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Government looks to boost business-friendly credentials with visits, progress on investments
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is travelling to Paris on Thursday for a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron. Having managed public expectations for any breakthrough on relaxing fiscal targets, the trip is being pitched as part of a charm offensive to convince European leaders that Greece has
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Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is expected to announce in the coming days its plans for relaxing the lockdown rules after seeming to have navigated through the Easter weekend in Greece without any notable signs of civil disobedience. The authorities are aware that patience with the lockdown is wearing thin
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As easing of lockdown begins, government looks to salvage economy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first stage of relaxing the lockdown imposed in March was launched on Monday, with the government hoping that Covid-19 will not flare up again and that Greece will be in a position to resume normal economic activity in the coming weeks, including welcoming at least some tourists during
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European Commission's travel guidance brings some optimism for Greek tourism sector
PoliticsGreek Politics, and there is no agreement on a common date for relaxing them while the epidemiological risk between
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Newsletter 250 -11/05/2020
fell short of what Athens had been pushing for. As Greece entered the second stage of relaxing its
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Dire conditions at public hospitals fuel opposition attacks on govt competence
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be in the past and normal activity will soon resume, on the other, though, it is being accused of relaxing
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Re-opening plans hang in balance due to unrelenting virus
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government does not seem set to abandon its hopes of further relaxing restrictions on economic activity next week even though the Covid-19 data continues to look alarming. On Tuesday, a record 4,340 new coronavirus cases were recorded as the number of intubated patients reached 741. Reports
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Set-to in Ankara well received in Athens, where Covid-19 data causes worry
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelaxing restrictions in the build-up to Orthodox Easter on May 2 are under increasing scrutiny
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Discussion over PEPP, SGP draw attention to rising yields
EconomyFeaturesin the north and central Europe have already expressed reservations about relaxing rules, after three
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Draft budget sees stronger growth, fiscal targets being met
EconomyMacroeconomy) is estimated to increase by 1.1 percent, following a 1.2 percent rise in 2017. Fiscal estimates... draft budget, which contains its fiscal estimates as well as the underlying macro assumptions. The MoF... effects into 2018. The draft budget estimates that GDP will grow by 1.8 percent, slightly improved
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