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Athens braces for battle on school reform

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GREECE

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Education Minister Niki Kerameus announced the reform on June 28. It includes hiring 11,700 elementary and high-school teachers on tenured…

Turkey will be less secularist after Erdogan

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TURKEY

Erdogan is the second head of government (after Necmettin Erbakan, 1996-97) to emerge from a specifically Islamist political movement. Under his leadership, Islam has become more…

South African budget may partly ease downgrade fears

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SOUTH AFRICA

Gordhan outlined a programme of tax increases for South Africa’s highest-earners, in addition to increased educational and social security spending. The budget attempted to…

Spain’s Sanchez reboots agenda with cabinet reshuffle

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SPAIN

The reshuffle involves some significant changes, including the promotion of Economy Minister Nadia Calvino as first deputy prime minister. Other notable changes include new…

Russian leader sustains public backing for Ukraine war

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RUSSIA

Street protests and rumoured elite unhappiness after the February 24 invasion proved not to be a sign of things to come. Most of the public appeared to adjust to the radically new…

COVID-19 crisis could alter Angolan power dynamics

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ANGOLA

Various restrictions are being eased, and parts of the economy gradually reopened, although a sanitary cordon around Luanda remains. Angola has 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases…

Turkish health system’s troubles will stay a hot topic

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TURKEY

Government parties recently blocked opposition moves to hold a parliamentary debate on attacks on health workers. The government is proud of its heath policies, but the system is…

PiS dominance of Poland may extend to culture

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POLAND

PiS’s cultural politics.

Maghreb leaders face a growing challenge from unions

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NORTH AFRICA

Since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s ouster in April, the military-dominated interim authorities have sought to shore up their own position, including by managing the…