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Newsletter 182 -9/11/2018
officials, has been that there was no clean, or even real, exit from the programme because... announced that his government has reached an agreement with the Church of Greece to settle a number... security subsidies for businesses hiring young workers. It has been suggested that the lenders see
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agoraof 1,500 motorcycle-riding policemen. even though Greece has 497 police officers per 100,000... possibly the greatest public health crisis the world has faced in a century. Furthermore, an opinion poll... to this story, though, which has to do with the considerable waste and corruption in the health sector
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be the hand the Council of State has dealt to the government. According to leaks to the media this week, Greece’s highest administrative court has ruled that members of the armed forces... decision has not been published and until it is there is a possibility that the ruling’s details
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IMF distances itself from budget talks, leaving Athens and EU to hammer out deal
EconomyProgrammeThe International Monetary Fund has officially indicated that although it believes Greece should implement the pension cuts it has agreed for next year, it will leave it up to Athens and its European lenders to come to an arrangement over the 2019 budget. The Fund has gradually taken a backseat
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University bill a source of friction but govt unlikely to be ruffled
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been further reaction to the government’s education bill this week as Education Minister... law, which has caused controversy partly because of the proposed creation of a new department... to be allocated to universities from the state budget. Another aspect of the proposals that has stirred a reaction
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Racism in Greece is getting worse and authorities are to blame, damning report suggests
SocietyThere has been a significant rise in racist attacks since the 2012 general elections, when Golden Dawn entered Parliament, and it has been exacerbated by authorities’ failure to react, the Greek... and at least four deaths. Neofascist Golden Dawn has been linked to 71 of the incidents and police
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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government and the judiciary but which has wider implications. The legislation foresees judges’ wages.... On top of that, the coalition has to pay them an extra 69.6 million euros per year. The amendment adopts... has already factored in the amount needed to increase the judges’ salaries to previous levels
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Mitsotakis appeals to centre-ground voters in bid to score decisive victory
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the gap has been narrowing over the past few weeks and there is a sense that the opposition party... this government has done? How can a progressive citizen say that Tsipras and Mitsotakis are the same thing... at the electoral stand of centre-right candidate for Athens mayor Kostas Bakoyiannis on Tuesday, has
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politics,” said Mitsotakis, who has promised to prioritise the hiring of 1,500 extra policemen. Mitsotakis... has been drawing support from ultranationalist Greek Solution since the European Parliament elections... also appealed to traditional right-wing voters by returning to the law and order issue that has
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsand has demanded further information from Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis. “Mr... emerge, pressure is growing on the government for a clear response. So far, there has been no direct... to hold the police, which has a chequered history in terms of excessive use of force and abuse of power
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