause of the fire are further signs of an “organised plan to mislead the public” falling apart
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Privatisation chief sees gradual progress but revenues remain unclear
Economyto announce the binding bid dates for OLP and OLTH by the end of October. HRADF holds a 74.14 percent stake... of 915 million euros. Lamda pledged to make an investment worth 1.2 billion, mainly related... the highest bid designates the preferred winner, it is hard to make any estimate.” In the third MoU
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Kammenos deviation raises more questions about coalition's endurance
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister has mainly been dismissed by the opposition parties as another piece of political theatre by Kammenos in his bid to secure enough support to be re-elected when the next general elections... in the government as part of a bid to stop the ratification of the Prespes Agreement. In his comments
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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
as it emerged that the bid process for two lignite units had attracted very little interest. PPC... of CHN Energy and the Copelouzos Group did not submit a bid. According to sources, the Mytilineos Group.... This was driven mainly by a 15.7 percent rise in exports. Imports during the period rose by 9.5 percent.
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Disabled rights still lacking in Greece
EconomyFeaturesassessment. Beyond the monthly stipend, a host of other rights such as discounted or free public transport... disabled access and facilities for public buildings is often lacking. Many children with physical... lacking. According to the European Network of Independent Living (ENIL), an EU funded independent
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
banks. The small details that have emerged so far mainly relate to the macro assumptions... for the four systemic banks. Those needs mainly resulted from PSI and credit losses following a diagnostic... to concentrate his fire on New Democracy, PASOK and Potami. The problem with such a tactic, though
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