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Investments, Development, Unemployment

On 17 January 2012 the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), the Institute for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), Kantor and the Citizens’ Movement organised a public debate titled ‘Investments, Development, Unemployment.’ Speakers included Andreas Andreadis, President of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises (SETE), and Efthymios Vidalis, President of the Board for Sustainable Development of the Hellenic

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Tax evasion and Social Justice

Speakers were: Deputy Professor at Panteion University, Nikos Karavitis, Head of Planning and Controls (SDOE), Nikos Lekkas, Associate Professor of the Economic University of Athens, Manos Matsagganis, MP Kiriakos Mitsotakis, and Professor of Economic University Diomides Spinellis. The discussion, which took place at the War Museum, was  moderated by  Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor at the University of Athens and President of ELIAMEP. The working

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(Greek) Πολυνομία-Κακονομία-Ανομία: Ποιος ο δρόμος της ανόρθωσης;

10/2011

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Green action, Clean forests

Participation to this program hold by the Ministry

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Justice and the citizen: Civil,criminal and administrative justice. Three sectors-one objective

Staged at the Athens Concert Hall, in association with Megaron Plus, the event was dedicated to the memory of the eminent Greek jurist, citizen and active member of the Citizens’ Movement for an Open Society, the Honorary President of the Supreme Court, Stefanos Mathias. This truly distinctive occasion was one of the few times, perhaps the only time in fact, that the six senior functionaries involved in the administration of justice in Greece and

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Justice and the citizen- Civil, criminal and anministrative justice

2/2010

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Justice from the perspective of the citizen

A question-and-answer forum in which two three-member panels were selected, one putting questions, the other answering them. The main points of the discussion were set out in a special publication issued immediately after the event. Participants: S. Matthias, Honorary President of the Supreme Court, member of the Board of the Citizens’ Movement I. Mandrou (Ms) and G. Marinos, journalists L. A. Sissilianos,Associate Professor at the University of

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Appeal to the government and political parties following the shooting of a high-school student during demonstrations and the ensuing violence across the country

The Citizens’ Movement for an Open Society took a public stance against the ills of Greek society, proposing specific measures that should be taken. Members of the Movement composed an electronic petition signed by more than 800 people and sent to 1.500 recipients.

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Ethnic tensions and violent episodes

The Citizens’ Movement condemned the incidents in a letter to the Greek Ombudsman, G. Kaminis.

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Statement in light of impending student elections

The Citizens' Movement and the Citizens' Union Paremvassi co-signed a statement in which they streesed the importance of the forthcoming University elections to the quality and future of tertiary education

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