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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coalition collapsing before it has had a chance to implement the voter-friendly measures promised... of other ministers “made their choice.” “So, I made mine,” added the outgoing minister. Calling... I was a seed.” It is not clear what the latter sentence is a reference to but it should be noted
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
Agoraof measures the Fund has been calling for, it is the biggest step so far that the Tsipras administration has... that the Fund would be present and Berlin has always been a believer of the technical capacity and economic... during the time the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks administration has been in power) has been consistently
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Greece falls behind on gender equality due to drop in political empowerment
SocietyGreece has been singled out for its poor performance in the global rankings of the World Economic... report uses data from the prior year). While the country has closed its gender gap by 3.5 percentage points since 2006, it has backtracked by 1.2 percentage points in the past year. Greece is the only
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Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
EconomyThe Greek government has submitted to Parliament draft legislation that paves the way for thousands... a press briefing on Tuesday that this measure will be followed up by draft legislation concerning... budget. It has been suggested in the local media over the past few days that the government might have
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PM to announce new measures as second Covid wave gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsto those of other European nations has been criticised by some commentators for fostering complacency... for the victims of attacking her in uncollegiate terms. The prosecutor’s stance has attracted puzzlement and anger in equal measure, as earlier in the trial she had recommended that racketeering charges
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PM calls for step-up in jabs, tougher enforcement in response to rising infections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe rapid rise in infections and the slow-down in vaccinations over the past week has led... presented at the meeting, 56 pct of the adult population has now had one dose of a vaccine, while 47 pct.... Professor Nikos Sypsas also appeared to chide the PM, warning that “the virus has its own agenda
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Athens prepares for bond issue, eurozone works on growth/debt mechanism
EconomyProgrammeof the concerns the coalition has going forward is that investors may see more of a risk in holding... ministers by the end of March. The newspaper claims that the aim is to ensure that Greece has as light... the profits from the SMP and ANFA programmes and the unutilised funds of the current programme to buy
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An uncertain and wasted year for Italy
Agora’s tenure in office will avert the risk of expansionary spending measures in the short term and buy... significantly stronger anti-Euro and Eurosceptic tones. The League leader Matteo Salvini has already said... with Mattarella, the M5S has promptly re-embraced its more radical anti-systemic views by calling
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The place where sanity goes to die
AgoraThe laborious attempt made by Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem to answer the last question... the other way and sign off on what was presented as progress in the Greek programme. Now the IMF has... bargaining in the near future. This time, the holdup is not because Greece has not delivered on what it has
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Govt intent on making some relief measures permanent
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears set on the idea of making permanent some of the relief measures it has... for their “patience and perseverance” during the pandemic. According to ECDC data, 91.1 pct of this age group has not been vaccinated yet, with just 6.5 pct being fully vaccinated. SYRIZA dismissed the measure
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