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New labour law set to cause friction, as surprise candidate launches SYRIZA leadership bid
PoliticsGreek Politics” employment contracts. The provision allowing workers to hold more than one job at a time has also been... the progressive vote despite only ever gaining a small share at the ballot box.
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Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe same-sex marriage bill is continuing to cause turmoil in Greece’s main political parties as at least one minister looks set to quit the New Democracy cabinet over the issue, while some SYRIZA... risks provoking a backlash at the ballot box. It has been suggested that the PM has seen enough evidence
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Mitsotakis hoping for stability dividend, but Predator lurks in background
PoliticsGreek Politicscontain warning signs. Nearly one in six voters remains undecided. Also, economic anxiety... “cannot hide any longer”. SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos echoed the charge, saying “Pandora’s box has
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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
Agora. Being very familiar with Turkey’s changeable moods, Greece will not be taking it for granted... set a very negative precedent, which could see the EU locked into tacitly, or even directly... Erdogan at an extremely sensitive and dangerous time for Turkish politics. They felt it necessary
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Athens moves to avoid repeat of EU division over migration policy
PoliticsForeign PolicyItaly and Greece accepted less than 2,000 requests from Germany and in reality, very few migrants were... seems ready to take back a very small number of refugees from Germany. But the German government’s.... In a radio interview on Thursday, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that “Germany had an extremely tolerant and I
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Parties on edge as Golden Dawn case has potential to go either way
PoliticsGreek Politics, points to one of the reasons that Golden Dawn’s popularity has not dropped more during recent weeks. When... this week, there is still an extremely long way to go before authorities can prove that the Neo-Nazi party’s... for the government and extremely beneficial for Golden Dawn. The conditional release of Kasidiaris and his
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Athens bourse dives 10.54 pct on Monday, falling to lowest since June 2012
Economythe FTSE/Large Cap index constituents, only one share remained flat and the other 24 stocks recorded... control period to more than 75 percent. Investors remain extremely concerned about their capital needs... – OLP (-6.2 percent) and Motor Oil (-7.1 percent). The trading activity was extremely subdued
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Tourism numbers continue to worsen as worries grow over second Covid-19 wave
EconomyFeaturesa resurgence of cases after suffering one of the worst death tolls in Europe during its first wave... cited the recent study by the HCH which showed that hoteliers in Greece are currently extremely worried... of uncertainty prevailing makes it extremely difficult to anticipate how and when a recovery will begin to take
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Name deal and Beleri case test Greece's relations with North Macedonia, Albania
PoliticsForeign Policyto take an oath which caused the diplomatic spat between Athens and Tirana - may be one first step... that “if Skopje insists on this line, it will essentially make it extremely difficult... to officially take up his duties as an MEP and will obviously take part in the extremely crucial vote to choose
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After Merkel, Samaras faces immediate challenges on domestic front
PoliticsGreek Politics,” “a little bit of trust,” “it's not very easy but it's doable," and “light at the end of the tunnel... surplus. However, April is still a long way off for Samaras and Greece. The prime minister has... several significant political hurdles to overcome in the next few weeks. One challenge is due to come
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