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Complications over president a taste of things to come for Tsipras?
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Tsipras because, despite being one of New Democracy’s vice presidents, he has a moderate profile and has enjoyed a harmonious relationship with SYRIZA over the years. By nominating a candidate from.... Reports suggest that the prime minister has an alternative candidate in mind. The resistance
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Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
AgoraRarely has Greece gone into an election period with so many pieces in flux as it is now. The only..., they have added to the confused picture, failing to answer the key queries we had going into this brief... and not suffer greater hardship? Perhaps, though, the one key question that has not been answered so far
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Locating Europe's pulse in the refugee crisis
Agorais experiencing. The catalyst for this quandary over the EU’s raison d’etre has been the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees on Europe’s shores since last year. Europe’s response has often seemed... fences have gone up. This has not resembled the progressive, open and self-confident EU that many
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
. The consumer prices index (CPI) continued to drop, albeit at a slower rate of 0.9 percent in May. Greece has... if it decides to explore the option of a referendum. Following Gerovasili’s vague answer... again to isolate them politically and make it seem that his government has a closer and stronger
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In absence of bond issue, coalition ponders next moves
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fact that the much-heralded trial bond issue has moved to the back burner for the time being... the markets as early as next week, once the International Monetary Fund’s executive board has.... It has also been reported that there was concern among some Greek government officials that the IMF
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has reiterated its intention to continue in office after the vote on the Prespes... to be ratified in Skopje in the coming days, is tabled in Greek Parliament. However, he has also made...] and to receive the same answer as then,” said Tzanakopoulos. The government spokesman added that SYRIZA
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the surveillance of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis said that, by law, they could not answer any... this as an indirect threat to those involved not to divulge any details. The invocation of secrecy laws has been... being breached, we do not need to breach other privacy rules that may apply.” Tassoulas has given
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New Democracy faces fresh turmoil after ousting MP
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government has decided that it will not step-in with its own legislation to by-pass the court’s decision. This has caused consternation among servicers and has brought foreclosures to a halt... that Digital Transformation Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis should answer for this issue, but ministry
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Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
Agora(2020-2029)? Demographics. To answer this question, let us start with Figure 1. Data are from the UN’s most... in the WAP (15+) has resumed its decline, after a spike in inactivity during the Covid pandemic in 2020-21... underneath this development is the participation rate (PR= LF/WAP). Greece’s PR has always been low
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Spyware probe claims push spotlight back on government's treatment of institutions
PoliticsGreek Politicshas called on PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his administration to respond to the latest accusations made... by a magistrate to answer questions about details of the watchdog’s investigation being leaked to the media. Rammos noted that the two officials are being pursued even though nobody else has been charged
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