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Conflict over Competition Commission also a clash of narratives for ND, SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat prevents anyone who has served in the cabinet or as a government adviser from taking up a position at a regulatory authority for five years. The provision has enraged SYRIZA, which sees it as a blatant... was appointed to the role as a technocrat. She has vowed not to leave her role at the Competition
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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has cut short his brief summer holiday due to a large wildfire... the last few days, as well as dozens of other smaller blazes. Although the blaze on Evia has burned... have been protected means that the government has not yet faced any strong criticism about how
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Internal party rivalries prove a hassle for Mitsotakis and Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe two men has gradually broken down since last summer, when New Democracy won the general elections... Democracy has been no stranger to internecine competition but there has been a delicate truce since..., and migration. This right-wing message appeals to some in ND and has supporters among the public
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Newsletter 261 -07/08/2020
economics professor Panos Tsakloglou has been appointed as deputy labour minister. His selection... at important ministries. Tsakloglou has extensive knowledge of Greece’s labour market. Again, female... and have been highlighting that in a series of moves, Mitsotakis has brought the management of these funds
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Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
PoliticsForeign PolicyAntonio Guterres, following the collapse of talks in July 2017, has not yet been confirmed. Meanwhile... of both Nicosia and Athens. Perhaps the UNSG has committed itself to a new initiative at an early stage but since then a lot has changed. Two main developments have taken place: A new Turkish Cypriot
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Greece's EU journey: Solidarity hard to come by, but two-way approach also lacking
Agorathat Greece has benefited from its EU accession over the last four decades, while only 33.4... currently see the EU. A better future in the EU After almost a decade of economic hardships, Greece has... has started to diminish. In fact, according to a poll conducted by Kapa Research for the Friedrich
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Parties turn attention to green transition as climate issues move up political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Parliament prepares to debate the contentious labour bill on which the government has placed... action efforts, including its plans to phase out the use of lignite and the emphasis that it has placed..., the emphasis on green initiatives are very much part of the political identity that Mitsotakis has been
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Anger over wildfires grows as PM prepares lines of defence
PoliticsGreek Politicson the island of Evia, where more than 45,000 hectares of land has been burnt since the blaze began there last... have raised questions about the operational response to the wildfires, social media has also been... and livelihoods from the advancing blazes, with success in some cases. This has undermined to some
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Athens looks to bolster ties with African states, beyond Libya
PoliticsForeign PolicyFor some time, Greece has paid little attention to Africa and especially the northern part... diplomatic activity over the last 15 years in many African countries has forced Greece to reconsider... by The German government and scheduled to take place on November 12 in Paris. Greece has been
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agorathat the thrust of national energy policy has been to aggressively promote the use of natural gas... decision was made to introduce natural gas in the 1990s, Greece has diversified its sources of supply. Russia, once the dominant supplier, has seen its share of the Greek market trimmed to just under
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