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Passing of broadcasting bill introduces new challenges for coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe visit of the quadriga as well as a new round of EU talks on the refugee crisis overshadowed... Psycharis, the publisher of To Vima newspaper, which is part of the vast Lambrakis Press Group (DOL... the government from some newspapers and radio stations. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos claimed during
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Newsletter 364 - 23/12/2022
accused PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of “vulgar electioneering”, dismissing the latest support measure... for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) during a visit to the mobile telecommunications provider... and Greek MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos had been bugged. During ADAE’s visit to Cosmote, the company’s in-house
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
shortly before the latest coronavirus numbers were announced. Authorities said 324 new cases were... following the playbook for such situations, where Greek governments aim to be quick in announcing... to portray the start of the latest round of exploratory talks as a success of its approach over recent
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Minimum wage increase crashes against reality of Greeks' low purchasing power
AgoraThe media offensive launched last week to promote the latest rise in the new minimum wage in Greece clashed with the latest data released by Eurostat concerning per capita GDP in the EU in purchasing power terms (PPP), which placed Greece second from bottom. The latest minimum wage rise of 50 euros
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Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020
Aiming to build on Pompeo visit US-Greece relationship bolstered after talks as Athens eyes EU action on Turkey The migration This week’s political agenda was dominated by the visit to Greece of US... interpreted as a timely boost ahead of the European Council that began on Thursday. In his second visit
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Tsipras and Kammenos try to fend off rumours of deepening rift
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that the coalition’s future may be in doubt. New Democracy-friendly Fileleftheros (Liberal) newspaper... meeting with Tsipras. On a visit to Thessaloniki on Monday, he said – as he has in the past... relationship has been honest and open,” he said, dismissing the report in Fileleftheros newspaper
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Minimum wage increase set for end of January amid concerns about economic impact
Economyin an interview to the French newspaper Humanite, the decree is due to signed off at the end of January.... In an interview with Naftemporiki newspaper published on Wednesday, Achtsioglou said that the increase... commented at the start of his visit to Athens that any steps regarding the minimum wage would need
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
for US President Barack Obama’s visit to Athens next week, the Trump bombshell landed. The election of the Republican candidate in the American election puts a serious damper on Obama’s visit, which... in Athens that Obama’s November 15–16 visit will not have such a significant impact as they had
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PM hopes to return from Biden talks with spring in his step
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s visit to Washington started on a cordial note, giving... from the first day of Mitsotakis’s visit at the invitation of President Biden, noting that the Greek... told an audience at Georgetown University during his visit. “This is exactly what the Ukrainians did
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Migration troubles move up political agenda as probe into use of fund is launched
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIliopoulos, to be probed. In an interview with Fileleftheros newspaper, Iliopoulos claimed there had been.... The same newspaper had also been at the centre of a row with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos late... with refugee flows. A suit filed by Kammenos led to the overnight detention of the newspaper’s publisher
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