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Mati fire verdict prompts legal blame game as PM pledges swifter justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe court verdict in the Mati wildfire trial has become the subject of political jockeying between... in place in 2018, when the offences were committed, meaning they applied to the Mati trial, even... official, was cleared of any wrongdoing in connection to the Mati fire by the misdemeanour court. He
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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus of 4.47 billion noted in September 2019, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for September showed on Thursday. The primary surplus was below its
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Mitsotakis uses justice reform as election rallying cry in aftermath of Mati verdict
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the verdict of the Mati trial still fresh, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to rally... in charge of the botched response to the deadly Mati wildfire of 2018 as an example of a lumbering... attributed the leniency of the Mati verdicts to changes to the penal code introduced by the SYRIZA-ANEL
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
definition of a growth strategy and investment agenda for Greece is subject to a set of economic conditions... creditors to engage in a substantial debt reduction operation towards Greece in which the IMF itself... process has been set in motion will we be in a position to know which of the four systemic Greek banks
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
. The agreement reached with Zaev ticks many of the boxes that Karamanlis had set out a decade ago... (the 131 billion lent as part of the second bailout) will be extended by a minimum of three years... of maturities will be set at 15 years but will be reduced by 2 years for each 5 billion euros
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Coalition pledges to demolish illegal buildings following Mati fire
PoliticsGreek Politicson the outskirts of Athens very closely with the high death toll in the Mati fire. One of the coalition’s... the human cost of the Mati fire. The next step by the government to show that it is taking decisive
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Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the investigation into the Mati fire proceeds and more reports of the apparent mishandling... to the bottom of the “how and why” of the Mati tragedy and to ensure that it would not happen again. Echoing... latched onto over the past days, Tsipras highlighted the role played in the Mati disaster by illegal
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK and supported by main... government to “engage your brain” before speaking publicly. The comment was seen by some as a rebuke... that funding is maximised. Mitsotakis also urged his ministers to focus on the task at hand and set
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
the constitution. It is expected that the committee will be ready to deliver its final set... the government of the time and local businessmen could engage in the exchange of favours, often involving... in mid-August, the Turkish government was shutting down 131 media organisations in the neighbouring
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyelse put forward by Turkey could be negotiated or resolved in court. The precedent set by Helsinki
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