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Govt forced to back down over Easter travel, turns focus to May re-opening
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has abandoned tentative plans to allow Greeks to travel to their ancestral villages... that Greece has started to welcome visitors from some countries when Greeks are restricted to their regions... leading the decision-making process. The opposition party has doubled down on its persistent calls
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Common ground absent after latest round of Cyprus discussions
PoliticsForeign Policythat it has no intention to participate in future talks if Tatar does not change its proposals. Guterres... is on the rise. Turkey has several issues of domestic and international nature to deal with and the Cyprus... has not changed its position on what kind of solution should be sough and has no intention
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Greece draws another 3 bln from bond markets as debt strategy continues at pace
Economyhas ever achieved, across the yield curve. The initial pricing thoughts were for Mid Swaps + 55 basis.... With the completion of this transaction, Greece has managed to draw 9 billion euros from international markets, after.... This means it has achieved three quarters of its debt strategy for the year, even if the final amount
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Ryanair flight interference casts shadow as FM prepares to meet Russia's Lavrov
PoliticsForeign Policy. Moscow has indicated that the position of both countries is to search for solutions on several... has a very clear position on the latter issue. Russia’s Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stressed that “every state has its sovereign right to define the breadth of its territorial sea up to 12 nautical
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PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has held up this moment as proof of its pro-European, modernising credentials even if the party has at times failed to live up to these ideals. It was no surprise, therefore, that Mitsotakis... has gained hardly any traction since losing the elections almost two years ago. It is true, though
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Government mulls policing shake-up in response to violent crime incidents
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has come under increasing political pressure because of the latest incidents... of the administration’s “law and order” policies, which the opposition claims he has failed to deliver... criminals on the streets. In response, the government has sought to draw a distinction between the apparent
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Left pulls together against ND's labour reform bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Greece's largest unions and all the parties of the left. Opposition SYRIZA has pledged to fight.... The government has already made several changes to the draft legislation regarding redundancy.... SYRIZA in particular has invested a lot in fighting the bill, which it sees as an opportunity
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Government under fire for supporting controversial fertility conference
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA state-sponsored conference on female fertility has caused embarrassment at the highest level... Voridis and Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis who has previously supported pro-life campaigns... challenge has long been an area of concern in economic and policy circles, its emergence
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Govt talks up benefits of pension reform as Delta variant concern grows
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has launched its attempt to win the public relations battle over the next major... of a 44-year-old woman on Crete after her vaccination, the uptake has slowed significantly. The head... was initially put on Britain’s “green list”. However, the Greek government has openly courted the UK
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Surge linked to Delta variant causes jitters about tourism, return to school
PoliticsGreek Politics, while also noting that the average age of new cases has dropped by almost decade in the last three... for teaching staff, as it will soon be for frontline healthcare workers. Athens University has... vaccination. University entries Controversy has greeted the release of university entry results
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