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Government being tested on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government have well and truly entered one of their most testing periods in office since coming to power, and the week ahead appears particularly gruelling for the PM and his team.
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PM lines up talks with farmers, faces questions over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the week comes to an end, the government is stepping up its efforts to address two burning issues: The ongoing protests by farmers and the growing house crisis, which is pricing many Greek households out of the property market.
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s appearance in Thessaloniki over the weekend, when he set out a raft of policies aimed at tackling the cost-of-living crisis, the government has tried again to move the focus of the political debate back to its proposed measures even though the opposition remains focussed on delving deeper into the phonetapping scandal.
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Births rise slightly, divorces fall in latest living conditions report
SocietyThe latest report on living conditions in Greece by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has revealed a mild improvement in several areas.
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Property ownership waning in Greece as renting takes over
SocietyA survey by the National Property Owners Federation (POMIDA) has revealed that home ownership is on the decline in Greece.
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Study shows 341 mln a year in tax lost from short-term rentals
EconomyFeaturesThe Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has called for a fairer system of taxing accommodation for tourists after a study highlighted the loss of tax revenue from unlicensed short-term rentals.
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Athens details fiscal counter-measures, a vital selling point for Tsipras
EconomyProgrammeThe expansionary counter-measures designed to balance the new fiscal interventions that Greece will have to implement, initially outlined by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos at a press conference after Friday’s Eurogroup, were detailed in a report published by the Athens News Agency (AMNA) on Sunday.
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Greek households spend greatest share of income on accommodation in EU
SocietyAn EU-wide survey has found that Greece ranks last in terms of housing exclusion, with households in the country spending a greater share of their income on accommodation than in any other member state.
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Poverty rate jumped by over 40 pct during crisis, more than anywhere in EU
SocietyGreece saw its rate of poverty increase by more than 40 percent during the economic crisis, the highest jump in any EU state, according to a new German study that measures poverty in a “multidimensional” way.
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Greek households most overburdened with housing costs in EU
SocietyWith two in five of its population living in a household where total housing costs represented more than 40 percent of total disposable household income, Greece has by far the highest housing cost overburden rate in the EU, according to new EU-wide data.