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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek Politicsvouchers from 45 to 80 euros. The latest measure, which the government claims will benefit up to 3 million... minister reiterated his argument that the energy crisis is a global phenomenon to which Greece has been.... The opposition counters that that inflation has exposed structural problems with the Greek markets which
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Mitsotakis dangles carrot of more tax cuts as SYRIZA heads for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 2026 and 2027. His government has already set out the tax cuts for next year. They are dominated by the scrapping of the trade tax for the self-employed and freelancers, an unpopular measure only introduced by the government last year. Nevertheless, in the current climate, which has been
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Taking a macro snapshot
Agora(in Greece) you’re Olli Rehn”, said to me the other day someone whose opinion I regard highly and got me... in nearby Cyprus have impacted on business and consumer confidence, and more precisely how this has in turn affected demand across the manufacturing economy." Consumer confidence has improved from
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DIMAR faces struggle to survive in 2014, a year of elections
PoliticsGreek Politics://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.politics.683). Kouvelis has so far rejected the second option, preferring...The New Year has at least two elections in store (local and European) for Greece, while... government in June 2013 over the closure of public broadcaster ERT. Since then, DIMAR has been
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Greek DSA: Don't Say Anything about the debt
Agorafully owned by the IMF, has not been formally touched since the last review in June 2014, where in Annex I there is an extensive analysis of the country’s debt profile based on the assumptions of the review that was completed around this time last year and the last disbursements that Greece has
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All-round concern about Greek-Turkish tension in run-up to referendum
PoliticsForeign Policywarned would hurt relations between the two countries. This time, however, Turkey has requested... that he has the support of the leader of the extreme right MHP, it does not mean he can gain the votes of MHP supporters. It is believed that this is why Erdogan has adopted his most nationalistic ever
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Unease grows as new round of Cyprus talks approaches
PoliticsForeign Policyfor an agreement has narrowed considerably as the presidential election approaches in Cyprus and Greece argues... of the European Commission will represent the EU this time instead of Jean-Claude Juncker. The UN has told... to its annoyance at the tactical games of Cypriot leaders, the organisation has considered breaking
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Movement on name issue but Athens keeps expectations low
PoliticsForeign Policymore. Political instability and concerns that the West has about interference from Russia and Turkey and the increase of their influence in the region has fuelled interest about the direction..., has prompted some movement around the unresolved name issue. The visit of UN special mediator
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The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Agorarather than fantasy has understood that the case against the former head of the Hellenic Statistical.... The latter charge has repeatedly been proven to be preposterous and based on numbers that do not add up... government has admitted that when it was opposition and made claims about artificially inflated
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Mitsotakis targets working class votes, centre-left struggles with leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politicsclass – a section of society where his party is competing for votes with SYRIZA, which has repeatedly... on Thursday that this was a deliberate choice as the area has been hit hard by unemployment... months. Two recent opinion polls have suggested that SYRIZA has started eating away at the big lead
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