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  1. Lest we forget

    Agora

    “The people don’t forget, they hang fascists,” goes a chant that Greeks have been hearing for decades. This year, seeing the fascists being put behind bars will suffice for most. The slogan is born... not forgetting the weaknesses that supplied Golden Dawn with its lifeblood. The satisfaction of seeing our

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  2. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  3. Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018

    Newsletters

    questioned The deadly wildfire in Mati, northeast of Athens, which claimed more than 80 lives has... to journalists that there is evidence which points to the fires in Kinetta, west of Athens, and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which

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  4. PM prioritises saving lives as govt fire strategy comes under more scrutiny
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    of the Mati fire in 2018, which caused more than 100 deaths and for which the then SYRIZA government... in connection to what happened at Mati, ND has made saving lives in such situations a priority... – in contrast, for example, to the Mati fire, when gale-force winds were blowing. There were also

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  5. Mitsotakis makes bid to dissuade farmers from continuing their protests

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    model” regarding universities, rather than the system used in Cyprus. He argued... with state-funded universities. He argued that the Cypriot model, by contrast, is more of a money... that the model is not even attractive to locals. Androulakis argued that Greece should not stand still

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  6. Can the Green Transition be just?
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    Agora

    by soaring fossil gas prices, puts forward a specific model of resource use. The energy crisis bore... Development Fund and the Recovery and Resilience Fund. This model of resource use can help mitigate... for a longer period. Secondly, and more importantly, this model based on subsidy policies does

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  7. Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism

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    in Kinetta and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which caused so many deaths, advanced due to gale-force winds made efforts to evacuate...), the effort to combat several large fires around Athens at the same time and the fact that Mati

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  8. Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
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    As the investigation into the Mati fire proceeds and more reports of the apparent mishandling... to the bottom of the “how and why” of the Mati tragedy and to ensure that it would not happen again. Echoing... latched onto over the past days, Tsipras highlighted the role played in the Mati disaster by illegal

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  9. Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires

    Society

    in the aftermath of the deadly Mati wildfire of the previous summer, for which Mitsotakis laid the blame... the first anniversary of Mati, in no small measure thanks to the public anger stemming from SYRIZA’s... focussed more narrowly on what went wrong with the evacuation of Mati, and made recommendations

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  10. SYRIZA's move to aid small parties puts spotlight on Kammenos leverage
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    will have intensified after reading a report compiled by the Public Opinion Monitoring Unit (POMU

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