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Govt scurries for effective Covid-19 response as opposition finds more holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Serres as part of the latest drive to stifle the coronavirus and prevent even graver healthcare... the last few days and, following a visit to the city by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias... circumstances when public health is at risk. The other front on which SYRIZA hopes it can successfully attack
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Newsletter 341 - 10/06/2022
as a sign that the two leaders are gearing up for an election campaign – and during a visit to Rhodes..., and the opposition believes it can capitalise on dissatisfaction over a perceived lack of help from the government for households and businesses. According to the latest monthly ProRata opinion poll published
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PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsto give uniformed personnel preferential treatment. However, the timing of the latest announcement... often proved a bone of contention, prompting allegations that officers feel that they can act...’s intervention, rises would be upwards of 9 pct. The PM made the announcement during a visit
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Newsletter 405 - 08/12/2023
PoliticsTax bill passed despite objections as New Left launchesThis week was dominated by the visit... realism that can change people’s lives” rather than “apolitical governance.” One of the key criticisms... of 7.1 pct in May 2008. The unemployment rate fell below 10 pct in the latest ELSLAT release for October
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Property ownership waning in Greece as renting takes over
Societydecade, up to 33 percent in the latest survey from 12.3 percent in 2006. The vast majority... in the latest survey thought that property prices would rise, compared to 81 percent in 2004. While... years. Only 20.3 percent said they would buy or perhaps buy in the next two years compared to 53.5
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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyhaving no talks at all.” Just a few days following his visit to Turkey, Kotzias announced that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Athens. The trip is due to take place either at the end of November or in early December at the latest. Athens is seeking to restore all the channels
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FM heads to Ankara for rare talks as Greece and Turkey court Libya
PoliticsForeign Policy. That was also the last visit by a Greek official to Ankara until now. The mood ahead of Dendias’s... membership. The Turkish president’s latest comments came in the wake of talks between Greek Prime Minister... expectations around his visit to Ankara. The visit is taking place after a full year of heightened tensions
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Newsletter 299 - 04/06/2021
Cavusoglu visit free of drama Positive mood during Turkish FM’s Athens talks; new insolvency process launched The visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Athens and the next phase..., which was free of the verbal clashes that marked the Greek diplomat’s recent visit to Ankara
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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agorathe assets, liabilities, and net worth of the general government in percent of GDP. We can make... they are not costed in macroeconomic models. Thus, young people have reasons to be worried. We can now turn.... This occurred because with the Greek crisis, markets did not want to buy more Greek bonds
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Greece's ultimate sacrifice for stability
Agorathat is gradually claiming its victim. Either way, you can’t help but feel that over the last few years... to and horsetrading with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's right-hand man. Those are the bits we can smile about... probe into the video might establish whether Baltakos can back up this claim. Then again, maybe
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