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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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Privatisations in Greece: A win-win that's difficult to achieve
Agoraspectrum has increased the law’s legitimacy and the chances of not being revised any time soon...) and Anastasios Gagales – has not helped its operational capacity. HRADF is now a privatisation agency... be well into 2017 before HCAP reaches full operational capacity, has appropriate staffing levels
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Tsipras eyes connection with voters through changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has suggested that he may put planned changes to Greece’s.... Although the premier has yet to unveil his proposed changes (he is expected to do so before the end... to be given the right to vote has been put on the table by Potami and New Democracy. By leaving
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Parliament will not probe 2015 bailout negotiations but issue unlikely to disappear
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the small centrist party has supported the government, following last week’s vote on the new electoral law... the government’s motives and competence during last year’s negotiations. It is an issue that Mitsotakis has returned to repeatedly during his brief leadership of the conservatives. He has been helped
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Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsand education. The most interesting addition to the policy ideas, which the government has presented before... month has been viewed very negatively in the media and is particularly painful for SYRIZA... to have been successful in the last few weeks, when the focus of opposition parties and the media has
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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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Tsipras seeks "Club Med" unity as refugee crisis, debt talks move up agenda
PoliticsForeign Policy16. September 9 has been mentioned as a possible date for the conference in the Greek capital... in the company of leaders with a less radical left background than himself. He has gradually been welcomed... administration has sought ways to create alliances within the EU. Its messy negotiations
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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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