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Increase in Covid-19 cases prompts tighter measures amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsdiligent checks on adherence health and safety protocols across the country and a ban on regional... the government of sending out mixed messages, claiming that the belated ban on festivals
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Govt's campus police proposals face further pushback as protests against education bill go ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicspolice ban on outdoor gatherings exceeding 100 people. In a show of support, a small group of SYRIZA lawmakers gathered outside Parliament to unveil a banner opposing the legislation. The ban
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PM sees stance on defence issues as vote winner for ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament is due to vote this Wednesday on legislation that would ban the far-right Ellines party from taking part in this year’s elections, which SYRIZA feels Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.... This is why the passing of legislation to ban Kasidiaris’s party from participating could prove instrumental
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Far-right party banned, possibly reducing threshold for election majority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to ban the far-right Ellines from taking part in the upcoming elections could have a significant impact on the possibility of a majority government being... of votes from the ban on Ellines. The far-right party’s exclusion will be much more impactful in terms
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Govt looks to tax bonanza for autumn handouts announcement
PoliticsGreek Politicsto tackle the “cancer” of violence in football. They included a ban on organised supporters’ clubs, more police checks around football grounds, and the threat to ban Greek teams from European tournaments
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Government lines up bills on education and housing, mulls social media controls for minors
PoliticsGreek Politicsinspired by Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, the proposals are set to be presented on Monday as part of a national digital strategy. The measures are likely to stop short of an outright ban
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Unknown soldier debate exposes rift within government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe vote on a government proposal to ban protests from a monument to the Unknown Soldier in front of Parliament has led the opposition to accuse PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of authoritarianism, but has... responsibility of enforcing the protest ban, has also distanced himself from the party line by questioning
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
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Piraeus Bank reports net profit of 164.3 mln in Q2
EconomyBankingdeposit rates show there is difference of 35 bps between the front and the total book, suggesting further... 441 branches (26 percent of total) have been shut down over the past 12 months. The bank says it has... at 6.2 billion euros (8 percent of total loans), of which 63 percent is performing and 37 percent
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