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One night in Cannes
Agoraby Financial Times journalist Peter Spiegel has highlighted, there were a fair few others digging... to argue that he was coming to the rescue after Papandreou’s foul-up. Venizelos has adopted a similar line, arguing that he had to step in to save the situation. The FT article has whipped the PASOK leader
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Government move over primary residences raises questions
PoliticsGreek Politicsan agreement with the institutions has prompted questions about SYRIZA’s motives. This immediately.... The fact that Tsipras has tried to politicise domestically friction with the creditors in the past means... will reveal more about the government’s intentions. A number of reports suggest that Athens has compromised
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PM presents roadmap for relaxing lockdown, highlights political messages from handling of Covid-19
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced the gradual relaxation of the lockdown that has.... This was summed up in the tweaking of the official slogan, which has been “We stay home” over the last... to class from May 18. There has been no final decision yet on whether primary schools will reopen
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KINAL leader gains confidence as ND ratings wane
PoliticsGreek Politics, the Cretan MEP has frequently drawn a link with the past glories of the party and its founder... that he was becoming unpopular. Androulakis has been prodded both by New Democracy and SYRIZA... to pressure us, but we will not be pressured”, he stressed, “and I say the same to SYRIZA”. Asked
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Alexis Tsipras, Nanni Moretti and the future of the Greek Left
Agoracinematic moment has always been the best metaphor for the fate of the radical democratic left in Greece—always finding itself in a minority. As a young supporter of Synaspismos and later SYRIZA, I never.... As a result, he suffered two crushing defeats against a government that has been (allegedly) engaged
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Moscovici tries to kill discussion of primary surplus targets as easing of capital controls cleared
EconomyProgrammethe fiscal targets that it involves,” adding “I would not suggest to reopen that.” Tsakalotos said... is seen as a key measure aiming to restore depositor sentiment and potentially trigger the return... to MPs on July 11. The key measures included in the Greek proposal involve: 1) Abolition of withdrawal
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Newsletter 294 - 23/04/2021
corporate profits will be taxed with a rate of 22 pct, from 24 pct until now, while the temporary measure..., even though it has so far fallen slightly short of the target it set for this month, which... lead the government still enjoys over its rivals. SYRIZA’s focus this week has largely been
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Ring of Fire
Agora“I want my life back, now!” was one of the chants heard at a teachers’ rally on Friday, when... the culmination of this exacting period, nobody can be sure. In the meantime, Greece has to deal... market more flexible since 2010, little time has been devoted to making workers’ safer. The court’s
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Tsipras eyes four-year term but snap polls an option after MoU exit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has underlined again his intention to see out his four-year term as prime minister or, at the very least, not to call national elections before Greece has exited the third programme... will be our plan for the next day. After the summer of 2018, I want to focus the discussion
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis
PoliticsGreek Politics. The coalition has come under intense pressure from the opposition and parts of the media regarding... in the game against title rivals AEK. Despite an arrest warrant being issued, it appears that Savvidis has... highlighted the links that the Mitsotakis family has with shipping tycoon and Olympiakos football club owner
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