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Athens eyes multiple benefits from joining China-backed 17+1 initiative
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece joined last week the China-backed coalition of central and eastern European nations, the so called 16+1 group, becoming the 17th member of the collective. The Dubrovnik meeting last Friday approved Greece’s longstanding ambition to become one of ...
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Multiple fronts and falling revenues pose pensions challenge for government
EconomyFeaturesThe government is facing a complex landscape in dealing with Greece’s long-standing pensions issue, exacerbated by the latest challenge of declining revenues and an impending back payment ruling. Christos Chalaris, the head of Greece’s largest pension f...
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Turkey: Multiple policy challenges from all directions
AgoraTurkey is battling a third wave of the virus and daily infections are the fourth highest in the world behind India, the US and Brazil — all countries with far higher populations. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is now over 53,000; it was arou...
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BoG sees growth of 4.2 pct this year but warns of multiple challenges ahead
EconomyThe Bank of Greece issued on Monday the Monetary Policy Report for 2020-2021, which was submitted to the Parliamentary Speaker and the Cabinet. The BoG is optimistic about the prospects of the Greek economy in the short to medium-term, however it does h...
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
SocietyIn February 2019, the then leader of the opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed the publication of an expert committee report on the management of forest fires in Greece, calling its recommendations “a blueprint for the steps we will follow”. The so-ca...
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Spyware probe reveals multiple targets, prompts opposition calls for answers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe surveillance scandal, which had become virtually a non-issue in Greek politics over the last few months, is back as a topic of debate after the Data Protection Authority in Athens completed its investigation into the use of Predator spyware and publ...
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Government being tested on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government have well and truly entered one of their most testing periods in office since coming to power, and the week ahead appears particularly gruelling for the PM and his team. Mitsotakis is due to meet a g...
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Mitsotakis hits back on multiple fronts as SYRIZA sets out its economic pledges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere is no prospect of an Easter handout this year according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who said the government would focus instead on increasing earnings. Mitsotakis set out his spending plans for the health system, while opposition leader...
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OPEKEPE scandal widens as pressure mounts for PM on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political landscape shifted again on Thursday as the OPEKEPE affair deepened, adding new names, new legal pathways, and new political complications to a scandal that is rapidly becoming one of the most destabilising episodes of the government’s seve...
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Multiple facets of inequality in Greece: a decade of divergence between data and daily life
SocietyInequality in Greece between 2015 and 2025 presents a paradox that challenges conventional economic interpretation. On paper, the country appears to have made progress: the Gini index, the most widely used measure of income distribution, has gradually d...
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