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Greece gets EU show of support, emergency funds for migration
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe European Commission approved 700 million euros of emergency funds to help Greece cope... the European civil defence mechanism, including medical personnel and emergency supplies. In their statements... this week under emergency measures demanded by local communities. This is a challenge that the Mitsotakis
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Early details show energy emergency plan facing practical challenges
PoliticsGreek Politics, the regulator’s national emergency plan offers a glimpse of the cost and effort that will be required to keep... the 15 pct mandatory reserves required under EU emergency plans on its own soil (the overall EU requirement is 80 pct). The national emergency plan seeks to accommodate this requirement by leasing
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
encouraged extremists and that New Democracy even saw GD as a potential future ally, which is why... shows deficit of 7.01 bln September figures show decline in revenues On a monthly basis, net revenues... primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds
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Government faces backlash over emergency energy package
PoliticsGreek Politicsprices. The emergency measures announced on Wednesday have been dismissed as vague and inadequate... to pay for an emergency subsidy, after price spikes in the wholesale market threatened astronomical... at the expense of consumers, while the emergency measures left those interests largely untouched
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six... be interpreted as marking the emergence of the first cracks on the centre-right party’s grip
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Newsletter 121 - 02/06/2017
International Airport SA offer to extend 20-year concession Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) fell... Commission (EC) figures showed. The ESI settled at 93.2 in May, which is the lowest reading since February... is almost attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763 million outpacing household lending deductions
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Industrial turnover records five months of contraction after 6.2 pct drop in Aug
EconomyMacroeconomymonths, to -1.3 pints after a rise of 2.6 points in the previous month. Since October last year, industry confidence has risen by 4 points. Overall, economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a drop of almost 3
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Newsletter 501 - 03/04/2026
for a €300 million emergency fiscal intervention. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz on 2 March 2026... pints, from -49.2 in February. All components fell with the sharpest noted in the services sentiment... and points to favourable assessments in European Commission rule‑of‑law reports. But the re‑emergence
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Coalition courts controversy with emergency law to tap general gov't cash reserves
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a legislative decree, which means that it is passed through Parliament in an emergency procedure that does... by circumstances to follow an emergency procedure, this will stand as another blot on SYRIZA’s
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