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Sports-related violence on the agenda again as PM struggles to find response
PoliticsGreek Politicsreports suggest that the conservatives are considering the extreme options of either forcing all teams to play behind closed doors or stopping all sporting activity. Either scenario would not go down... administration’s law and order agenda. Mitsotakis has made law and order a key part of his political credo
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Flurry of bills due in Parliament as legislative work resumes
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor publicly-funded universities. However, all the opposition parties share concerns about Article 16... to trigger a heated debate in Parliament. Although it appears that all New Democracy MPs are on board... was brought back to the government department, once known as the Public Order Ministry, because
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Athens fears Middle East instability, joins others to push for change in EU's Syria policy
PoliticsForeign Policyof the European Council, in order to facilitate a formal discussion. The main objective of the initiative... in their letter they note the need for the EU to appoint a special envoy in Syria, “who will talk with all... for safe, voluntary and dignified returns of Syrian refugees and, above all, the review of the EU
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Newsletter 120 - 26/05/2017
with no deal on debt relief from Monday’s Eurogroup and now all eyes are on whether an agreement... to risk it all by turning their back on whatever deal is on offer on June 15. It is more likely that he... to be reached so that Athens can receive the next loan tranche of around 7 billion euros in order
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Some optimism for Cyprus talks but complex issues remain
PoliticsForeign Policyin the resort of Crans-Montana of Switzerland. Following almost a week during which all sides involved...), the problem is that the two sides do not seem to agree on the order in which the issues should be negotiated. It was agreed that on Monday all the involved parties, the three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey
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I know what you did the summer before last
Agorathe threat of bankrupting the national health system with a mass order of neck braces, this about-turn... offence could be committed by the government planning for several eventualities. After all, it was a long-running joke in the eurozone that all the member states had a plan for what would happen
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Quasi-statesmanship and political gymnastics
Agorathose who are opposed to an agreement, not all those who have concerns about the deal deserve... Athens felt that they could all be achieved. Of course, there are other elements of the agreement... creditors will know that this is groundless conspiracy talk. After all, the package of debt interventions
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Mitsotakis on offensive over Macedonia name deal after Zaev comments
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament. “New Democracy will vote against the agreement and we call on all parties and all MPs to do the same,” he added. “After all, this is what the majority of Greeks demand.” The centre-right... Agreement seeks to resolve this matter once and for all. “Mr Mitsotakis has to get serious and not play
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Greeks dissatisfied with benefits scope and access, OECD survey finds
Societyto access. Greeks were particularly dissatisfied with their country's benefits system. Out of all... than they currently do, in order to support the poor?” In Greece, close to 80 percent of respondents agreed with this statement. Greeks were most likely of all respondents to say that they thought
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agoraand older. This constituency corresponded to 38.3 percent of all eligible voters in Germany. Compared... accompli of German politics, accepted by the other parties who have all ruled out any cooperation... of the traditional ecosystem of two catch-all parties in German politics. The new normal will be three-party
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