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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
related to investment, growth and reforms rather than the touch subject of fiscal targets. In all... and operate a casino on the site. He also pledged to invest more than 1 billion euros. On the back... balance turned positive in August with 3,111 more hirings than firings, data from the Labour Ministry’s
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agorawillingness now than five years ago to confront the country’s problems rather than to push the blame elsewhere... investment and growing the economy. A poll by Rass at the time indicated that more than 60 percent... the country forward” rather than because of negative sentiment towards SYRIZA. If one considers
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
SocietyDemocracy came to power promising to deliver a more competent government than its predecessor, having..., and of focussing almost exclusively on evacuations rather than getting the fires under control. By the end... unheeded. More than a decade later, the Goldammer report reiterated that call even more strongly
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Our tragedy: How could this happen?
AgoraThere is one question more than any other swirling around in our minds as we contemplate the devastation of this week’s train crash, which killed more than 50 people, mostly young Greeks: How could... these two trains had been moving towards each other for more than 10 minutes, without either driver
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Air traffic blackout and trimming of university registers open new fronts for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsand whose geography makes air travel essential, the incident appears more than just a technical failure... of more than 300,000 undergraduates from the registers of tertiary institutions. The Education Ministry... with 30 pct more funding than in 2019, when New Democracy came to power, and collaborations
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Survey shows that Greeks cut back on healthcare visits in 2017
Societyfor the problem to resolve itself. Out of this, 35.8 percent said they were put off by the cost... the crisis when it comes to addressing their health problems. According to the research, published... questioned, and points to patients letting their health problems worsen before seeking help, either
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Mitsotakis tries to dig way out of snowstorm fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsseveral hours earlier than expected. Economou also blamed poor coordination for the problems... power for more than 24 hours in some cases. However, this has also raised questions about the state... no more than a public relations exercise. Damage limitation In a damage limitation exercise, Mitsotakis
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Kotzias takes next step in effort to reach name deal, settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policy. But they can be resolved through boldness, as we are now doing.” The problem is that if there is an agreement... Macedonia within the country will provoke many domestic problems, not least of a bureaucratic nature... to make his country a full member. Domestic problems Negotiations are taking place in a tense political
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Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
PoliticsForeign Policy." His statements likely create a problem for the Greek side, which has avoided engaging in a public... the problems that exist between the two states, we have found with Mr Cavusoglu, a path of cooperation...: “It is no secret that we have problems, but Greece has stood firm and not joined those who applied double
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Newsletter 233 - 20/12/2019
the measures that can be taken to tackle the problem, the IMF noted that the size of the shadow economy has... the system for four hours and caused traffic problems in Athens. Mitsotakis has made a big issue of addressing such “everyday” problems faced by citizens and took to Twitter on Tuesday to apologise
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