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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
their willingness to help being shunned. Mateusz Klinowski, the mayor of the small city of Wadowice... that the city should host refugees. Poland’s government, though, had other ideas and made it clear it had
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Locating Europe's pulse in the refugee crisis
Agora, the mayor of the small city of Wadowice in southern Poland, recounts how he was the first local... of Wadowice’s most famous son that the city should host refugees. Poland’s government, though, had
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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order
PoliticsGreek Politics” front. The decision by police in Thessaloniki last week to clear squats in the northern city... repeatedly expressed concern about crime levels in the city centre, and offered his unreserved support
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As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
AgoraMuch moral anguish has been expressed in Greece by politicians and commentators regarding the physical assault that Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris suffered in the northern city on Saturday... and concentrate on his duties, such as sanitation and trash collection in his city,” said the party’s shadow
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Short-term rentals raise rents by average of 8.3 pct, study indicates
EconomyFeaturescreated what the study termed “tourism ghettos”, areas of the city where tourists are the main... than that for the long-term properties. Elsewhere in Greece, a similar pattern was noted. The city
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As easing of lockdown begins, government looks to salvage economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Greece’s 2,626 confirmed cases were in Attica. The City of Athens, covering the city centre, had
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Square reveal puts ND on the spot
PoliticsGreek Politics, claiming that the City of Athens had not expected so many people to turn up for the reveal... of the media as an open-top truck carrying a well-known singer and her band (another City of Athens
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Bill to regulate demonstrations stirs opposition reaction
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLegislation aimed at regulating public demonstrations, which the ruling New Democracy deems necessary to restore order to city streets, is due to be debated in Parliament this week. However... that frequent road closures to accommodate organised protests are making it hard for the city to function
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Increase in Covid-19 cases prompts tighter measures amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the city of Thessaloniki has revealed viral loads at similar levels as those of April, following... there was a significant rise in the number of asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic carriers in the city that are not yet
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Govt toughens stance on campus security after university raid
PoliticsGreek Politicson Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, if the latest round of restrictions fails to suppress... in the city. Over two thirds of Covid ICU beds in Thessaloniki are currently occupied, compared to 60 percent
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