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  1. Newsletter 80 - 01/07/2016

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    but when he held the referendum, he left himself a tiny escape hatch: He said that a No vote..., Sarah Vine, told the former education minister the morning after the referendum. She used a famous

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  2. Fool Britannia
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    Agora

    held the referendum, he left himself a tiny escape hatch: He said that a No vote was a mandate... lies and stoking hate. “You were only meant to blow the bloody doors off,” Michael Gove’s wife, Sarah

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  3. OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of support for hunger striker Pano Ruci revived rumours of a comeback. Polls suggest that a hypothetical... clashed with private contractors appointed by Voridis when he refused to approve fraudulent claims

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  4. Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
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    and other public sector bodies is a tiny fraction of the total, the appointments are regularly... in early summer. In June 2019 the number of public sector contractors was 103,213 and in June 2020 it had... in the latter part of 2019, however there was no corresponding fall in the number of contractors. New record

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  5. Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle

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    the intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped

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  6. PM relies on patchwork of measures to keep Covid at bay as jab uptake flags

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    The government continues to press ahead with a patchwork of measures to enforce or encourage vaccination, as uptake appears to have stalled among a significant section of the population. Parliament passed a controversial amendment on Thursday introducin...

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  7. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  8. Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
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    Agora

    “Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... and economy. Samaras (the striker) acknowledged as much in his post-game comments. “I hope we provided our

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  9. PM opts for risky move with vaccination penalty as Covid threat grows
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . The latest attempt to convince them to get the jab came just a few days after the government announced that over-60s would be banned from entering indoor areas if they had received their second jab more... of the adult population has received at least their first jab. During his address on Tuesday

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  10. Newsletter 319 - 03/12/2021

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    to convince them to get the jab came just a few days after the government announced that over-60s would be banned from entering indoor areas if they had received their second jab more than seven months... has received at least their first jab. During his address on Tuesday, Mitsotakis also pointed out

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