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After raising labour concerns, back to grind of talks for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut pointed out that there is no “one-size-fits-all” system that can be applied in all member states... regarding labour reforms. This issue seems to be one of the last remaining obstacles in the discussions... been one of the gains the prime minister wanted to walk away with but the IMF seems adamant
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Newsletter 113 - 31/03/2017
from 2020 but the IMF appears to want the measure, worth 1 percent of GDP, to be implemented in one... for the mechanism is to have covered its operating expenses for one year over the last three years... investment groups that have tabled binding bids. One the biggest stumbling blocks to have emerged
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societyas a way of maintaining ties with the diaspora. The problem is a practical one: voting is only... claim Greek descent. This is clearly an outside estimate, and not a very reliable one. Only a subset... citizenship for immigrants by the back door. Any proposal, if indeed one emerges, has a long way
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Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsof confidence. Kammenos launched one of his infamous Twitter tirades on Sunday, apparently irked... that one of his MP’s, Thanassis Papachristopoulos, visited Tsipras’s office recently... seat. His ballot is one of those that Tsipras is counting on from outside his group of 145 SYRIZA MPs
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Speculation about May elections revived by SYRIZA officials' comments
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the European Parliament and local votes, which are due on May 26. One of the factors which makes..., to be able to vote in both ballots without having to travel from one place to the other. If national... their ballots in two different places choosing one or the other. There had been suggestions
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PM removes under-fire ministers from posts in late-summer reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the Health Ministry, Kikilias – a former basketball player with a celebrity wife – was one of the most... post, and one where the previous minister was often criticised, rather than leave him out... of women in government as there was only one female appointment among the ten announced on Tuesday
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek Politics-friendly media in the meantime. The flooding in Evia was the main item on the front page of only one... to rig the process so that a businessman with pro-SYRIZA leanings would win one of the licences. It should be noted that away from the bickering between the two main parties, one of the key takeaways
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Newsletter 325 - 28/01/2022
of the so-called “executive state”. One of the main election pledges made by Mitsotakis was that he...’s full backing this week, but was one of several ministers that the opposition parties pointed... is measured against the latest, revised targets. When one compares the fiscal performance of last year
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the authorities have to explain why EYP was monitoring one of the government’s political... the committee one month to deliver its findings. Traditionally, such inquiry’s rarely lead to any... examined. One is a return to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019
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Newsletter 357 - 04/11/2022
was not the only one to benefit from the state-owned postal operator’s outsourcing. In a social... of the year, and rather optimistically just one billion euros is set aside for next year, in hope..., against 28.7 pct for the richest one. Equally food is 22.2 pct, compared to 17.6 pct
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