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  1. PM tightens lockdown, braces for economic and political impact

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , but given that the last lockdown began in November and has never been fully lifted, the validity... with a large group of people. Along with the constant chopping and changing of restrictions, this has... mutations, Greece has to be on alert to prevent another major outbreak. He cited Portugal as a recent

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  2. Multi-bill passes but coalition's relationship with armed forces and police sours further

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    the 2012 wage cut and the merging of their auxiliary pension funds has left the armed forces and emergency services at odds with the government. It was noticeable that SYRIZA, which has ideological... the unions representing the civil servants in question. There has been deep concern in New

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  3. Where did all the money go?
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    Agora

    as the EFSF has disbursed 141.8 billion with one last tranche of 1.8 billion remaining. The IMF has... total stands at 31.9 billions (18 percent of GDP). These are staggering figures: No other nation has.... To protect the integrity of the eurozone, the strategy has left Greece with a massive pile of debt

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  4. Parliament to take up Kammenos allegations next week
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of a middleman in the deal, who the Saudis denied knowledge of, Kammenos has also been accused in the Greek.... The government so far has dismissed the claims of wrongdoing against Kammenos and put the allegations down to destabilising efforts by the opposition and parts of the media with which the defence minister has had

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  5. Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
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    Economy

    The Greek government has submitted to Parliament draft legislation that paves the way for thousands... budget. It has been suggested in the local media over the past few days that the government might have..., as had been agreed in 2017. So far, the coalition has shown no intention of holding back on any

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  6. Opposition vents over police corruption allegations

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the surveillance scandal, which has been dogging New Democracy for months. Reports in left-leaning Documento...’ Protection Ministry noted that Theodorikakos has launched a full investigation, being carried out... to the surveillance scandal. By responding just to claims in Documento, which the government has repeatedly

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  7. Greek households continue to slash spending on goods and services

    Society

    in urban than in rural areas. In cities and towns, the average monthly spend fell by 28.85 percent (from

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  8. Impact of pandemic, lockdowns reflected in lower household spending during 2020
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    Society

    to 1.404 euros, from 1,567, also dropping in rural areas to 1,085 euros, from 1,191 in 2019. Regionally

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  9. Underlining stress on Greek society, suicide rate doubled in first years of economic crisis

    Society

    -governmental organization Klimaka. No section of society has been left untouched by the spectre of suicide. There was shock this summer when the government revealed that 16 policemen had taken their own

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  10. You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
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    Agora

    domestic process to the outside world has given license to many people inside and outside... Europeans. Unfortunately, the election of a new government in Greece that, for better or worse, has a completely different view of how to handle its relationship with the eurozone has given rise

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