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Fire at archaeological site puts govt's crisis handling under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA fire at the archaeological site of Mycenae has become the subject of a heated political debate.... SYRIZA sent a representation to Mycenae, who noted that this is the second time an ND government has... hinged on water drops, while the water tanks around the site had not been used. The ministry has
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EU Commissioner's visit to islands highlights divisions over management of migrant centres
PoliticsGreek Politicsnew migrant reception centres and improve relations with local communities, has instead highlighted... reception centres and meet with representatives of local government. The EU has earmarked 250... be “controlled”. Opposition to the building of permanent migrant reception centres has run high
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A brief lexicon of the Cyprus issue negotiations
Agoraof Cyprus has been characterised as a ‘functional federation’. The reason behind this characterisation... of the Republic in 1963-64 and Turkey’s military intervention in 1974, it has been agreed that a reunified... settlement plan. Bi-zonality: While bi-communality has been accepted and recognised as an inherent
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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek Politicson the vaccination front, which has seen over 6.2 million shots delivered since the start of the national... a similar message, claiming the national vaccination programme has been exceeding its targets, hailing... at the slowing uptake, particularly in the older age groups. Overall, 38 pct of the population has received
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Newsletter 312 - 15/10/2021
of natural disasters over which it has no control. In fact, government spokesman Yiannis Economou... that there has been insufficient time since August for this initiative to start paying off... of media independence and alleged government interference has been high on SYRIZA’s agenda, particularly
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. There were also 647 patients with the coronavirus in ICUs. Greece currently has one... of November. Based on a 7-day rolling average, Greece has 8.9 deaths per million every day, versus and EU... strategy in dealing with the pandemic has been a total a success. “The pandemic could have literally
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Parties re-work strategies as clearer picture emerges for election run-up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has dropped any thoughts of holding snap elections in the coming months, partly... of the local media has interpreted this comment as a laying down of the gauntlet to third party KINAL, whose new leader Nikos Androulakis has so far not indicated any desire to establish a working
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Opposition parties step up pressure after back-and-forth over election date
PoliticsGreek Politicsto improve their standing ahead of the next vote. SYRIZA has made it clear that it is not taking.... With this in mind, the opposition party has not made any alterations to its plans to rally support over the coming... that although SYRIZA has differences with some opposition parties, such as PASOK, it is more important
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SYRIZA and ND square up on cost-of-living crisis as government attempts to draw line under surveillance
PoliticsGreek Politicsdelivered economic growth, which in turn has been used to fund measures to cushion inflation. SYRIZA...The opposition has upped the stakes in its attempt to challenge the government’s economic narrative... that the government has been allowing the privileged to profit, while plundering the middle and lower
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ND views SYRIZA's Parliament walkout as a pre-election gift
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government believes that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has scored an own goal by pulling his... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has handled the surveillance issue, including what the leftists see... New Democracy has a clear majority in its grasp after the second ballot that is likely to be needed
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