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  1. Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
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    Agora

    the negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009... seemed like the end of the MoU era. In the meantime, SYRIZA had parted ways with the radical side

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  2. Greek pensions laid bare
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    paid in March with a cost of 277 million euros, which corresponds to an average supplementary pension... and subsidized employment schemes. The Complementary Pension Allowance (EKAS), which serves more...) is close to 1.2 billion euros. Pure pension-related grants, excluding EKAS, from the budget were

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  3. Late switch smashes accord over postal vote, but marriage equality compromise still intact

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the Church of Greece officially voiced its objections to the proposed change in legislation. Interior... to a political cartoon in the newspaper depicting him as a dog, prompting a social media tirade against Makris

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  4. Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    (1.3 billion), development of Hellenikon (345 million), sale of real estate and shares (277 million... due to rise in health care contribution for pensioners and reduction in EKAS beneficiaries, public

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  5. Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016

    Newsletters

    . In just the matter of a few months, Tsipras also had to eat his words. Vows to tear up the existing... implemented new interventions include the gradual phasing out of the EKAS solidarity payment

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  6. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is certainly one where the conservatives feel they can eat away at the strong support for the government... portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos

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  7. Speculation about timing of next general elections intensifies
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in a snap election or play the long game and hope that he can eat away at New Democracy’s poll lead over... is turning a corner. On Sunday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis suggested that the general

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  8. Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
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    Agora

    in 2017 and subsequently become a CAIA® Charterholder in 2018. In 2019 he had also earned the right...® and Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement™ are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute. CAIA

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  9. SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The last week of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s European Parliament and local elections promises to be intense as opinion polls suggest that SYRIZA is closing the gap on New Democracy in the wake of the adoption of the latest package of so-called positiv...

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  10. Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020

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    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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