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Newsletter 104 - 27/01/2017
) to 615 million euros in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2016, from 310 million in the previous quarter..., the participation of Greek banks’ EFSF holdings in the ECB quantitative easing (QE) programme and – to a lesser
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Mitsotakis scoffs at coalition's MoU exit strategy, challenges PM to elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has challenged Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call snap elections this year... of a general election later this year. “If SYRIZA and ANEL (Independent Greeks) mean all.... And if they are not afraid of New Democracy, let them take us on.” Mitsotakis said he challenged Tsipras to call
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To Potami expected to provide clinching votes in vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) MPs Elena Kountoura and Thanassis Papachristopoulos, independent lawmaker Katerina Papakosta... that the conditions have improved following the departure of ANEL from the coalition for a discussion... of its contents. The PM’s office also repeated its call for there to be a TV debate between Tsipras
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Cyprus cable dispute and Crete mafia case cast fresh clouds over TIF reset agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicswas a wiretapped phone call in which a defence minister agrees to intervene in favour a candidate for the Metropolis of Kydonia. Panos Kammenos, former head of the ANEL (Independent Greeks) party who served as defence minister in the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government, is heard in conversation with one of gang’s
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... to call snap polls lie mainly in protecting New Democracy from extended wear-and-tear from the cost... an argument that Mitsotakis is better off holding elections before the 2023 budget has to be tabled
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Looming vote on Prespes Agreement triggers political upheaval
PoliticsGreek Politicstricky after the departure of Independent Greeks (ANEL) from the coalition, leaving SYRIZA without.... His comments were followed by tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR), also part of KINAL, holding a central.... Having ditched right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) as a coalition partner, Tsipras appears to have set
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesa reaction. In addition, charges of cronyism strike at the heart of the SYRIZA/ANEL coalition... permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyafter the fall of the Samaras government in January 2015. Under SYRIZA/ANEL it increased to a maximum... in early summer. In June 2019 the number of public sector contractors was 103,213 and in June 2020 it had... in the latter part of 2019, however there was no corresponding fall in the number of contractors. New record
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Newsletter 170 -13/07/2018
diplomats and barred another two from entering the country after holding Moscow responsible for attempts... elections would be held next October. It has been argued, though, that holding the three votes... and Independent Greeks (ANEL) in the European Parliament elections setting the tone for general elections
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
, the expectations are that the prime minister will focus on holding the national vote along with the local... the government who feel that Tsipras should not countenance holding elections in 2019 if the 1 percent... Independent Greeks (ANEL) is not due to support the deal in Parliament, this is seen by some
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