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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
PoliticsGreek Politicson beach bar licenses and simplify the licensing framework to make enforcement more straightforward. Local... for land use. According to reports in the media, one solution being considered would involve... permanently centralise decisions on local land use that have hitherto resided at the local level
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Rise in new Covid-19 cases raises alarm on eve of reopening to tourism
PoliticsGreek Politicsprotocols have been taking place, and a beach bar in Mykonos at the centre of one of the most... with the land borders, while regional airports will start receiving direct flights from abroad on July 1. Mixed
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Court ruling on pension backpay creates dilemma for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsof backpay, while those who appealed after June 2015 are entitled to 11 months of payments. This would land... will have the right to do so but due to the five-year time bar on their claim it is doubtful whether
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Newsletter 258 -07/17/2020
land the government with an estimated bill of 400 million euros. Pensioners who have not appealed will have the right to do so but due to the five-year time bar on their claim it is doubtful whether
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Parties give first hint of strategies in reaction to poll announcement
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentation, which sets the bar for a majority at between 46 and 49 pct of the vote. This makes... place under the bonus seat system introduced by the Mitsotakis government, which sets the bar... how they plan to navigate what was already shaping up to be a procedurally tricky contest. Opposition
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Newsletter 362 - 09/12/2022
that a spokesman for the Greek Foreign Ministry admitted that an export license had been granted to spyware vendor... of escaping. Consumption is down by 0.6 pct QoQ, as government spending becomes more modest compared
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Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
PoliticsForeign PolicyA new meeting of the quintet on the Cyprus issue is expected to take place at the end of March under the auspices of the United Nations Auspices, following the European Union Council on the 25th of the same month. The date for this new diplomatic initia...
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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing government sources and appears a logical goal in the wa...
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup Working Group held on Monday failed to narrow the differences on the fiscal gap foreseen by the Greek authorities, the European institutions and the IMF. Thus, the date of the mission chiefs’ return to Athens still remains unidentified and...
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Producer prices rise marginally by 0.1 pct YoY as all components bar energy increase
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) had a marginal rise in November, with an increase of 0.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a decrease of 1.4 percent in October, ELSTAT data showed on Tuesday. This was the first positive reading after four consecutiv...
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