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Uprising anniversary marked by grandstanding and clashes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s bid on Tuesday to stop all protests marking the 1973 revolt against the junta..., KKE and MeRA25 joined forces. The government’s reaction also prompted a response at street-level..., was used as proof by critics and political opponents of New Democracy’s authoritarian tendencies. From
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Athens angling for tougher EU stance on Turkey ahead of summit
PoliticsForeign Policythat Turkey’s decision to withdraw the Oruc Reis research vessel from the Aegean and its invitation for a new round of exploratory talks is just a tactical move to hide Ankara’s absence of intent....” Sources in Athens believe that Ankara’s calls for talks are empty gestures ahead of the European Union
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PM identifies pending pensions as key problem, while row brews over media law
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the government’s priorities for 2021 after New Democracy struggled to live up to its pledge to ensure retirees receive their payments in less time than in the past. The premier told his party’s MPs... retires. He admitted, though, in the remote meeting of ND’s parliamentary group that this has proved
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Mitsotakis showcases digital successes in drive to attract inward investment
PoliticsGreek Politicsand smart transport. Added to this, the approval of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience fund (RRF) could see around 50 percent of Greece’s 32 billion euro share of grants and loans directed to digital and green... delivered the keynote address at the Capital Link’s 22nd “Invest in Greece” forum for US investors
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
a near-certainty in light of slow progress on New Democracy’s flagship pension reform policy... Mitsotakis’s previous practice of appointing non-political figures to more technical posts, while... is held at the end of the government’s four-year term, natural wear-and-tear could lead to complications
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PM aims to press ahead with reform agenda in face of scandals and pandemic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be looking to rally his cabinet around the government’s... and growing lockdown fatigue. Tuesday’s cabinet meeting is set to focus on a series of legislative... difference to areas of citizen’s lives beyond the pandemic. Five draft laws are scheduled to be debated
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Newsletter 289 - 19/03/2021
declared during the second wave. The situation in Athens’s hospitals remains desperate, despite... for volunteers. The situation in Athens’s hospitals remains desperate, despite the continuing addition... being made available in the capital’s private clinics, of which 100 will be dedicated to Covid
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Athens sees ties with Ankara on more even keel as EU ministers review Borrell report
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels this Monday to attend the EU’s General Affairs... Borrell is also expected to be discussed during today’s meeting of the 27 EU foreign ministers..., the EU’s approach towards Ankara is a two-way one, based on the usual “carrot and stick” strategy
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Dire conditions at public hospitals fuel opposition attacks on govt competence
PoliticsGreek Politics, not just for people’s health but also the government’s reputation, the Health Ministry issued... on the government’s latest move, claiming it was evidence that New Democracy has “no plan” to deal... to power in the summer of 2019 to question the government’s competence and have actual examples
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IMF expects modest recovery, lingering debt but primary surplus to return swiftly
EconomyMacroeconomyto 3.6 pct in the last quarter of next year. This year’s estimate is marginally lower than the one... that last autumn’s publication also anticipated GDP to shrink by 9.5 pct in 2020, before ELSTAT’s first..., after -7.4 pct last year and a recovery from next year up to 2026 at -3.5 pct. This year’s estimate
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