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Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicspledged a more modern and efficient approach to fire prevention and firefighting this summer. The fire... that are normal for this time of year, was that the fire reached fully built-up areas in the capital’s..., attempting to prevent the fire reaching their apartment buildings, and firefighters being aided
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What is in SYRIZA's 3-pillar programme to overcome the crisis?
Economyearning up to 700 euros gross per month (543.1 million). 3) Free access to the public health care... to medicine expenditure (350 million). 4) Free public transport card for the long-term unemployed and citizens below the poverty limit (120 million). 5) Free electricity to 300,000 households below
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Here's why Greece's fiscal difficulties will dominate the agenda
EconomyProgrammeThe budget execution for January revealed a revenue shortfall of almost 1 billion euros, mainly reflecting... at 22 billion and H2 at 29 billion. For the first six months, the negative primary balance mainly... that will be close to market prices. He refrained from providing any detail on the tax free threshold as well
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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
in the difficult position of having to explain why it is going to lower the tax-free threshold... of the fiscal measures that will offset the impact of the reductions to the tax-free threshold... and are considered to yield savings of around 1.5–2 percent of GDP. Specifically, the tax-free threshold, which
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Societymismanagement of the fire, which resulted in the loss of over 100 lives. Two years later, his New... of the burnt area recorded over the entire 2018 fire season. At 46,000 hectares, the wildfire still burning... of the Covid-19 pandemic. The unfolding fire disaster, however, naturally raises the question of how much has
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Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
PoliticsGreek Politicsto strengthen Greece’s fire prevention and firefighting capabilities. This includes securing more... damaged over the last few weeks will regenerate and that efforts would be made to create fire..., created circumstances that were too difficult for the Greek fire service to react to effectively
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Govt opts to reopen schools on time, drawing opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has come under fire from the opposition for not delaying the opening of schools... for the vaccinated children) in order to attend school. All the tests will be provided free of charge. The government... also criticised the government for not offering free PCR tests. Fylis said that more than 100,000
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Newsletter 404 - 01/12/2023
entrepreneurship and are calling for a return of the tax-free threshold for the self-employed and sole... of directing their fire at New Democracy rather than become embroiled in a battle with their former party... that the environment is not free of challenges. The OECD was the latest organization to publish forecasts for Greece
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
Greece has ever seen. However, he added that the accident was mainly caused by human error.... It will not be lost on the main opposition party, SYRIZA, that it paid a heavy price for the fire in Mati.... The leftists, partly through a shoddy handling of the fallout from the fire, found it difficult to shake
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
the 42,000-euro threshold. There is also an indirect tax-free bracket of 9,550 euros that is subject... Alexiadis has repeatedly said that for taxpayers to be eligible for the tax-free threshold of 9,550... were due to hold, seemed mainly aimed at building consensus over the pension reform plans put forward
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