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Farmers and government edge towards dialogue after weeks of escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the Maximos Mansion. The administration has been consistent in setting two non‑negotiable...”. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis has reiterated that there is no fiscal space for further.... The government has also invoked examples from other professional groups, such as street market
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Dispute with farmers set to escalate as government offer rejected by holdouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government has exhausted the limits of the economy to support the sector. Mitsotakis said he would... is only interested in presenting its own “success story” and has offered nothing new, while farmers... in December to introduce safeguards for European products. PASOK has defended its stance on the vote
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PM sets out case for third term, surveys global landscape and talks up constitutional reform
PoliticsGreek Politicsconfronted criticism that his government has been slow to tackle long‑known structural weaknesses... and young people. Where the government has fallen short, he said it will explain why and outline... geopolitical environment and consistently high defence spending. He said Europe has now “woken up
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Deadly collision throws spotlight on government’s migration policy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA shipwreck off the island of Chios in which 15 migrants lost their lives has reignited the debate... the coastguard has been accused of using dangerous tactics and prioritising deterrence over search... the coastguard officers on the scene. Greece has also been condemned by EU authorities on other
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ND moves to dismiss charges against former ministers against opposition objections
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The inquiry has conducted hearings lasting over... Party KKE has called for the inquiry to be extended to allow the examination of further witnesses.... The scandal has also driven a wedge between New Democracy and the farming community, from which
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Government draws line between solidarity for Cyprus and involvement in Iran conflict
PoliticsGreek Politics, while seeking to assure the opposition that it has no intention of becoming entangled... PM Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras said Greece has an obligation to support Cyprus’s defence but added that neither country has any business joining the war. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry sought
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Loverdos cosies up to DIMAR but future of Greek centre left remains in doubt
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a New Greece, Loverdos’s movement seems little more than a personal vehicle. It has attracted just one... the coalition government in June over the closure of state broadcaster ERT, DIMAR has adopted what... popular party leader, has fallen behind Antonis Samaras and Alexis Tsipras. This means DIMAR is also
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agora-employee of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Zoe Georganta, has accused him of colluding... economy has suffered for decades. The events of 2009 should be looked at with a critical eye so Greeks... for 2009 had been 3.9 percent of GDP, as Georganta has recently claimed, then events would certainly have
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
AgoraGreece has the potential to attain by 2020 a GDP in the region of 330 billion euros and a place... time as the 20th economy in the G20 experiences a depression similar to the one Greece has gone... – the last available quarterly data from ELSTAT – the Greek economy has lost 738,000 jobs, a 16.5
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We need to talk about unemployment
Agoraon the devastating projections for unemployment. The finance minister has designed Greece’s medium... Ministry has anticipated will remain out of contact with the labor market and could see their skills.... The government has announced a number of short-term job schemes in an attempt to combat the worst effects
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