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Newsletter 152 -23/02/2018
review, which had not yet been completed. One of those, which involved the Council of State... that now Greece is emerging from the bailout, SYRIZA is turning its attention to one of the key pledges... will be carried out by a committee made up of 21 members (10 from SYRIZA and one from junior
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Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short
Societyis one of just a few countries in Europe with no external assessment or system of quality assurance... raising state spending on education. The issue of external assessment and autonomy is one that has... system showed that the Greek system is one of the most centralised in the OECD, with 78 percent
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment would be the one to take the country out. “We are taking steady steps towards the exit, leaving... coalition, despite the difficulties it has faced and mistakes it has made, is the one that will oversee... that Tsipras has to play. It is certain to be one of the main pillars of the party’s election campaign
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agora), there was a brief item referring to the inside pages, while one newspaper (Eleftheros Typos) bore... in the group of seven that are supportive of the government, only one (Ethnos) referenced the GDP data... growth figures. One of the possible explanations for this oversight is that the left-leaning media has
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Coalition hails multi-bill as start of clean break, opposition sees more of the same
PoliticsGreek Politicswas one of several cabinet minister emphasising over the weekend the positives that the government... of the out-of-court workout and a switch from next year to a one-out-one-in hiring policy... would retain the five-out-one-in rule that was adopted as part of Greece’s first programme. Keeping
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After an international agreement comes the domestic politics
Agorahatred. Like any diplomatic deal, the one presented by Tsipras and Zaev contains some compromises... Republic of Macedonia to Republic of North Macedonia and that the new one will be used erga omnes... as Macedonian (Citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia). This will be a hard one for many Greeks
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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
, Mitsotakis to follow In what will be one of the last throws of the dice he has to recover support, Prime... but indicated he would maintain a policy of one hiring for every five departures... with the institutions that it can change to one-in-one-out from next year. GDP growth slows to 0.2 pct QoQ in Q2
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsintervention, rather than a structural one. To Athens, this indicates that if it can convince the creditors... measures to Parliament one by one and ask for them to be approved in roll call votes. This would... government more than one on December 3 as the final version of the budget has to be submitted
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOne of the government’s most high-profile figures, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, resigned... a settlement on the Cyprus issue is one such example. The biggest danger that Kotzias’s departure... stead for the future. One of the interpretations given to his decision to resign now is that because
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Newsletter 179 -19/10/2018
stand him in good stead for the future. One of the interpretations given to his decision to resign now... and the coalition united. This is why there could only be one winner in the contest between Kotzias... pension cuts of 1 percent in GDP. One of the two scenarios in the economic plan – the one
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