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Mitsotakis's wildfire narrative comes under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis claimed that during Thursday’s leaders’ debate about the devastating wildfires... fresh challenges. Nevertheless, during Thursday’s debate Mitsotakis stressed again that the loss... a statement on Monday defending its role and right to analyse data. The observatory estimated this week
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Newsletter 400 - 03/11/2023
of tax evasion was not pushed very boldly by the government and friendly media during the two... managed to weather the large crises during his first term thanks to 40 billion euros in spending... has estimated that after its new taxation intervention some 473,000 self-employed will end up paying
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Newsletter 401 - 10/11/2023
in Greece, his achievements during that period, his mild manner and his acceptance that he was not aware... the loans past due under 90 days, which saw a jump of 32.6 pct during the first six months of 2023... of the measure is significant as it will bring in an estimated 874 million euros, although the benefit
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Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
PoliticsGreek Politicsdistrust in political institutions peaking during the height of the financial crisis, with 85.... During that time, non-elected institutions enjoyed greater trust, with 63 percent trusting the justice.... The portion of voters who remain uncommitted is estimated at 14 percent. In terms of personal ratings
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Newsletter 430 - 05/07/2024
to pay of up to 115 pct of the daily wage if workers are required to work during public holidays.... It is estimated that in the 2015-2023 period the real wage per worker in Greece has dropped by almost 10 pct, again leading the contraction in EU countries during the period. It is beyond dispute that the crisis
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Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a result of how the state machinery has responded to natural disasters during its five years in power, including last year’s floods and snow blizzards during previous years. SYRIZA leader Stefanos... of around 30 km and burning an estimated 10,000 hectares (100 million square metres of land
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SYRIZA consumed by new leadership drama as PASOK rubber stamps candidacies
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring the early stages of his leadership, Kasselakis will know that he will have to take at least 10 MPs with him to be able to form a parliamentary group. It is estimated that 17 of SYRIZA’s 35 MPs... to the fringes of Greek politics, from where the party grew into a force during the Greek debt crisis
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PM intervenes on bank charges as budget attracts extra support
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring the austerity drive carried out when Greece was in its bailout programmes. Mitsotakis made... to emphasise during his speech that the 2025 budget underlines Greece’s return to stability, especially... will be able to obtain their medicines free of charge from next year. This affects an estimated 310,000
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ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsan offshoot of the banned neoNazi party Golden Dawn. During Monday’s regular media briefing.... During Monday’s briefing, Marinakis was more vague on the future of the fourth independent... from the budget, according to the General Accounting Office. Also, it is estimated that banks
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Greece returns to growth after long recession, GDP figures show
EconomyMacroeconomyrevealed that Greek GDP had also posted growth during the crisis year of 0.5 percent in Q1 2010. ELSTAT... quarters of recession, according to the flash estimates published by the Hellenic Statistical... percent. The reported figure was better than estimates (Reuters poll) of a 1.3 percent growth
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