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Newsletter 275 -27/11/2020
final report The Greek government has finalised, and submitted for approval to the European... and the introduction of anti-discrimination training in the public and private sector. Many... to satisfy the bi-annual reviews attached to disbursements. Greece has a patchy record when it comes
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After submitting RRF plan, govt turns to challenges of delivery
PoliticsGreek Politics, calling it “a very important piece of work which has been produced by all of us, a plan which has... the plan, Alternate Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis, who has been overseeing the submission... of this positive outcome, the government has decided to expedite some of the programmes included in the plan
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Parties rehearse arguments on social policy as labour law comes to vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsor training. Defending the stricter policies in Parliament last week, Labour Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said... institutions. Parliament’s scientific advisory committee has offered some support to critics... their details online and be awarded a pension on a “trust” basis. This initiative has received its share
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Mitsotakis heads to Washington with defence, energy and investment at top of agenda
PoliticsForeign Policycountry has voice and reliability in the US, Europe, Middle East and Southeastern Mediterranean... recent report that the Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the new sale of F-16 fighter jets. Mitsotakis has already dismissed this criticism in Parliament saying that “there are many
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agoramacroeconomic policies should the eurozone as a whole adopt if the periphery has to swallow austerity... familiar to emerging economies in Asia and Latin America. Europe has seen it before too, on the eve... should be: what kind of an answer were these bailouts to this kind of crisis? They were a creditor’s kind
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IMF’s independent evaluation office identifies mistakes and challenges in Greece’s first programme
EconomyProgrammewith a high probability. The report notes that there was no open and early discussion of the pros and cons
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Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece has obtained a copy of the memorandum of understanding on maritime borders signed between Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in Libya, which has rocked relations... say that this memorandum has no legal standing. The relevant services of the Greek Foreign Ministry
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PM dismisses possibility of snap elections, sets out vaccine flow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has dismissed speculation that he is considering calling snap elections later this year and has indicated that Greece’s latest lockdown is likely to be relaxed... as centrists and I think that ND currently gives them a political voice,” Mitsotakis added. This mirrors
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Government treads carefully on Trump, looks for positives in EU defence spending tweak
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPresident Donald Trump and his administration, but has made it clear that it is strongly in favour..., there has been a relatively subdued reaction in Athens to the speech given by US Vice President JD... needs to “mature politically”, which is a phrase that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has used
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The arduous road of privatisation in Greece
Agoraprojections. Thus, the new CEO’s optimistic outlook has to be viewed with a sense of caution. All... agency. Since its inception in mid-2011, HRADF has had a constant turnover in the position... the establishment of HRADF in 2011 the Greek privatisation strategy has suffered from a number of deficits
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