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New labour law set to cause friction, as surprise candidate launches SYRIZA leadership bid
PoliticsGreek Politics. In the SYRIZA camp, meanwhile, a new candidate has shaken up the leadership campaign with a surprise bid... attracted a storm of media attention this week. Kasselakis launched his bid late on Monday after... is a Florida-based shipping executive, who in a YouTube video released to mark his bid, stresses his
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ND directs fire at PASOK over Tempe as ruling party’s MPs grumble over land decree
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has taken advantage of the Tempe issue moving back to the top of the political agenda by turning its fire on PASOK, the party it sees as its most immediate rival. In the meantime..., which was not conclusive, suggested that the fire might have been fuelled by engine lubricant’s
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Wildfires and healthcare failings test government over summer season
PoliticsGreek Politicscity of Patra in western Greece a major children’s hospital was evacuated overnight as the fire... out of control. The government has attempted to reassure the public, noting that fire service was 18,000 strong, with 4,000 firefighters and 260 new fire trucks added in the last six years, while
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Greeks trust social media more than news media, Reuters study shows
Societypercent saying that their news was free from undue political or commercial influence. This is part... and is considered particularly significant in the face of the problem of fake news, hacking and falling
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Covid-19 poses health and education challenges, damaging ND popularity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is coming under renewed fire from the opposition over claims it has mismanaged... carried out more than 2,600 free tests in public squares in Athens, which is the epicentre... that the compulsory wearing of face masks at schools is enough to allow classes to proceed safely. In a bid
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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
of the proposed measures to provide free electricity and meal vouchers to thousands of poor families... a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) improvement in net interest income (NII), mainly driven by a further drop.... More importantly, three-quarters of withdrawals were in banknotes and short-term instruments (mainly
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PM faces complex challenge as Turkey threatens free passage for refugees
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government scrambled to prepare on Friday for a potential sharp influx of refugees arriving in Greece over the next few days after Turkey intimated that it would provide free passage to Syrians seeking to reach the European Union. Turkish officials made the claims on Thursday, sparking concerns
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PM expected to reshuffle cabinet in bid to leave wildfire damage behind
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the blazes, when he said that responsibility would be apportioned once the fire season was over... Minister Nikos Hardalias and just over 48 pct feel the head of the fire service should go. On the plus side
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Tsipras suffers setbacks in bid to build momentum ahead of MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the polls in the wake of reducing pensions (and possibly cutting the tax-free threshold for incomes) by 1... that support for New Democracy stands at 25.2 percent, compared to 16.3 percent for SYRIZA. Backing for both
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Opposition cries foul on government's tax priorities
PoliticsGreek Politicson the tax front are coming under fire for putting political gain over social concerns. The prime... on the cards for some time, its reform was seen mainly as an exercise in artfully redistributing the expected impact of rising property values. Instead, in a bid to stay one step ahead of his critics
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