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From soup kitchens to school meals, demand for welfare in Athens is surging
Society, including soup kitchens, and the findings of its report provide further cause for concern about the social... the soup kitchens have started doing so in the last six months. Furthermore, 76 percent of those... per month. Six in 10 of those who attend at least one of the two soup kitchens a day are aged
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For Greek families, electricity goes from given to must for survival
Societythat had been cut off from the power grid due to being unable to pay their bills. It also promised..., the Public Power Corporation (PPC) revealed that it was cutting off electricity to about 30,000 homes... using due to a lack of electricity. A citizens’ movement that illegally reconnects homes to the power
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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
Gap tightens in election race Balance of power could still shift as over one in ten are undecided... that the balance of power could shift, although it is more likely that this would push SYRIZA towards... to contradicting press reports and statements about a potential Grexit if SYRIZA comes to power
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agora, bringing it to power in January 2015. The refusal of left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon to endorse... results for PS. Vacuum The power sucked away from parties like PS, PASOK, Labour in the UK and PSOE...). The Netherlands, for instance, is used to having a plethora of parties in Parliament but power has become
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I know what you did the summer before last
Agorawas elected to power and the morning of July 13, when a bleary-eyed Tsipras emerged from long... SYRIZA came to power, yet this scheme has also been claimed by American economist James Galbraith... how a small, radical party of opposition that was so detached from reality was able to gain power
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Fears and reassurances over PPC's dire finances
EconomyFeaturesa billion euros from continued operations, the future of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) has been a topic.... The national power company has been treated with kid gloves by various Greek governments during.... Old-fashioned Although its hold over the Greek power market has been loosening lately as consumers
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Losing game: Another doomed effort to revive Greek football?
Agorathe sport as a vehicle for wielding power and advancing their business or political interests. Too... contract with public broadcaster ERT. Soon after coming to power, New Democracy announced... been down this road before and little changed. Also, this appeal to a higher (and foreign) power
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North Macedonia's road to Brussels: Breaking the vicious cycle
Agoraand loss of its transformative power, which was so necessary and expected by the citizens... in interethnic relations is mainly maintained through the division of power between the political elites... citizens with power and powerful institutions. We need the EU, but not as a replacement for our
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Snow melts in Athens, political row over storm response heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicswere the result of trees falling onto power lines, leading to some 250,000 households in Attica being... in a coordinated and efficient manner. New Democracy argued that because collapsed trees caused the power outages... technicians could begin work on the power cables. Government officials also pointed to the fact
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Newsletter 285 - 19/02/2021
and related revelations. Around 250,000 households in Athens lost power between Monday and Tuesday, largely due to trees falling on overhead power cables, because of the heaviest snowfall seen in the Greek... that was damaging for the government. Around 250,000 households in Athens lost power between Monday and Tuesday due
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