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Greek justice slower despite reform efforts during crisis
Societyactivity report, examining what progress has been made in a number of areas where Athens has been... that progress in these areas has been limited. The functioning of the Greek judicial system has... has continued its support to the review of the Code of Civil Procedure, the promotion of mediation
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Golden Dawn rears its head in local polls, prompting rethink from main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greece’s political system has not disappeared and it has forced the mainstream parties to come up... awaiting trial, it is not clear what room for manoeuvre the party has. The ball, therefore, is very much... that has stayed loyal to Golden Dawn to change their minds. Until recently, New Democracy followed
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Greek-German relations: Perception versus reality
Agorathat Greece has to adopt through the troika compliance requirements. The lingering impression... of bilateral cooperation that has been established alongside unnecessary finger pointing. Leaving aside the unprecedented volumes of credit guarantees that Germany has provided for the financing
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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy-PASOK administration has used civil mobilisation orders before (to force striking teachers... to the passing of a law allowing the sale of PPC spin-off being one of the prior actions Greece has... in Parliament on Wednesday. The bill has already been approved at committee level and is expected
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EU Task Force sees progress on reforms and structural funds in Greece
EconomyProgrammeReforms are delivering results and there has been an increase in the absorption of European Union..., the absorption rate for Greece has improved to 81.3 percent in June 2014 compared to the EU average... that technical assistance has been provided to curb health expenditure, improve the pricing and reimbursement
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Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
Agorato default last week, the Greek government, which has been left with few convincing arguments... in circulation than the central bank has reserves (dollars in this case) so it can convert them one... convertibility, Argentina followed the policies that the International Monetary Fund has been long advocating
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Antonis Samaras was there a few months ago) but the sight of Tsipras, who has said he.... Greece has never had an atheist prime minister and Tsipras runs the risk of being unable to reach... the church even though he is a non-believer. Until now, New Democracy has maintained the strongest ties
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The television will not be revolutionised
Agorabroadcasts, it has found itself without a chairman for a second time. Antonis Makrydimitris, and his deputy... departed suggests that the coalition has little appetite for NERIT becoming the independent broadcaster it promised. Either that or it has abandoned those intentions with the same speed it passed
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Standoff over civil servants in Greece bears hallmarks of pre-election clash
PoliticsGreek Politicsand SYRIZA over the evaluation of civil servants. The conflict has arisen from the refusal... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has decided to adopt a scheme that will result in 15 percent of civil.... Mitsotakis insists that almost 4,000 more dismissals, which the government has agreed with the troika
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SYRIZA builds clear but not conclusive lead in polls as PASOK and GD fade
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAnother weekend has passed and another set of polls have given SYRIZA a clear but not decisive lead... between SYRIZA and New Democracy has widened by 1.5 percentage point in the last month. The opposition... and PASOK polling 4 percent or less in two of the three. While PASOK’s decline has been evident
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