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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societyfor fighting forest fires well into the years of the crisis paints a subtler picture, and one which... that of Portugal with 37. One of the major differences is that compared to these countries Greece is far more... areas. No one doubts that this step is essential to tackle some of the root causes of forest fires
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Recent study issues warning over ageing population, future pension burden
Societyproductive than a young one, the report stated. Apart from longevity increasing the age of the workforce, reduced fertility will also be a compounding factor as Greece has one of the lowest fertility... has one of the highest projected old-age dependency ratios in the OECD, defined as the number
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Mitsotakis prepares to unveil economic plans, leave imprint ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsto power. The opposition chief has indicated, though, that he will employ a five-out-one-in rule, meaning that there will only be one civil servant hired for every five that leave. The government, meanwhile, is preparing to implement a one-out-one-in scheme from the start of next year after
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Another austerity fighter to bite the dust
Agoraas a one-size-fits-all austerity recipe imposed on countries receiving assistance (Ireland, Portugal... with this arrangement is that while one can sue their government in national courts, European institutions in European... jurisdiction however does not mean that one wins on the substance of claims as well. The court had
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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agorathat its economic programme requires, might be one of the questions directed at the opposition party... to one appointment for every five departures, use of public-private partnerships, e-governance... will move from the current system to the one proposed by Mitsotakis. Estonia, for instance, uses
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Athens to send draft budget to Brussels after talks with IMF on pensions
EconomyProgrammeand one in which they are not. According to the latest reports, and contrary to earlier coverage... with the pension cuts removed completely. One of the two scenarios in the economic plan – the one... to Naftemporiki newspaper, one of the differences between the draft budget tabled in Greek Parliament
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Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
EconomyMacroeconomyindividuals. From the total pension claimants, roughly 1.2 million receive one main pension, 783,491 receive one main and one supplementary pension and around 214,319 also receive an additional dividend.... The government is under pressure to carry out a further one percent of GDP cuts in 2019, but argues that it has
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Tsipras seeks to build political capital from "positive" measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsand New Democracy would be forced to approve each one separately. This underlined that apart from hoping... aims to put the opposition, particularly New Democracy, in as difficult a position as possible. One... bringing to Parliament one by one the measures of the ‘fourth MoU,’ which I dedicate to Mr Mitsotakis
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsnecessitated by exceptional circumstances, which have now ceased to exist. One piece of legislation... this month. The broadening of the scheme is one of seven key changes the government wants to introduce.... The latest development has seen one of the three protected witnesses detained at Athens International
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Tsipras wins confidence vote, has to repeat trick in ballot on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAgreement. It had been expected that four of To Potami’s six MPs (Danellis being one of them) would... group. As a result, one of the options reportedly being considered is for To Potami to abstain or vote... of the centre-left alliance led by PASOK. It is not clear if Tsipras could then find at least one more
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