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Insolvency bill debate brings implementation challenges to the fore
PoliticsGreek Politics-long financial crisis. The legislation, which is also intended to bring Greek law in line with the EU... vulnerable borrowers from losing their homes to foreclosures. The law would transfer the foreclosed property... lead time for judges to be trained on the new aspects of the law. Judges and lawyers also warn
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Covid-19 data prolongs wait for re-opening amid new clash over policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsupholding the law and protecting public and private property. Although PM Mitsotakis is keen... on law and order issues plays well with his party’s voters and much of the Greek public... as the party of law and order, which will put an end to anarchist violence and illegal migration
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Athens prepared to be patient after resumption of Greek-Turkish talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyMediterranean based on international law.” In a way, the minister also tried to respond to former... on international law.” The resumption of the exploratory talks, following a break of almost five years... with neighbouring countries and the International law”. “Within this framework and since Turkey
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agorainto three pillars: employment and education, good governance and rule of law and competitiveness... for a two-year period 2020-2022, under the following pillars: good governance and rule of law... that Kosovo’s progress on rule of law and war against corruption remains insufficient. In contrast
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Loosening of restrictions on expat vote fails to secure Parliament's approval
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA government-sponsored amendment to the electoral law aimed lifting the restrictions on Greek... in Parliament. The proposal was drawn up as an amendment to the electoral law passed in 2019, which created... the possibilities offered by the 2019 law, which he described as “not an ideal solution, but the only
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Parties turn attention to green transition as climate issues move up political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson delivering climate action legislation later this year. Mitsotakis said he is targeting a law... will reportedly be on June 17. The draft law, which is up for public consultation, has already drawn... politicians raise their objections in Parliament. For SYRIZA, the draft law is an opportunity
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Parties gear up for confrontation over labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week as the draft law moves to Parliament’s full assembly ahead of a vote that is likely to take... to the 8-hour working day being scrapped and has presented the clash over the draft law as one between... are not generally accepted in labour law because they tend to be weighted in the employer's favour. The centre
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Why is it taking so long for the pandemic to end in North Macedonia?
Agoraand governmental inconsistency, accompanied by years of selective law enforcement, as well... to suddenly start trusting a corrupt system where the law does not live up to its task. We cannot persuade... the law. Public health is not isolated from other parts of life and all systemic errors have
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SYRIZA squeezes govt over relationship with media
PoliticsGreek Politicsamong Greeks. Fake news law The debate came a day after Parliament voted to adopt changes to Greece’s... it was introducing the law in the wake of the Covid crisis, during which many Greeks have been misled about... for the law to be revoked and be replaced by a more specific one. The vote was also significant
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Questions over handling of rape case turn spotlight on policing and legacy of Greek #MeToo
PoliticsGreek Politicsto demonstrate that its “law and order” agenda extends to combatting violent crimes against women, while... to handle the case professionally and impartially. “The law is the law,” Theodorikakos commented
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