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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government will have to adopt 3 billion euros worth of fiscal measures, against the 1 billion euros... the measures on the negotiating table. In his comments after the meeting in Brussels, Tsipras said he
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
. Although the number of daily deaths has dipped below 100 – edging down to 81 on Thursday – almost 600... has intensified, with opposition parties issuing daily statements criticising the government’s... he described as an “ideological obsession with prioritising private profit”. In a bid to answer his
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Greece's open floodgates
Agoraneighbourhoods. Unregulated construction has been ignored for decades and there has been underinvestment... for construction in Athens since the 1930s has led to natural river beds and other waterways being... adds that Mandra has suffered destructive floods about once every 10 years over the last few decades
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agorathat has not been formed, a political manifesto that has not been written and with goals that have..., the effort to set up this unusual vote has been dogged by problems. The traditional bastion... last year but the process collapsed at the last minute. This year’s effort has been hampered
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto medium-term debt relief from the eurozone, may be concluded in April. This has been interpreted..., Tsipras has not yet reached the point where he can sign up to an agreement that would be accepted by his... the right to implement “defensive” lockouts. Furthermore, the Fund has been advocating an increase
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsand measure” in an interview with Mega TV, in which he also warned that mask use would also have to continue indoors and in crowded public settings. The government has taken the position that the situation... them at greater risk of infection. So far, there has been a reluctance to extend compulsory
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Opposition fails to make inroads in spyware hearing as denials continue
PoliticsGreek Politics, challenging him to appear before Parliament to answer questions. Mitsotakis has a right decline..., and the head of the Israeli parent company Intellexa. Only Dimitriadis appeared to answer MP’s... on the basis that they were abroad on the day of the hearing and offered instead to answer in writing
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Newsletter 258 -07/17/2020
pension backpay The government has played down concerns about a second wave of Covid-19 Greece... data has suggested that cases could more than double by the end of August without some return... crisis, the government has come in for criticism from opposition parties for its handling
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Government tries to contain fallout from breach of voters' data
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government has to answer who from the Interior Ministry gave instructions for the voters’ list... addresses it has laid the potentially damaging issue to rest. However, opposition parties... continues to insist that she has not done anything wrong. The matter is being investigated by Greece’s
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Tsipras claims EU vote will be close as SYRIZA looks for boost from relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the interventions are part of an overall plan that the government has to help the economy... that the conservatives would maintain the measure if they come to power. Speaking to Skai radio on Tuesday... interventions, Tsipras stressed that Greece has a sovereign right to shape its policy while respecting
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