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Withdrawal of NGOs from refugee centres puts pressure on Greece to fill void
PoliticsForeign Policy” plan to return refugees who arrive in Greece has prompted the Greek authorities to change the nature of the island “hot spot” into what NGOs consider to be detention centres. This has led to the UN... announced that they are pulling out. This has compounded the problems faced by the Greek government
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Range of issues unresolved as programme talks resume in Athens
EconomyProgrammeare still unresolved, although progress has been made in a number of areas. The most significant steps...) market and creation of the new privatisation fund. Greece has accepted a fiscal gap of 3 percent of GDP... working years. On the contributory pension, the government has reportedly presented new lower pension
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Refugee crisis threatens effort to improve ties with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policythat are involved in handling the refugee crisis. FYROM has been asking for this enhanced cooperation since the start of the refugee crisis and has been complaining about the lack of channels... between the two countries. Apart from Sunday's demarche, Athens has sought to avoid straining its
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The diversions of the past
Agoracrass. Riled leftists also pointed out that it is violence linked to far-right Golden Dawn that has... range of pressing problems the political system is facing and has consistently failed to deal with over the past years. And, ultimately, Greece has a police force and intelligence service that has
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First step in TV licensing process completed as controversy continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has received 11 expressions of interest in the new TV broadcasting licenses it plans... in a previously murky field. Since private TV emerged in Greece in the late 1980s, there has been no formal licensing process. The government argues that this has encouraged the exchange of favours
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Siemens trial hitch ratchets up tension between coalition and judiciary
PoliticsGreek Politics’ trust in Greece’s main parties, PASOK and New Democracy, in the past, has reared its head again... he claims was a campaign contribution and not a bribe. The trial began in November 2013 but has... falling ill. It was reported on Wednesday that the judge has died and will have to be replaced
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Privatisations in Greece: A win-win that's difficult to achieve
Agoraspectrum has increased the law’s legitimacy and the chances of not being revised any time soon...) and Anastasios Gagales – has not helped its operational capacity. HRADF is now a privatisation agency... be well into 2017 before HCAP reaches full operational capacity, has appropriate staffing levels
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Tsipras eyes connection with voters through changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has suggested that he may put planned changes to Greece’s.... Although the premier has yet to unveil his proposed changes (he is expected to do so before the end... to be given the right to vote has been put on the table by Potami and New Democracy. By leaving
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Parliament will not probe 2015 bailout negotiations but issue unlikely to disappear
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the small centrist party has supported the government, following last week’s vote on the new electoral law... the government’s motives and competence during last year’s negotiations. It is an issue that Mitsotakis has returned to repeatedly during his brief leadership of the conservatives. He has been helped
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Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsand education. The most interesting addition to the policy ideas, which the government has presented before... month has been viewed very negatively in the media and is particularly painful for SYRIZA... to have been successful in the last few weeks, when the focus of opposition parties and the media has
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