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  1. Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    two, governing partners. Also, cutting the voting age by one year would allow about 100,000 more... to implement leftist policies in other areas. Two recent opinion polls showed SYRIZA trailing New Democracy

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  2. Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
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    Agora

    limitations. The decision was timely, rather than precarious or cutting-edge, and it was dictated... of the country’s media. The opposition was blindsided and trailing in the polls, and the government’s

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  3. Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    risked failing the bailout review by the country’s creditors because of the IMF’s insistence... published in UK daily The Guardian about the global lobbying activities of ride-hailing platform Uber... criticised SYRIZA’s attempts while in government to ban Uber and other ride-hailing platforms, accusing

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  4. Ex-minister's jailing a boost for faltering sense of justice

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Former Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was jailed for 20 years on Monday after being found guilty of money laundering. Although the ex-PASOK veteran will serve only a fraction of this sentence, his conviction is notable moment in Greek politics as...

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  5. Episode 9 - Greek economy toiling under pandemic pressure

    Agora

    In this episode, we have returned to one of the first topics we covered so can examine how the Greek economy is coping with Covid-19. Our producer, Phoebe Fronista, has been speaking to Constantinos Kouvaras, the area director in Greece for the Bacardi ...

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  6. OECD sees 3.3 bln euros of savings Greece can make by cutting red tape

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a report on May 15 identifying 3.3 billion euros worth of burdensome regulations in 13 sectors weighing on businesses each year. Over three-quarters of these costs accrue in three...

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  7. For Greek families, electricity goes from given to must for survival
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    Society

    , the Public Power Corporation (PPC) revealed that it was cutting off electricity to about 30,000 homes... attached an emergency property tax to electricity bills and said anyone failing to pay it would lose

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  8. Why doesn't Tsipras just cut defence spending?

    Agora

    , for instance, of a comprehensive defence review over the last five years has been a serious failing..., right-wing Antonis Samaras, faced strong criticism after cutting the wages of military personnel

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  9. Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    potentially complex talks with parties he has not worked with before, also cutting down on the time... within SYRIZA due to some members feeling that Tsipras and a small group of advisers are failing

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  10. Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015

    Newsletters

    Panos Kammenos failing to include him in the cabinet rather than any particular ideological or political... adjustment should come from cutting public spending, mainly through reducing the size of the state sector

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