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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsof emergency on the island following the first conflagration, which left more than 3,000 camp residents... management as “predominantly a European problem”, while claiming that “Greece has already lifted a far greater weight than its fair share”. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
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Newsletter 274 -20/11/2020
to contain and turn back protestors, detaining more than 100 in the process, was used as proof... to be a problem as the second wave hits. “The disparity of approaches adopted throughout Europe... of Public Revenues (IAPR) has shown. New tax debt totalled 3.90 billion, lower than the figure
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University bill passes as parties' ideological dividing lines are laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the main problem afflicting tertiary education is a lack of funding and facilities rather than... or law and order, which critics claim is closer to the hard right than the political centre that Prime... leads a small party called New Right that gained less than 40,000 votes (0.66 pct) in the European
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Newsletter 304 - 09/07/2021
and the economy at large, apart from public health, have presented the government with a problem it has hoping not to have to deal with this summer. More than 2,000 daily cases were announced on Thursday... expects this year’s takings to reach 30 to 35 pct of 2019, which is slightly higher than last year
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ND anxious about impact Afghanistan tumble will have on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsto move on as many people as it can. The conservatives feel that this line, which is tougher than... the civil war in Syria, when more than 1 million asylum seekers reached the Greek islands... a “European problem” and that there will be a need to guard the EU’s outer borders. SYRIZA reaction SYRIZA
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsvaccination appointments. The coverage is lower among junior high school students, with fewer than one... that more than half a class would have to test positive for Covid-19 for lessons to be suspended, while... a gentler approach to solving what will no doubt prove to be a challenging problem over the weeks
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Tsipras issues rare MP ouster, focusses on pinning ND down over ICU data
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the Covid mortality rate in hospitals outside Athens was found to be much higher than in the capital... problem for the conservatives into one for the opposition party. However, Tsipras is also keen..., rather than coffins” – a reference to the Mati fire, which resulted in more than 100 deaths when
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PM yields on energy windfall tax as govt feels strain
PoliticsGreek Politicsis handling this challenge. The economy is seen as the most important problem by 36 pct of respondents (up... that their personal financial situation is worse than last year. A total of 68 pct of respondents (1 point higher than last month and 11 points higher than November) believe that the government
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Newsletter 335 - 15/04/2022
that the public currently has little capacity to focus on any other issue than the pressure the cost-of-living... Syntakton daily suggests that the cost of living is considered the most significant problem Greece... backing is at 24.5 pct, which is half a point more than in March. Centre-left KINAL garners 12 pct
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... an earlier move since a longer-than-usual election period was necessary. Also, if the second, and decisive... escape clause, giving member states more fiscal wiggle room than they expected in 2023. Reports also
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