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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
the situation has gradually improved. For example, when I visited Samos at the end of November, the screening... with an annual income of less than 30,000, no official proposal has been brought to the table. Appearing... Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas has pledged that this will be done by the end of February
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Tsipras in Brussels prep for Obama trip
PoliticsGreek Politicshas promised to deliver in order to gain enough support to push more austerity measures through... that position, the IMF is on the same page. And I think the United States will also apply pressure in that direction,” he told Real FM radio. “Without being 100 percent certain - I can’t make predictions
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Brussels gives Athens thumbs-up for reforms and budget
EconomyProgrammereport, concluding that Greece has taken all the necessary steps to meet its mid-2019 commitments... of a primary surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2020. The EC has an overall favourable view of its..., the Code of Civil Procedures, the financial training of judges and legal safeguards of bank staff dealing
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Mitsotakis pushes for broad consensus after surprise announcement on postal vote
PoliticsGreek Politics. According to details circulated in a statement by Interior Minister Niki Kerameus, the measure... that the measure had been a long-standing request of the diaspora and argued that it would “deepen” the democratic... was unexpected, New Democracy has strong motives to move in this direction. One is the party’s strong ties
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OECD sees heavy hit from pandemic, gradual recovery in 2021 picking up pace in 2022
EconomyThe OECD has released its latest economic outlook showing that Greece is unlikely to escape.... Domestic demand also remained weak, which hit job creation. The government has rolled out a wide... needed to provide better active labour market programmes, education and professional training
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Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe flames with what he claimed were “thousands of gaps in the fire service”. The opposition has long... shadow civil protection spokesperson, Hara Kafantari, argued that the government has failed to learn...-up areas, and that police officers sent to the scene lacked any training or equipment
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Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016
of negotiations between the Greek authorities and the mission chiefs has not reached any agreement..., though, there has been no great outcry from SYRIZA and Independent Greeks lawmakers against the pension... the party’s grip on power. This has been most evident in the way that SYRIZA has systematically replaced
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Hope of economic, trade benefits drive Tsipras's landmark visit to Iran
PoliticsForeign Policywith other EU member – states such as Germany and France. In fact, Iran has already agreed to buy 114...Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has become the first European leader to visit Iran since the lifting... and European Union,” Tsipras said during his visit to Tehran. The Greek prime minister has urged
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Police and protests at centre of political leaders' debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsbehaviour. He called on the prime minister to disband the motorcycle-riding DIAS squad, which has been... to improve police training and a new assistant ombudsman to monitor the force. Tsipras queried... among New Democracy supporters, the percentage of those who believe the media has helped reached
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Govt mulls more freedoms for vaccinated, while arrest highlights evolving far-right networks
PoliticsGreek Politicsat Athens University, was shortlisted for the post of director of the ECDC, and has served on the government... of the pandemic. Reports in the media suggest that the scientific committee which has been advising... and training of violent attack squads, combined with “Greeks-only” welfare activities and volunteering
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