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  1. Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Christodoulopoulou was criticised for failing to ensure that Greek authorities had the appropriate manpower... as failing to separate migrants from refugees. Caretaker Immigration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas, who... scanners, to the Aegean islands. Also, the government agreed from more frequent ferry sailings between

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  2. Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
    Photo via @kmitsotakis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    tax for the self-employed, cutting the VAT rate in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent... that the fiscal space for his measures would be created by cutting spending in the public sector largely... the government over its handling of the Mario camp on Lesvos and for failing to talk about safe borders. He

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  3. Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015

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    , when Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was accused of failing to make any credible proposals... failing. The problem for Tsipras, though, is that he has to tread carefully with the military... predecessor, right-wing Antonis Samaras, faced strong criticism after cutting the wages of military

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  4. Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
    Photo by EC - Audiovisual Service

    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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  5. 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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  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
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    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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