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  1. PM denies asylum-seeker pushbacks, argues Covid-19 under control
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    A wide-ranging interview with Christiane Amanpour gave Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis the opportunity to lay out his government’s position on a number of key issues, including the ongoing tension with Turkey, migration policy, and recent developments on t...

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  2. Podcast - The heavy arm of the law: Police brutality in Greece

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    The behaviour of the Greek police has come under scrutiny, again, following a number of incidents over which officers have been accused of using unnecessary and excessive force. In this episode, we take a look at why police tactics have triggered public...

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  3. Government pins hopes on new measures to control runaway price hikes

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    The government’s latest raft of anti-inflation measures designed to tackle prices on supermarket shelves was tabled in Parliament this week. The New Democracy administration is promising tough enforcement against profiteering, but opposition parties con...

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  4. Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
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    As the Iran conflict sends tremors through European security and global energy markets, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is using the moment to project a message of steadiness, readiness and long‑term purpose. However, the most politically consequential part of his ...

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  5. New parties redraw political map as ND and PASOK scramble for control
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    A new Metron Analysis poll confirms what recent surveys have already hinted at: the emergence of Alexis Tsipras’s ELAS and Maria Karystianou’s Elpida (Hope for Democracy) appears to be causing a structural shift in Greek politics. Both newcomers are per...

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  6. How Greek banks moved into a new era
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    and Piraeus - acquired the bulk of medium and small banks and now control around 95 percent.... The highest quarterly NPL increase was posted by Eurobank, which saw a rise of 1.5 percentage... increase, Piraeus shares saw a modest increase of 6 percent, while Eurobank and National shares have

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  7. Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016

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    the unilateral action we saw from the SYRIZA-led administration last year. The government made it clear... Macedonia (+11.6 percent) and North Aegean (+5.3 percent). January saw the number of building permits hit... of many Italian banks is based on foundations that control the parent company, once a lender runs

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  8. Kasselakis ousts controversial MP, intensifying speculation about plans for SYRIZA
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    if this is a key juncture in the nascent leader’s efforts to gain full control of the opposition grouping...: Polakis was reportedly a key figure in the process that saw Kasselakis, then a virtual unknown, run... September. Some observers saw this as the start of the effort by the young politician to show the public

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  9. Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty

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    plan to address the issue of unemployment. The construction sector saw its peak in employment... to count on society’s support for an extensive reform process and a heavy fiscal consolidation when

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  10. Will the real men of unity please stand up?
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    is in talks about a (politically toxic in Greece) third bailout despite European Commission denials, saw... the German magazine. It cannot be ignored that for all the heavy handedness of the current Greek government

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