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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek Politicscondemned by the opposition as an admission of failure of New Democracy’s “law and order” agenda... and order” doctrine espoused by New Democracy. In a parliamentary question submitted... was widely blamed for deteriorating poll readings on the public order front.
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe subject of a phone-tapping order, as well as an attempted infiltration using commercial spyware... on Monday, Mitsotakis said he wished to speak openly with the Greek people in order to dispel any shadows... surveillance of Androulakis’s phone for three months in late 2021, after obtaining an order from the relevant
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsled to six ADAE board members being replaced. In order to achieve the 3/5 majority needed to make... Greek Solution” in order to cover up the surveillance scandal and compromise media freedom. Left... its commitment to the due process and the liberal order that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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Greece makes first contact with new Syrian leader as PM chases up missile issue in Paris
PoliticsForeign Policyin order to ensure calm and prosperity in the region." Gerapetritis was one of the first European foreign... mechanisms on the grounds of security and public order, and to ensure Union-wide coordination and cooperation on the screening of foreign direct investments likely to affect security or public order
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Solid conditions in manufacturing continue with PMI at 53.2 in April
EconomyMacroeconomythe pace of new order growth slowed from March's high, it remained robust. Export order growth also eased... continuing in April. Material shortages and stronger order volumes contributed to a slight increase
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In hindsight it would have been nicer
Agorasimply reflects tactics being adjusted as the firewall and others measures were put in place... require additional financing that no one in the eurozone was willing to put up. In the meantime... in bailing in creditors who subsequently might themselves have to be bailed out." Simply put
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Antonis Samaras put the figure at around 1.5 billion euros. Olli Rehn acknowledged... comments at Monday’s Eurogroup that any discussion about more loans for Greece has now been put off until... the funding gap for 2015 at 6.5 billion euros. Latest reports put the total figure for the three years
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Eurogroup leaves Tsipras with difficult but not impossible deal to sell at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the Left Platform, to accept. It appears to put a halt to a number of the party’s pre-election... but it seems likely that the government will put the vast majority on hold at least for the next... forward with Friday’s agreement, it will also put an end to speculation about whether capital controls
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SYRIZA's left wing ups pressure on Tsipras but PM retains authority for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the two days of deliberations in a central Athens hotel. The first was on a proposal put... of clash that could put Greece’s position in the euro in question. Tsipras also won by a clear... to issue more T-bills. The final document also incorporated a brief text put forward by the 53+ movement
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Lenders' reaction to pension pledge leaves Tsipras short of options
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMechanism revealed that it has put on hold the implementation of short-term debt relief measures... process has been put on hold as the institutions are examining whether Tsipras’s pledge to give 617..., would put him on a collision course with the lenders. Approval of the handouts would be seen
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