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  1. Tsipras upbeat after vote, Eurogroup but deal details may still present problems
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been in fan upbeat mood this week following the successful parliamentary vote on Sunday and the positive noises coming from the Eurogroup on Monday. Within minutes of the meeting of eurozone finance ministers concluding...

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  2. Hitman's furlough and investment complications pose new problems for Tsipras
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The Greek government found itself dealing with multiple crises of a very different nature on Friday. The first concerns the release of the November 17 urban guerrilla group’s hitman Dimitris Koufodinas from prison on a two-day furlough on Thursday. The ...

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  3. Greece drops to 72 in Doing Business index as long-term problems persist
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    EconomyFeatures

    The latest Doing Business Indicators report for 2019 by the World Bank Group has shown that Greece fell to number 72 out of 190 economies worldwide. Last year, Greece stood at 67th place. The country ranked below Vietnam (69), the Kyrgyz Republic (70) a...

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  4. Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems

    Agora

    In this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot...

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  5. Podcast - Internal combustion problems leave New Democracy spluttering

    Agora

    In mid-November, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to expel from the ruling New Democracy party one of his predecessors, Antonis Samaras. Samaras headed the centre-right party for several years and was the leader of a coalition government...

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  6. Newsletter 17 - 27/02/2015

    Newsletters

    Little respite for coalition Tsipras faces political problems and financial concerns Prime Minister... debate in the House. Tsipras’s political problems are matched by financial concerns as Finance Minister... coming from ministers are compounding the problems the government faces. As the dust settles from

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  7. Brussels attacks prompt fears in Athens over handling of refugee crisis

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    on Monday. Kotzias insisted in comments afterwards that the refugee issue would not create problems... of populations,” said Kotzias. “And I think that the spirit in which we dealt with the problems then is the spirit in which Albania is confronting the current problems; problems which, based on the logic

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  8. The Greek Ombudsman and public administration during challenging times
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    Agora

    . The Ombudsman benefits from a deep understanding of everyday administrative operation and problems which feeds its wider proposals for legislative changes and organizational improvements. Problems... reform in Greece. The contact with citizens and their problems assigns a major role and exposes

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  9. Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016

    Newsletters

    he spoke “with people looking for solutions and not problems”. Among the thorniest issues... and not problems”. time, there is an ongoing debate in Greece on the impact of the proposed pension... government would be well on its way to solving the country’s economic problems. Effrontery, though

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  10. Preventative medicine, support for vulnerable form backbone of ND healthcare package
    By Natasha Pandazopoulou/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to those with mental health problems through prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. He also said.... Structural problems New Democracy’s plan comes into effect in a healthcare system that was structurally... structural problems. “Important barriers to effective structural reform include resistance by key

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