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Newsletter 261 -07/08/2020
of Economic Advisors Michalis Argyrou and two of the premier’s trusted aides, chief of staff Akis Skertsos... commanding lead in the opinion polls, rather than suffer an erosion of support as the economic... with the centre and centre-left than SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras, whose attempt to appeal to voters that identify
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the past few days. As of Saturday, more than 230,000 Greeks had received at least the first jab... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s chief of staff Akis Skertsos took to social media to point out... for Greeks would result in anything other than a resounding victory for ND. For the second time in a few
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Pandemic raises economic pressure as govt hopes for imminent relief
PoliticsGreek Politics, but 106 higher than a week earlier. On the plus side, Greece surpassed 1 million vaccinations on Thursday and is set to approve the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for 65s. More than 33,000 vaccinations were carried out on Thursday as the rollout gathers pace. More than 355,000 Greeks have received both
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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicspupils and teachers will only have to conduct one self-test per week before going to school, rather than... that just over 1% of the population is being vaccinated each day. Over the last couple of weeks, more than... to the discussion. Gerapetritis argued that Greece is vaccinating at a faster rate than any other G20
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsand political corruption in Greece, most notably resulting in the jailing of late defence minister Akis... that the public trusts the government on defence and foreign policy issues more than in most other areas... of reporting on the surveillance issue, including publishing the names of more than 100 people
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Parties give first hint of strategies in reaction to poll announcement
PoliticsGreek Politicsforming a coalition if he failed to secure a win in the first round, his Minister of State Akis Skertsos..., claiming that it has the potential to produce a government with the support of more than a third... less than 10 percent of the vote he prefers to stay in opposition rather than become a junior partner
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ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks, ND’s chief spokesman Akis Skertsos posted on Twitter a hypothetical example which he claimed showed that the wealthy would benefit more from a VAT cut than lower earners, adding... no clear policy other than raising taxes across the board to fund uncosted campaign pledges, an accusation
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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
to Skai radio on Monday, Minister of State Akis Skertsos tried to defend the government’s position... the conservatives win the next national vote but with fewer than 151 seats in Parliament. Given... pushed up the debt load in the case of Greece to more than 209 pct of GDP in 2020, and the primary
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter suffering a more turbulent year than it expected, the government is aiming to regain its... in Parapolitika weekly over the weekend, State Minister Akis Skertsos set out the government’s key aims... is to further increase the total incomes that are declared by Greeks to more than 175 billion euros
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Why doesn't Tsipras just cut defence spending?
Agoraassociated with the now jailed former Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos. A large part of Greece... the crisis began, more than 70 percent of the defence budget was used to pay staff but, according... been trimmed down, NATO spending requirements mean that it is required to invest more than 2
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