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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting this week was for a large refugee... Greece’s rating upgrade by one notch by S&P last Friday was followed by the Any agreement... despite SYRIZA marking one year since it was first elected in January 2015. A combination of domestic
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The education of Alexis Tsipras
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/06/tsipras_1000_myrto_0511-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agorato quell any leftist fervour among his supporters. “The left’s time has come,” chanted the crowd at one.... The natural reflex to play down SYRIZA’s success as a victory for the left but one that would benefit... a domestic audience that had previously been out of SYRIZA’s reach. One of the most significant moments
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Nightmare on Democracy Street
Agorafrom its economic nightmare but its political and social one may be just about to begin. When a group... songs. With one swing of a switchblade, Greece’s tormented past caught up with its troubled present. The country’s future is in danger of being the next victim. Of course, this is not just about
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
adjustment of objective property prices that is not expected One minister suggested increasing reduced VAT... if they are on the one hand accusing it denying agreeing to the terms set out by lenders but on the other also slamming the coalition for adopting similar measures to the previous government. There is a danger
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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsfew weeks, based on two broad potential outcomes: One foresees an agreement on May 11 or at a subsequent emergency Eurogroup meeting (the next one scheduled is June 18) and the other that the various... in pending bailout funding, this could trigger one of several developments. All of these events
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Tormenting Greece with a distorted picture
AgoraGreece is experiencing one of its regular bouts of schizophrenia, when its mood swings wildly, what it wants changes abruptly and what is considered good one day can become bad overnight. The stress... intentional efforts to mislead or misguided attempts to analyse a complex situation. One of the prime
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsa settlement on the Cyprus issue is one such example. The biggest danger that Kotzias’s departure...One of the government’s most high-profile figures, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, resigned... stead for the future. One of the interpretations given to his decision to resign now is that because
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Newsletter 179 -19/10/2018
minister and close associates. The biggest danger that Kotzias’s departure poses to Tsipras... stand him in good stead for the future. One of the interpretations given to his decision to resign now... and the coalition united. This is why there could only be one winner in the contest between Kotzias
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
announced that a 301-bed hospital in Athens would be given over entirely to Covid, while one military hospital and one private clinic, totalling 405 beds, would be put at the disposal of the public health..., the government is in danger of losing the political capital it had built up from the competent handling
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek Politics-tapping. A total of 142 opposition MPs voted for the centre-left party’s motion (one was absent). Only... conclusion. Parliamentary speaker Konstantinos Tassoulas said that the panel will have one month to deliver... the prime minister. The prospect of Mitsotakis testifying is one that ND will try to avoid, despite
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