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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politics, and speculation about the potential for a revival of the far-right in urban areas. At the end of June, up..., the confrontations have revived the spectre of 2012, when Golden Dawn built up a groundswell of support in deprived inner-city areas by stoking up racial and anti-migrant tensions. Although the political landscape
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Athens hoping EU diplomatic drive will defuse latest Aegean crisis
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece is stepping up its diplomatic efforts in the hope of securing a united European reaction... sanctions against Turkey. At the last council meeting, Athens asked the European Commission to draw up... is open to the idea of talks but considers the continental shelf to be the only matter up
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Defence spending, economic support plans dominate PM's policy speech
PoliticsGreek Politicsto struggling Greek businesses and households. He also announced to step up defence spending, following... on the economy, and the possibility of heightened tension with Turkey leading to a flare-up... pct of GDP and with public debt scaling back up towards 200 pct of GDP, by saying that he owes
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Covid-19 puts pressure on health system, forces govt into more restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the beginning of September, and has now shot up to 67. It is worth noting that Attica has a total of 72 ICU... the end of the month, open-air concerts in Attica can only have up to half the regular audience... priority is people’s health and that this will not be weighed up against the need to protect
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Tsipras picks holes in ND approach, unveils own spending proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicson the economy and foreign policy, and give his assessment of government’s record. He also ramped up his... parties remains too large for ND to be worried about their policies being measured up against SYRIZA’s... and build on the decline of the government’s popularity. In the days leading up to his Thessaloniki
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Athens "Great Walk" plan scaled back amid criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the past. In the event Bakoyannis joked that he “got beat up plenty” on account of the initiative... of Tsakalotos at being sidelined from the new shadow cabinet line-up. Tsakalotos later sought... to issue an apology. SYRIZA have been ramping up their criticism of ND in the lead-up to the upcoming
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Covid-19 inflicts minimal wear and tear for ND as opposition struggles to profit
PoliticsGreek Politicsreported 436 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, keeping up pace with the daily rates over the last few weeks... is the number one concern for 34 pct of respondents, up 3 points since last month. Those who are not satisfied with the government’s approach to dealing with Covid-19 has gone up to 40 pct, from just
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Many obstacles to clear in Greece's digital leap
EconomyFeaturesare the political expectations that are being built up around a technological leap? How well-placed...”, there is a more intractable bottleneck to address. Skills While the Greek workforce is gradually catching up... simple, as the business landscape is made up overwhelmingly of SMEs with low technology usage
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Slight easing of Covid-19 data as focus turns to retail, budget
PoliticsGreek Politicseased a little ahead of the start of efforts to re-open parts of the retail sector in the run-up... picked up by customers. He said this helped relieve the pressure on courier firms, which appear to have... to the wide array of support measures it has adopted this year, while also flagging up the reduction
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agora. German presidency did not live up to expectations The German presidency of the European Union, despite... process is difficult and requires our countries to change, to improve, to give up their problematic... up such a great supremacy that the Balkan rulers have in their hands. Any successful reform
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