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Athens takes stance on peace in Ukraine, faces stalemate in relations with Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyEU and NATO leaders, along with members of the so‑called “coalition of the willing,” are currently assessing the situation in Ukraine. Recent peace talks have gained momentum, but European leaders remain focused on securing a just and lasting peace for ...
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Tsipras takes stage for launch of book and would-be political manifesto
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras stepped onto the stage at the Pallas Theatre in central Athens on Wednesday night ostensibly to present his new book, Ithaki, but the atmosphere, the crowd, and above all the content of his speech transformed the event into a declaration ...
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Greece fell two places to 60th in Doing Business ranking, World Bank says
Economyrequires 5 procedures, takes 13 days and costs 2.2 percent of income per capita. For Dealing with Construction Permits (60th), Greece requires 18 procedures, it takes 124 days and costs 1.8 percent of the warehouse value. Registering property (144th) in Greece requires 10 procedures, takes 20 days
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Greece drops three places to 61st in World Bank's ‘Doing Business’ ranking
Economyprocedures, takes 13 days and costs 2.2 percent of income per capita, all unchanged from the previous year. For Dealing with Construction Permits (58th), Greece requires 17 procedures, it takes 124 days... procedures, it takes 51 days and it costs almost 70 percent of income per capita. For Registering
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Greece falls to 79 out of 190 economies in ease of doing business ranking
EconomyFeatures. Whereas it took 15 procedures in 2006, it now takes 17, unchanged from last year. Getting a construction permit now takes 180 days compared to 245 in 2006. Getting electricity Greece ranked 40... takes six procedures and 51 days. Registering property As mentioned, Greece’s worst score
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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
![en_GB Photo by Can Esenbel [www.mundanepleasure.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/01/pray_agora_800_esenbel-medium.jpg "Photo by Can Esenbel [www.mundanepleasure.com]")
Agora, it decided to disband the municipal police. While the force had plenty of failings, it was hardly... the municipal police monitored parking, the force generated more than enough revenues to cover its... serving in the municipal police had obtained their jobs by using forged qualifications, including
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Final act in ERT closure carries significant risk for coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRiot police raided the headquarters of former public broadcaster ERT in Athens and Thessaloniki... resisting the government’s June decision were forced out of the building. The use of riot police... strong and the sight of riot police removing at around 4 a.m. the last remaining journalists
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Island unrest puts PM in tough spot
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween locals and the riot police sent from the mainland to Lesvos and Chios, created considerable negative publicity for the way that New Democracy chose to go about the task. The police also faced... gave the word for the riot police to be withdrawn, possibly temporarily from the island. Anger
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Athens closes border, looks for EU support to ride out migration storm
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUnion. Athens immediately stepped up its military and police presence on its northeastern border posts... there in the hope of crossing over trapped between Greek and Turkish territory. Greek police also used tear gas... be sending army and police reinforcements to the land border and would be sending anyone who crosses
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SYRIZA ups stakes over bankruptcy code as govt faces embarrassment over missing GD bigwig
PoliticsGreek Politics. According to a report in Kathimerini, the police lost track of the former MP since October 1. His... as the party had been disbanded and they did not present a flight risk, was doing so while police... Golden Dawn and the police – an issue that has not been comprehensively addressed by politicians
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