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  1. Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing

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    and on Tuesday, seems in no mood to consult further on these issues or to back down from its intention of passing the bills through the Hoise. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis insisted on Tuesday... executing instructions handed down by lenders. It is clear that the rising tension is causing some

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  2. Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015

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    -page photo shots in newspapers or social media. * Citizens and businesses proceeded to pay down private... was adopted in Wednesday’s omnibus bill, citizens and businesses started to draw down their current... will continue to hover above Greece until the third bailout has been agreed. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis

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  3. Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
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    the distance and his government became embroiled in its own scandals and was dragged down by its.... At the same time, the coalition also played down the fact that State Minister Alekos Flambouraris had... as alternate interior minister and later as labour minister, from where he could draft legislation

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  4. Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016

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    euros in Q3, down by more than 1 billion from last year. The fall is mostly due to an 8 percent... euros in Q3, household disposable income was down by more than 1 billion from last year. 2 Solutions... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot

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  5. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    of reduction slowed down. The trend is now reversed. With the exception of permanent civil servants... replenishment of an over-pruned public sector, and how much might be down to a politically-motivated.... Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would

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  6. Speculation about timing of next general elections intensifies
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    Kyriakos Mitsotakis threw down the gauntlet and challenged Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to hold... by Tsipras and he is unlikely to start whittling down his options until the third bailout has been... is turning a corner. On Sunday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis suggested that the general

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  7. Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns

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    that the head of Greece’s top administrative court has stepped down in such a manner. In a statement... decision to step down a few weeks earlier may cause the government slight embarrassment... to Interior Minister Panos Skourletis the breaking up of the Athens “B” electoral district

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  8. Govt’s “zero tolerance” approach to violent protest provokes accusations of authoritarianism
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    down on law and order seems designed to appease their more conservative voters and to exhaust SYRIZA.... A risky tactic at best, this approach not only throws down the gauntlet to more serious street... the police’s actions, with former Interior Minister Alexis Charitsis calling them a “paroxysm

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  9. Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
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    a living there. This attack elicited the somewhat strange response from Alternate Interior Minister Stelios Petsas, who tried to play down links between the damage inflicted to northern Evia’s forests... is focussed on a damage limitation exercise for the short-term, playing down the impact and providing

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  10. PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come

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    . This is where the minimum wage was in 2012 when it was forced down to 586 euros, and 531 euros for under... to back down. The party’s citizen protection spokesman Christos Spirtzis issued a lengthy statement... across electoral districts. Interior Minister Makis Voridis stated recently that the government intended

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