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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agoratechnocratic in nature, you can almost sense the author’s agony when each excruciating piece of fiscal... in 2009 is encapsulated in one paragraph: “we are facing an unprecedented fiscal derailment, which... settling at 110 percent of GDP. Despite this information being available at the time, just one week
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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
Societyjoined the license bidding. One of the successful bidders in the first round, Yiannis Kalogritsas... to the governing party, guaranteed on a piece of land alleged to have been vastly overvalued. Another bidder, Ivan... restrictive. In fact, only six bids have been submitted, leaving at least one license vacant. The whole
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Covid-19 data prolongs wait for re-opening amid new clash over policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsby videos of police officers using force against protestors and media, while one piece of footage... reforms, one concerning the council for hirings in the public sector and the other related
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Parties gear up for battle over pandemic media funding amid more warnings about press freedom
PoliticsGreek Politicsinformation has become available. A heated debate is expected on what has become a set piece of political... in the controversial auction for broadcast licenses in 2017. Both sides have at various times accused one another... that they will support an inquiry, making it a certainty that it will go ahead. Media freedom One subject
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Mitsotakis hopes tax bill tweaks will calm reactions in push to jump-start stalled reform agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicschanges. One piece of legislation that will not be discussed by the cabinet is the bill recognising... as a tour of the regions, targeting in particular the constituencies of recent defectors. One
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PM gears up for communications drive as PASOK marks 50 years
PoliticsGreek Politicswill deliver the annual set-piece speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, to mark the opening... is considering announcing that social security contributions will be reduced by one percentage point next... about the party going forward. More than 40 pct (42.8) would like to see PASOK become one of the two
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Mitsotakis looks to last-minute announcements to top up lean TIF offerings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be one of the leanest economic packages of his administration. As Mitsotakis puts the final touches to his set-piece address due to be delivered on Saturday, leaks to the media have sketched out a set... the government was fighting a vote of no-confidence sparked by a report in one of his newspapers
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Newsletter 452 - 21/02/2025
. The fluid landscape is captured by two new opinion polls, one for GPO that sees ND support falling to 24.8... since January, and PASOK at 13.3 pct, also losing roughly one point. PASOK has not been able to reduce... expectations on accounting handling of certain revenues. In another piece of positive fiscal data, the linking
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK and To Potami. Now, one of his former allies and most active ministers, has decided to launch...Former Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsin one go should not face any extra interest or penalties, while the remaining debtors should be given... in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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