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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societythe number of citizenships awarded in order to build its base, the statistics show a relatively... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship
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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyrefugees to EU member states. This will be a tall order since EU member states are already having... Johansson and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, the Greek minister said there is more cooperation... following the EU Interior minister’s council that “in my view this statement (EU-Turkey deal) should
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Developments in Novartis probe signal new, bitter phase in pre-election battle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsApril 2011 to May 2012 and has to do with the pricing of four Novartis drugs: Gilenya, Tasigna (150... of bribing politicians, including former health ministers and ex-prime ministers, in order to secure more... are the two parties affected by the case have accused SYRIZA of manufacturing the scandal in order
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Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015
parliamentary group, which has crossed numerous “red lines” to support unpopular measures in order... of pensioners waiting in the July heat to gain access to a bank branch in order to collect parts... will rush to turn on the lending taps to the real economy in order to maximise available funds from
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
SocietyIn absolute numbers, the recent arrivals are lower by an order of magnitude compared to 2015, when several... reframed migration policy in line with its focus on a “law and order” agenda. One of its first acts... defining it as a public order issue, rather than a citizenship or humanitarian issue. Prior
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Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015
must be achieved in a very short space of time in order for there to be an agreement. The prospect... authorities, in order to bring them closer to market prices. During the election campaign, SYRIZA had pledged... the second had an even lower outcome, with less than 150 million euros of deposits returning to Greek banks
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Greece targets seat on UN Security Council as North Macedonia row rumbles on
PoliticsForeign Policyat the dialogue table and discuss with sincerity, in order to build mutual trust, within the framework... main aim has been to promote the Greek candidacy in order to secure, during the voting process..." – almost 150 commitments for its support, both formal and informal. But for Athens the main bid
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Tsipras keeps bailout issues in safe hands but fails to inspire with new cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to prevent drownings in the Aegean, which will get choppier as the winter sets in. Tsipras chose not to return Yiannis Panousis to his previous role as citizens’ protection (public order) minister... as health minister. His predecessor, Panayiotis Kouroublis, was moved across to the Interior Ministry
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
any ethical boundaries for his own government If Tsipras is not able to get his own house in order.... If this is the message coming from the top, if Tsipras is not able to get his own house in order... took up a position in the cabinet, first as alternate interior minister and later as labour minister
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policyof work do straight away in order to set up the process by which refugees will be registered, have... will be provided by the EU, will be needed in order to put the scheme into operation. The EU has also appointed..., which is currently under the auspices of the Interior Ministry, and putting him under someone else’s
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