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Potential changes to constitution and electoral law move onto main agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot be drawn on what proposals the coalition plans to make, although one of the changes the government... made recently by Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis. Kouroublis said earlier this year that one of the government’s main aims is to create smaller electoral regions so that no single area elects
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politicsone Syrian from Turkey for each one returned by Greece. However, the process has stalled on the Greek..., a spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry, who told the Financial Times that Berlin offered 200
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politicsmay happen in one go in 2020 as the lenders had wanted, and the expansionary counter-measures... that we will gladly vote for them.” One of the reasons that the details of the potential agreement.... Skourletis Interior Minister Panos Skourletis toned down on Wednesday his reaction to the potential sale
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politics, Gennimata satisfies one of the demands made by To Potami last year, when an attempt to unite... synthesis of political personnel, views and support. Significantly, one of the three former PASOK ministers... last week. Ex-Interior Minister Yiannis Ragousis attended the meeting, taking a different approach
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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe position carved out by one of his predecessors, Kostas Karamanlis, when he was prime minister. Speaking... the consequences of Monday’s Eurogroup. The one issue that has made headlines, though, is the demand from... this matter. Speaking to ANT-1 TV on Wednesday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis said that Kammenos’s
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
getting one family member into employment significantly improves the wellbeing of the household and can... dropped by 2.1 points to 52.9 in April, nearing almost one full year where the reading has stayed... appears to have forced Gennimata’s hand. On Sunday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis suggested
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Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsis concerned. On the one hand, he wants to highlight the party’s weaknesses because he fears... the conclusion of the third bailout this summer. Former PASOK leader George Papandreou, who is one..., that Interior Minister Panos Skourletis recently proposed changes to the vast Athens “B” electoral precinct
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Coalition eyes electoral change, polls show wide lead for New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the conservatives continue to have a strong lead over the leftists, with one survey suggesting... stands at 47 percent, while one in three of the respondents who say they will abstain or cast.... Interior Minister Panos Skourletis revealed on Friday that the government intends to table during
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politicsof this week, but observers also have one eye on the turmoil that could be caused by the Macedonia name issue... of the plan announced by the opposition leader. One of those concerns his plan to hand over control... that this will create inequalities between municipalities. In a statement, Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis
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Newsletter 194 -15/02/2018
. The state subsidy will cover one third of their monthly mortgage repayments. Those not eligible... with the European Parliament and local votes, which are due on May 26. One of the factors which makes... at the same time. Speaking on Open TV, Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis insisted that possible technical
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