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Opposition tries to pin government down over last year's Plan X
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the so-called Plan X that former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis worked on during the first half... a range of government officials, Plan X was never intended as a blueprint for Greece to follow... an institutional role. The government’s assertion that Plan X does not hide any dark plans
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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
Agora.[x] The rapid growth of Chinese outbound investment in recent years has raised awareness in host... Volkswirtschaft um? Berlin, January 2019. [x] See: Bershidsky, Leonid: “Germany Enters the Global...: ‘Alle Wege führen nach China’, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 22nd February 2018. [ii] See: ‘Chinesen greifen
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Latest criticism regarding human rights, civil society rebuffed by govt
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government’s attitude towards civil society and human rights has come under fire from... media reports and complaints by press freedom and human rights advocates that the Greek authorities.... On Wednesday, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders presented her preliminary findings from
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Tsipras seen clinching 151 votes as doubts surface about name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras appeared to have secured the 151 votes he needs to get a clear majority... shocks, Tsipras has clinched the 151 votes he was targeting ahead of Wednesday’s ballot. Earlier... MPs from outside his party. This is the exact amount he needs to reach the 151 mark that he set
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Greeks on AI: Interest, anxiety and a desire to "remain human"
Society. As the report records, many respondents say simply: “I want to remain human”. This is not a technical... between human and machine. It echoes long‑standing anxieties in Greek public discourse about technology..., addressing fears, and ensuring that AI is seen not as a threat to human identity but as a tool that can
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Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
SocietyA report by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has shown the severe impact of the country’s crisis on Greece’s healthcare sector as well as the health of Greeks. The report... to accessing healthcare in practice and greater investment in ensuring that the human rights of disabled
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If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
Agorahuman capital and factors that enhance capital and labour. The basic logic is that economies... productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which
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It's time to say farewell to TINA politics in Germany
Agoraan opinion on Hong Kong, address human rights violations against Uygur Muslims in western China... the devastating flash floods in the two regions of North-Rhein Westphalia and Rhineland Palatinate
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
of the ballot. SYRIZA has 145 MPs and needs at least six more votes to reach the 151 that would lead.... November’s figure was driven by a drop of 859 million in Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding
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PM claims victory as marriage equality law passes despite dissent in govt, opposition ranks
PoliticsGreek Politicsmarriage equality on Thursday night, marking a landmark in the country’s human rights evolution.... “This is a milestone for human rights, reflecting today’s Greece - a progressive, and democratic country, passionately committed to European values,” PM Mitsotakis posted on X after the vote. During the debate he
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