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Newsletter 452 - 21/02/2025
. The fluid landscape is captured by two new opinion polls, one for GPO that sees ND support falling to 24.8... since January, and PASOK at 13.3 pct, also losing roughly one point. PASOK has not been able to reduce... expectations on accounting handling of certain revenues. In another piece of positive fiscal data, the linking
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK and To Potami. Now, one of his former allies and most active ministers, has decided to launch...Former Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsin one go should not face any extra interest or penalties, while the remaining debtors should be given... in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the party. One of those deputies, Thanassis Papachristopoulos, has stated his intention... that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls
PoliticsGreek Politicselections proves a good one for SYRIZA (i.e. a defeat of five points or less), the prime minister... fuelled on Monday by an amendment submitted to Parliament by the Interior Ministry. It aims... a parliamentary majority. The rule had been introduced in 2014 but the Interior Ministry argues
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Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the coming weeks. One will relate to the economy while the other will represent the next step... with responsibility of overseeing the government’s role in Parliament. Former Interior Minister Makis Voridis... to Education, which Niki Kerameus will leave to take over as the new interior minister. Former Citizens
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Data protection ruling adds to pressure on New Democracy from ranks
PoliticsGreek Politicson the email leak which led to the withdrawal of one of the party’s candidates in the EP elections...-Michelle Asimakopoulou to obtain the contact details of overseas voters from the Interior Ministry... of State. In May, the Interior Ministry received a fine of 400,000 euros and Asimakopoulou herself
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter weeks of back and forth, rumour and counter-rumour, it appears that the troika is due to return to Greece to bring its latest review of the adjustment program to a delayed conclusion. The completion of the review, though, is just one piece of the Greek jigsaw that has to fall into place over
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Come back Cleisthenes, all is forgiven
Agoragovernment was capable of getting public finances back on track. He did so by grabbing a piece of paper... partners had caught on to this obfuscation. However, rather than one man or a group of decision makers
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The challenge in Greece: Funding an emerging economic recovery
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/18/zappeio_myrto_1808-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agoraquarter this year. That is indeed a significant piece of good news, all the more when considering... recovery in Greece sustainable. The engines of the Greek economy continue to run low on one of its most
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