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Multi-bill approved, coalition looks for positive news to fend off opposition attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsif it is just short-term measures rather than a comprehensive package. The pounding the government has taken... and revelations about lax and suspect practices at Attica Bank have put Tsipras on the back foot and anything..., Toxotis, (more than 50 million euros in 2015 against a background of falling deposits and capital
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SYRIZA congress gives Tsipras benefit of doubt, more time to deliver
PoliticsGreek Politicspositions within the party structure could have more influence than some ministers. The combination... the institutions and more space for the coalition to eke out some policies of its own, rather than... appear to have been put on ice for now, with the government’s focus turning to the second review, which
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
brackets but he also drew a greater proportion of low income voters to his campaign than previous... of the third way, put a gradual end to this relationship. Hillary Clinton, such a prominent figure... for information and communication, the mainstream parties were found wanting. Rather than take
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Greece worst-performer in EU 28 for social justice
Societythan double the 2009 figure of 9.7 percent. In the report’s special sub-index on children and youth, Greece climbed one place to 23rd, with a score of 4.37, below the EU average of 5.61. This put... of these 15-to-24-year-olds has more than doubled since 2008 to 49.8 percent,” the report found
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Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 600 million euros among pensioners was seen as an indication that the government might... that would put Greece on a path to gaining access to the European Central Bank’s QE programme. Seeing...-led administration for the measures it adopts rather than the head of a rickety alliance
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Govt hopes for Feb review deal but opposition readies in case of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsmake a so-called “heroic exit” if the institutions are not willing to accept anything less than the government legislating now further austerity measures, rather than accept the terms or become bogged... at the end of last year put New Democracy on 22.8 percent, followed by SYRIZA on 16.5 percent
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Mitsotakis marks first year at ND helm by emphasising tax cut goals
PoliticsGreek Politics, Mitsotakis highlighted again his intention to reduce taxes. He argued that if he is able to put forward... if he could show greater ownership of such a scheme than previous administrations. When he set out his... the New Democracy leader would make a better prime minister than Alexis Tsipras, who garnered the backing
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Newsletter 102 - 13/01/2017
the Greek government suggest that the target for completion is the February 20 Eurogroup, rather than... Airport), which corresponds to around 3.6 million more than those in 2016. Most of those incremental.... For the whole year, the number of road motor cars put into circulation increased by 11 percent to 128,910
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Waste management remains Greece's biggest environmental challenge, says EU
SocietyAlong with Cyprus, Greece recycled just short than a fifth of municipal rate in 2014, jointly the third lowest rate in the EU and less than half the EU average, a new environmental implementation... work, there are big gaps in how these rules and policies are put into practice across member states
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Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto account. The Commission’s data put Greece’s primary surplus for last year at 2 percent of GDP... than 7,000 euros from its current level of just above 8,600) and possibly avoid the upfront.... It is hoping that the 3.5 percent primary surplus will not have to be maintained for more than three years
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