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Parties square up for all-out battle over upcoming labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government touts as a modernising reform for the benefit of both workers and employers, has... to the right to strike. Greece’s largest union confederation GSEE has called a strike for May 4, warning
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Podcast - The heavy arm of the law: Police brutality in Greece
AgoraThe behaviour of the Greek police has come under scrutiny, again, following a number of incidents over which officers have been accused of using unnecessary and excessive force. In this episode, we... demonstrations. Finally, Pavlos Eleftheriadis, a professor of Public Law at Oxford University who has also
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FM explains verbal clash in Ankara but broader strategy remains unclear
PoliticsForeign Policy”, showing that Athens has no reasons to be on the defensive against Turkish claims; but mostly it resonated... and approach,” he said but Dendias also expressed an assertion that despite what has happened, his visit
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Mitsotakis attempts to clarify plans for post-Easter reopening
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter several weeks of speculation, the Greek government has given more clarity on its plans for reopening the economy and travel, with the aim of what the prime minister described as “a summer... vaccines. Uptake of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been slow as a result of concern among the public about
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Newsletter 294 - 23/04/2021
, even though it has so far fallen slightly short of the target it set for this month, which... lead the government still enjoys over its rivals. SYRIZA’s focus this week has largely been
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Podcast - Greece's year of trying to shake off Covid-19
AgoraGreece has been grappling with the coronavirus for just over a year, sometimes with success but other times less convincingly. As Greece went past 10,000 Covid-related deaths and prepares to reach 3... of Greece's pulmonologists, who works at a Covid hospital in Athens. They talk about what life has been
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Vaccines provide govt with hope of pandemic exit as labour reform battle gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsto abide by the measures. New Democracy has previously been critical of SYRIZA either encouraging... has not taken any responsibility for a failed strategy that saw Greece spend some six months
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Retail turnover drops by 3 pct and volume by 1.8 pct in February
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s retail sales index decreased by 3 percent in February following a revised drop of 3.8 percent in January, Hellenic Statistical Authority data showed on Thursday. The index has now dropped... to -34.6. Compared to the same month last year, consumer confidence has dropped by 2 points. Retail
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Late May Day rallies highlight divides in left and labour movement
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has outlined key aspects of the upcoming bill in interviews. They include flexible...’ rights and increase inequalities. SYRIZA, meanwhile, has built up high expectations of the response
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Amid patent waiver row, govt hoping to push ahead with reopening
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso remained high at 83. This means that there has been no let-up for public hospitals, which remain... of precautions not being observed were found. Vaccine patents A row has broken out between New Democracy
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