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New Democracy comes out fighting against Tempe censure motion
PoliticsGreek Politics. The initiative was seized by PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, and the motion was submitted jointly..., by attacking the credibility of former minister Nikos Pappas, who was convicted on criminal... Kyriakos Velopoulos used the occasion to attack Nikos Androulakis. Velopoulos argued that if the PASOK
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Podcast - Full of energy: How Greece (& Europe) is handling the green transition
Agoraanalyst and partner at The Green Tank, an Athens-based think-tank, Nikos Mantzaris. The articles... project. Useful links Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas? - By Nikos Mantzaris Can the Green Transition be just? - By Nikos Mantzaris From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map
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SYRIZA consumed by new leadership drama as PASOK rubber stamps candidacies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis weekend to decide on the next steps. Nikos Pappas, the party’s parliamentary spokesman, will act... to stick with Nikos Androulakis or elect a new party president. Either way, it seems that a unique... officially submitted their candidacies for the October ballot. Apart from incumbent Nikos Androulakis
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After pay rises in armed forces, PM faces calls for broader wage increases
PoliticsGreek Politics, to raise the salaries of all uniformed personnel. Defence Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed on Friday.... There is ongoing friction within the party concerning Nikos Androulakis’s leadership, even though... of a statement issued recently by the socialist party, criticising SYRIZA MP Nikos Pappas for suggesting
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Government draws line between solidarity for Cyprus and involvement in Iran conflict
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Tuesday, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis told PASOK president Nikos Androulakis in a one-to-one briefing... of F-16 fighter jets to the island earlier this week, accompanied by Defence Minister Nikos Dendias... imminent assistance from France and the UK, citing Cyprus’s President Nikos Christodoulides who stated
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Newsletter 127 - 14/07/2017
in this case is that the timing of the bond issue may be close to the next review, which is likely... is also worried that the European Central Bank may announce on September 7 the scaling back of its QE programme, and that this tapering may cause some volatility on the markets. Bank of Greece: NPE
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Questions persist about timing of general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the local and European Parliament elections in May, amid continuing speculation that the SYRIZA leader may also call snap general elections at the same time. The conservatives want the government... transferrable vote and whether European Parliament and local elections will both be held on May 26
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomydata released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Thursday. The state budget deficit to May... from +390 million to April). The monthly figures show a primary deficit of 335 million in May, which is lower than the 495 million recorded in April. In contrast, the May budget deficit stood at 839
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
Covered for May Government will find payment deadlines very difficult to meet in June This week, the Greek state concluded the first two of its May debt servicing payments. One was an interest payment of around 200 million euros to the IMF on May 6. Initially due on May Day, payment was postponed
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
million euros in the first five months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 853 million noted in May 2018... expenditures). The MoF said that these one-off payments that took place until May of 2019 in connection... by 105,282 May figures for job creation second highest on record as seasonality manifests Just over
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