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ND draws battle lines around universities as tensions flare over reforms and policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the opposition, particularly on the left. Last week saw clashes at the University of Thessaloniki..., however the implementation which was set for April has been pushed back. SYRIZA has promised to repeal... events suggests that the nexus between education and policing is set to become a key campaign theme
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Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe countered “in the field”. Work on the cable was paused in the summer of 2024 after Turkish warships saw... from the official government position. Gerapetritis stressed that his own policy line was set... base. The first set of polling figures after the summer recess suggest that backing
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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes... of a SYRIZA government. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras set the tone on Thursday, when he raised... narrowing compared to last month. Kapa Research saw SYRIZA’s lead being reduced from 3.6 percentage
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Parliament starts process of probing Greek debt and MoUs - further division likely
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe inaugural sessions of Parliament’s “Truth Committee for Public Debt” over the weekend. The panel was set... addressed the committee, prompting complaints from opposition parties who saw this as a move... in as negative a light as possible. What is certain is that both of the committees that have been set
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
that their activities were either subdued or suspended for the bank holiday period. Supermarkets saw a large number... the target was set (by the previous government) at a high level of 6.43 billion, which also incorporates... income declarations have already been submitted, while the deadline, initially set for 30 June
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
for the downturn. 2 The pulse of Europe Selfless Europeans have set the bar high in supporting refugees.... Organised by the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (Diplocat), the one-day event saw a series..., these selfless Europeans have set the bar high and are challenging their politicians to make the leap
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
procedure could set a precedent that would be open to abuse in the future. Given Pavlopoulos’s stance... on month. Manufacturing production and water supply saw the biggest increases. Jobless rate slips... on Friday, two days later and well in advance of the deadline set by the Finance Ministry. This decision
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
continues Retail sales fell for the 13th straight month in June, which saw a 5.2 percent drop from 7.9... of the other bidders in court. Finally, to add to the surreal nature of the event, army cots were set up... they will change the set-up again if they come to power. However, they had more than two decades
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What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
Agorain all these countries. As we saw in Britain, an election result can be enough to allow latent anger... in which the populists of the extreme right set the agenda. Under such conditions, which eurozone... more so when this is set against a global backdrop of a liberal democratic order that has lost touch
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Opposition parties seek renewal as Tsipras visits Washington
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot have the spotlight just to himself. Hours after Tsipras set off for the US, where he met... after they saw their party reach a plateau in recent opinion polls, which also indicated that SYRIZA... because of health issues. This means that nine hopefuls are set to compete in the November 12 ballot
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