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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsop-ed piece that it has to take a tougher stance on policing. The opinion piece was published in Ta... Democracy leader Antonis Samaras made one of his few public statements since the elections as a result... is certainly one where the conservatives feel they can eat away at the strong support for the government
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China-Greece: One belt, one road?
Agoraconstitutes a central piece within this strategic “One Belt – One Road” investment puzzle. From... Chinese President Xi Jinping first introduced the so-called “One Belt, One Road” strategy. Its focus..., one should not read too much into Beijing’s move. Its volume does not (yet) represent an example
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Mortgage loans a key piece of NPL reduction puzzle
EconomyBankingThe persisting issue of non-performing loans (NPLs) was one of the key items discussed last week... at the start of September, the European Central Bank’s Governing Council member Benoit Coeure said that one..., mortgage lending has continued to be the one sector where bad loans are not falling at a fast enough pace
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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
to waste any time after the July 7 elections if New Democracy wins an outright majority, as one more.... According to the timeline set out in the piece, Mitsotakis envisages being sworn in as prime minister... and then re-open on August 19. It is likely that the new economic development law will be one
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Saving Angela Merkel with the help of Alexis Tsipras
Agoraagreement work in practice? Based on the evidence available for the past year, one should be cautious about.... As has been argued by some in the past (including the author of this piece), Greece and Germany both.... But his diplomatic success in Brussels underscores that your one-time political adversary may indeed
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsa point down on its May 25 result, SYRIZA 19.2 pct, almost one point down, and PASOK 11.1 pct, again... government will be one of “many colours”. In other words, he plans to bring in figures from outside... that his first piece of legislation will concern the so-called “executive state” as he seeks to step up
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsand opposition are preparing for two key set-piece events in the coming days, which they hope will revive... one of the largest ever recorded in Europe. Meanwhile, an analysis of data from the EU’s Copernicus... of the wildfires is just one of the black marks against New Democracy’s record since it was comfortably re
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsas having close ties with some SYRIZA ministers, was one of the four successful bidders in the TV auction... needed to take part in the tender. The final piece of potentially incriminating evidence against... that it has the moral high ground over previous ruling parties, thereby losing one
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Athens ticking off prior actions one by one as EU keeps close watch
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pension system. One of the key issues likely to come up during Moscovici’s visit on Tuesday... for a married couple, 412,500 euros for a married couple with one child and 450,000 euros for a couple
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agora-engineered scheme heartily, it will be a nightmare. Greece is the only one of those participating... raised serious doubts about the safety and legality of sending back asylum seekers en masse to Turkey
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