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Domestic pressure over refugee crisis building for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign PolicyPavlopoulos on Wednesday. Although critical of the coalition on other issues, Mitsotakis has been broadly... is holding with Western Balkan countries in Vienna on Wednesday was a serious blow and has raised.... It is worth bearing in mind that there has been local resistance to these centres, particularly
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Withdrawal of NGOs from refugee centres puts pressure on Greece to fill void
PoliticsForeign Policy” plan to return refugees who arrive in Greece has prompted the Greek authorities to change the nature of the island “hot spot” into what NGOs consider to be detention centres. This has led to the UN... announced that they are pulling out. This has compounded the problems faced by the Greek government
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The diversions of the past
Agoracrass. Riled leftists also pointed out that it is violence linked to far-right Golden Dawn that has... range of pressing problems the political system is facing and has consistently failed to deal with over the past years. And, ultimately, Greece has a police force and intelligence service that has
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Greek tourism: Hopeful yet uncertain for 2016
EconomyFeaturesthe grim economic climate of the country to visit in droves, the 2016 season has started out painting... towards Greece. In contrast to last year, this year has got off to a somewhat jittery start for the sector... sector last year, this year, it may well be the refugee crisis that has impacted Chios, Lesvos
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First step in TV licensing process completed as controversy continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has received 11 expressions of interest in the new TV broadcasting licenses it plans... in a previously murky field. Since private TV emerged in Greece in the late 1980s, there has been no formal licensing process. The government argues that this has encouraged the exchange of favours
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Siemens trial hitch ratchets up tension between coalition and judiciary
PoliticsGreek Politics’ trust in Greece’s main parties, PASOK and New Democracy, in the past, has reared its head again... he claims was a campaign contribution and not a bribe. The trial began in November 2013 but has... falling ill. It was reported on Wednesday that the judge has died and will have to be replaced
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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s discomfort at having to take on activists has become increasingly obvious... parties and SYRIZA’s coalition partner Independent Greeks, which has close ties to the church and draws... reaction from SYRIZA MPs and ministers underlines how disoriented the party has become now
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Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor ELSTAT’s independence to be maintained. The current coalition has repeatedly been criticised for interfering in the work of independent authorities, although there has not been any complaint... for light to be shed on the claims, has raised concern that Georgiou may be made a scapegoat
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Athens briefed as talks on Cyprus reunification intensify
PoliticsForeign Policy2.5-hour meeting with Kotzias “the convergences already achieved are far beyond what has ever been agreed in direct conversations between the two sides.” However, he has also admitted that “there is still... by the UN. What has been very much our agreement now is that every single sentence, every word
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Uncomfortable questions regarding TV auction mount for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding the recent auction for TV licences, which the coalition has held up as a shining example... to rubber stamp the tender. A second controversial aspect to the TV permits auction has emerged this week... signing a legal document that the money being used to purchase the permits has been earned from legal
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