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EU deal appears promising for Greece, but success rides on efficient use of funds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has applauded the compromise reached in Brussels over... euros, of which Greece could receive more than 70 billion. “Europe has risen to the occasion, and we... that will outline their reform and investment policies for the 2021-23 period. The government has
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Newsletter 263 -11/09/2020
of Moria camp on Lesvos has created a political hot potato for the government at a time when..., which is that since it has come to power its use of harsher language on the migration issue and its... camps for migrants, has coincided with a stiffening of public opinion on this issue. The decision
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Lack of vaccines led to panic in B&H, yet now they are going to waste
Agoraand Herzegovina has experienced over the past 30 years, a time in which that person has been... will get 10 percent more", Novalić calculated. Novalić has been in the public eye before, at a time....) Immunologists have warned that little has been done to educate the public about the importance of inoculation
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
on northern Greece ahead of next year’s elections. It has to do with the fact that a larger part... Greek Solution, led by pro-Russia Kyriakos Velopoulos, has moved into double digits in some parts of northern Greece. It has been a longstanding concern of ND officials that parties to the right
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New Democracy moves to corral far-right vote, as PM braces for more surveillance evidence
PoliticsGreek PoliticsConstantine has been attacked by opposition parties who see it as a play for the far-right vote... Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris from running with his new party “Ellines” (Greeks) has been interpreted by the opposition as a cynical move by Mitsotakis to corral the right-wing vote. The government has hinted
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Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition party’s bidding. ADAE chief Christos Rammos, the ex-judge who has been overseeing... main lines of defence as this scandal has evolved, which is that there is no tangible evidence.... Economou raised doubts about the watchdog chief’s true independence, arguing that he has been
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Newsletter 371 - 24/02/2023
until July has an envelope of 650 million euros. Payments translate into between 22 euros per month..., the government has already committed just over 5.5 billion euros to support measures this year. Originally, 4.5... was drawn up, 650 million euros has been set aside for the Market Pass, and a one-off stipend
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ND lead unabated in face of last-minute disputes over migrant boat sinking, minority votes
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe accident took place under the interim government, the political reaction has been heated. SYRIZA... and called for a full investigation into the incident. For his part, Mitsotakis has placed the blame... as possible”. New Democracy has accused the opposition of slandering the coastguard and damaging Greece
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Newsletter 386 - 23/06/2023
there has already been one vote, and this leads to complacency among conservative supporters... polls has prompted speculation over the past few days about what Mitsotakis’s next government might look... the government and keeping the officials on their toes. Mitsotakis has also spoken publicly of his intention
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Growing challenges await PM following summer break
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Athens. Although Kasidiaris has no hope of winning, this will be an attempt to show that he... reform of the public administration, which has displayed many of its chronic weaknesses over..., the fringe far-right party that elected 12 MPs this summer. Building on that success, he has decided
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