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Parties gear up for fresh tug-of-war over Tempe investigation
PoliticsGreek Politicsto show that Karamanlis was both aware of the danger on the Greek railways but also responsible... is criminally liable because one of his employees may have committed a felony runs counter to common sense.... While it would be unusual for a party to recommend one of its own MPs be investigated, this would
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Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas
PoliticsGreek Politicsopposition party PASOK, Nikos Androulakis, announced a visit to the region of Achaia, one of the worst.... Peletidis has not been the only one to criticise the government response. Last week, residents... 2000 nature reserves, making it one of the worst-hit regions of this wildfire season. Local media
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Government faces pushback on labour law amid lukewarm response to tax cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsworkers’ rights and pose a danger to family life and health and safety. Top of the list are provisions... concern, given that they are combined with a growing tranche of undecided voters, approaching one in five in the Alco poll. The one source of solace for the governing party is the small but persistent
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Tsipras fails to halt strike as domestic political battle heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicssaid that he will look for a private contractor to take over this task. Another flashpoint between
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policyadministration, trans border cooperation, energy, interior affairs and cases of justice. One... of the neighbouring state’s ambassadors. The main message of Kotzias’ visit was summed up in one phrase... will meet again in October. One reason behind the strategy adopted by Kotzias is that Greece has
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, with another 11 leaving office. The cabinet is also slightly larger than the last one, which had... Skourletis at the Energy Ministry. Stathakis was replaced by Dimitris Papadimitriou, one of the most... as government spokesman. There was only one change at the Finance Ministry, where Euclid Tsakalotos remains
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsin religion classes, which had been one of the points of dispute between Fylis and Ieronymos. At SYRIZA’s... minister and one of the few women in the cabinet has stoked a lot of interest from the media. However, Achtsioglou is also in the spotlight because labour reforms are expected to be one of the most
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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
(SLA) could be reached by April 7 but acknowledged that one issue is proving a major stumbling block... by 6,900 to 3.65 million. The number of long-term unemployed (more than one year) edged up..., one month before the conclusion of the long-lasting first review. ELA funding stood at 43.15 billion
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After raising labour concerns, back to grind of talks for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut pointed out that there is no “one-size-fits-all” system that can be applied in all member states... regarding labour reforms. This issue seems to be one of the last remaining obstacles in the discussions... been one of the gains the prime minister wanted to walk away with but the IMF seems adamant
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Newsletter 113 - 31/03/2017
from 2020 but the IMF appears to want the measure, worth 1 percent of GDP, to be implemented in one... for the mechanism is to have covered its operating expenses for one year over the last three years... investment groups that have tabled binding bids. One the biggest stumbling blocks to have emerged
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