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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe claim by one of Greece’s top sportswomen that she had been a victim of rape by a high-ranking... walks of life. Becatorou, who is one of the most recognisable figures in Greek sport, came forward... allegations of abuse in one of Greece’s top universities, as well as within the ranks of KINAL. While much
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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
Agorain bilateral meetings as one of the priorities for improving relations between the two countries... the scandals that have shaken Croatia in recent years in one text, and for the sake of review.... There is a popular saying that goes: "the wolf ate the donkey", implying that one was waiting for something
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
announced that a 301-bed hospital in Athens would be given over entirely to Covid, while one military hospital and one private clinic, totalling 405 beds, would be put at the disposal of the public health... closures dropped during the pandemic Only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020
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PM opts for unconventional choice to overcome snag at new ministry
PoliticsGreek Politics. The unusual nature of the appointment also makes it a high-risk one as Stylianides, who.... Mitsotakis will be hoping that he can transfer knowledge and skills from that role to the new one he... brief comments, Tournas focussed on strengthening the fire service as one of the key tasks ahead
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
manner. Furthermore, Gennimata was one of only a handful of female party leaders in Greece. Her passing... than to be pulled in one direction or the other by the prevailing political winds and the promise... voters. If the New Democracy leader could succeed in doing so, it would deny SYRIZA one of the few
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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
of Ukraine forced policy makers to consider an alternative strategy to the one the government would... in Greece and one currently under construction until 2028, postponing the end of coal burning beyond... the Greek economy growing by 3.8 pct, down by one percentage point from the previous estimate and HICP
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agora. One could ask why Greece wound up with such a sky-high unemployment rate during the crisis, in the first place. Discussions with labor groups prior to the crisis revealed one very interesting... in this view was that when one is in a currency union, domestic inflation is no longer the relevant
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek Politics-tapping. A total of 142 opposition MPs voted for the centre-left party’s motion (one was absent). Only... conclusion. Parliamentary speaker Konstantinos Tassoulas said that the panel will have one month to deliver... the prime minister. The prospect of Mitsotakis testifying is one that ND will try to avoid, despite
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Fitch leaves rating unchanged at 'BB', sees small recession and primary deficit next year
Economyunchanged, leaving the agency one notch behind S&P that has Greece at ‘BB+’ and two notches from investment grade. It is also one notch ahead of Moody’s that has its own scale and is currently at ‘Ba3’. Fitch last upgraded Greece in January 2020 by one notch, while the latest upgrade for the country came
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S&P leaves Greece a notch away from investment grade as outlook blurs
EconomyGreece had one rating upgrade by S&P in April to just one notch away from investment grade and one... goal of returning to the top rating. A few days earlier, Fitch left the rating at ‘BB’, which is one notch behind S&P and Moody’s last month also kept Greece at ‘Ba3’, which is one notch behind Fitch
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