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  1. Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt

    Economy

    On top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of l...

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  2. The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant
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    Agora

    Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in China, one of the direct consequences has been the widespread and, in most cases, uncontrolled publication of fake news. The fact that the virus was unknown at the time opened up countless opportunities for the emergenc...

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  3. EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    An official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...

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  4. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    a reaction. In addition, charges of cronyism strike at the heart of the SYRIZA/ANEL coalition... have touched a raw nerve at a time when fresh pension cuts and tax hikes continue to come into effect

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  5. Newsletter 451 - 14/02/2025

    Newsletters

    , Vassilis Kapernaros. Kapernaros, a former MP for the now-defunct Independent Greeks (ANEL), said... and transport equipment (6.5 pct) and manufactured goods, mainly raw materials (5.1 pct). At first

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  6. SYRIZA tests PASOK waters with talk of possible alliance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greeks (ANEL) have been accompanied by a revival of the effort to explore the idea of Alexis Tsipras’s party working with PASOK in the future. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, intervened... SYRIZA that perhaps the alliance between the leftists and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL has run its

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  7. Political turbulence due to name deal creates election doubts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greeks (ANEL), was ousted from his party. This leaves the coalition with just a three-seat majority... with FYROM because the pact was not supported by the whole coalition as ANEL leader and Defence... will intensify about how long ANEL will be able to prop up the coalition. Given that the next elections

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  8. New Democracy gains MP as new effort to launch nationalist party announced

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ranks in January, but more recently lost two Independent Greeks (ANEL) lawmakers due to the agreement... with the name deal and to appeal to voters who may have backed Golden Dawn or ANEL in the past. The decline of ANEL, both in terms of opinion poll ratings (it is hovering just below the 3 percent threshold

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  9. EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
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    Agora

    coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), with which Greek Solution has some similarities. ANEL went... career (at least for now) of its leader Panos Kammenos. Many of the 155,000 votes ANEL lost ended up... the last four years. In September 2015, around 580,000 voters backed Golden Dawn and ANEL. On Sunday

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  10. Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    - Submitting to Parliament a law liberalising the natural gas market Clearly, this is a tall order... to complete range from finding ways to cover next year’s fiscal gap to ensuring the independence of its revenue collecting service. Some of the key actions that need to be carried out are: - Finding ways

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