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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
SocietyEarlier this month, Greece’s media regulator started the process of examining the bids for private TV broadcast licenses. While the relationship between money, power and information is the subject of debate in most healthy democracies, the government of...
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Crisis-era productivity in Greece lowest among OECD countries
EconomyFeaturesA study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) examining productivity levels over the last seven years found that Greece was the only country surveyed where productivity fell over the period. The OECD Compendium of Productiv...
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe year ends with Greece being hit by a cold snap and high winds, but with the government planning to get 2020 off to a smooth and convincing start. Given that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been out of Athens with his family over the past few ...
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Greece among hardest hit in Covid-related drop for European arrivals
EconomyFeaturesThe European Travel Commission (ETC) has examined tourism trends in the light of the second coronavirus wave and found that arrivals in Europe in the first eight months of the year were down by 68 percent compared to 2019. The hardest hit countries were...
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Transparency concerns emerge among voters as leaders clash over wiretapping
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe debate that followed the censure motion tabled by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras this week is due to climax on Friday, when PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the opposition chief do battle over the surveillance scandal before MPs vote in a ballot that New De...
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Majority for marriage equality in sight despite reluctance among ruling party MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter two days during which New Democracy MPs were briefed privately by government officials about the reasoning behind the marriage equality bill, as well as its details, the party appears confident that most of its lawmakers will back the legislation,...
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Signs of rally for ND despite strong dissatisfaction among voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV suggests that dissatisfaction with the government’s record in a number of policy areas is high but, nevertheless, New Democracy has started to reverse some of the recent losses it has suffered. Support for the ruling c...
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"Executive state" model becomes latest lightning rod for discontent among ND MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn a sign of rising tensions within New Democracy, lawmakers from the ruling conservative party have taken aim at Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s inner circle over what they say is an over-concentration of power in the PM’s office which marginalises elected repre...
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How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
Agorawas also reflected in the age group data from the exit polls. SYRIZA beat ND among voters aged below 50... strong showing among those over 50 with a 27 percent share, followed by PAOK with 19 percent and SYRIZA.... SYRIZA achieved the widest margin over ND among the unemployed with 22 percent vs. 13, followed
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Trade after Brexit: How Greece and the EU will be affected
Agoraamong the top 10 trade partners, the top 10 exporting destinations as well as the top 10 suppliers.... All EU member states are above the 88th place among 192 countries and territories. Therefore, both... show that for the period of 1999-2015, Greece, among the UK's global trade partners, is 31st
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