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Government launches new support package as ratings plummet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to announce a fresh round of support measures aimed... towards targeted support measures. The announcement was trailed by Finance Minister Kyriakos... with retroactive effect, enhanced support for low-income pensioners and tax relief including
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Mitsotakis heads to Berlin as Athens looks for more EU support on migration
PoliticsForeign Policythe relocation of unaccompanied migrant children as part of an action plan for immediate measures to support... the previous agreement between Ankara and the EU, which he described as “dead” in a recent interview
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Labour reforms controversy threatens to eclipse autumn support package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is facing pushback over its latest labour reforms just as it prepares to launch an autumn comeback with a package of tax cuts and support measures aimed at working families. Opposition... of the requirement to pay contributions for overtime. Previous labour reforms also met with fierce
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Golden Dawn support down to 2012 levels but with potential to rise again, poll shows
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSupport for Golden Dawn has fallen to pre-election levels according a new poll, which also suggests... arrest of its leadership. The Alco survey published on Sunday indicated that support for the extremist... the party’s backing reached 10.8 percent. Despite the drop in support, the poll published in Proto
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Opposition tells Tsipras it will resist upcoming bailout measures despite support in summer
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures) in the summer will not be providing the coalition with unqualified support now... that the government would not have his party’s support on a range of legislation. “These policies are yours....” Meimarakis made it clear that New Democracy would not support pension cuts, reductions in welfare benefits
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Opposition pressures SYRIZA by refusing to support bills ANEL dodges
PoliticsGreek Politicswhich does not have the support of both coalition parties, which promises to make life more..., such as education, the Church of Greece and migration. Most famously, in June 2015 ANEL failed to support..., which has an ultra-conservative stance on social issues, will support the bill. The stance taken
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Countdown to Macedonia name deal vote has PM weighing up support
PoliticsForeign Policycould be seen as being part of his final push to gain support for the agreement in his country... the the Greek government’s task of gaining support for the agreement even more difficult. If the referendum's.... This seems to be based on two crucial factors: SYRIZA has managed to stem the loss of support in opinion
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Government extends pandemic support package amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the scope of its economic support package for workers and business affected by the emergency measures... announced an extension of the government’s existing economic support package, including the 800-euro income support for workers in businesses under lockdown orders and benefits for the unemployed
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Pandemic's growing economic impact warrants extra support measures, funded by cash buffer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece is going to tap into its considerable cash reserves to fund some of the economic support... businesses’ tax advances, for an amount totalling 1.2 billion euros, and measures to support employment via.... The need for support to be extended to the labour market was highlighted by the latest data published
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Retail sector re-opens as govt examines further support for businesses
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport for struggling businesses. There were media reports over the weekend on when secondary schools.... Nevertheless, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis assures owners that the support measures such as lower... by one more month. According to Kathimerini, the Finance Ministry is devising a support plan
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