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  1. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    Agora

    of renewal, transforming it into a modern centre-right party that shares European values. There is also... where an obstacle course of determined interest groups, non-cooperative civil servants, serpentine

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  2. Mitsotakis's wildfire narrative comes under scrutiny

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    firefighters and forest rangers, while also rolling out an “Evros Pass” subsidy scheme for the residents..., this time from Alternate Interior Minister Stelios Petsas, who claimed that the National Observatory

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  3. House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
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    Agora

    exclusive road. But a symbol of ancient democracy and a product of modern political corruption... Greece became an unintended monument to the modern era of post-dictatorship Greek politics when theft... various ministerial posts – interior, defence, transport, public order, development, labour and public

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  4. Greece holds back spending, rakes in one-off revenues for 2.1 bln primary surplus at end of April

    Economy

    Greece’s budget execution showed the 4-month primary surplus more than doubled year on year (YoY), reaching 2.1 billion from 1.05 billion last year, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) final budget bulletin published on Monday. The reading is 60 mil...

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  5. Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems

    Agora

    In this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot...

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  6. Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020

    Newsletters

    PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...

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  7. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    are government agencies in the more modern administrative sense, which proliferated from the 1990s onwards.... Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would

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  8. Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
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    Society

    existence as a modern state, the principle of full citizen rights for Greeks abroad has been espoused... struck. Interior Minister Pavlos Skourletis, who had initially sought to defer the prospect

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  9. Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ” could help “develop a modern progressive strategy.” The formation of the board seems designed... as part of the inquiry. SYRIZA had wanted Stelios Petsas, now the alternate interior minister, former

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  10. Vexed SYRIZA abstains from vote on election bans
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ’s] modern history”, a comment that prompted strong objections from SYRIZA officials. Interior

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