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  1. Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019

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    Eurogroup nod allows next move Govt aims to pay off some IMF loans early after receiving 1 bln from...) to pay off some of Greece’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans before they mature. Greece... of the programme. The disbursement would also allow the government to move ahead with its plan to pay

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  2. ND warns of fiscal risk from SYRIZA pledges as Tsipras takes heart from Cyprus polls
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    to introduce inflation-linked pay rises for public sector workers, cuts to fuel duty and VAT... to elections. On Tuesday, Mitsotakis will address Parliament in support of a special bill on armed forces pay... the measures, which include a new pay scale and special benefits for the armed forces, to the death

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  3. New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
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    that his government intends to pay off the remaining crisis-era loans two years early, with a view... is expected to focus on are pay increases for civil servants and a rejigging of the public sector pay structure, an increase in the tax free threshold for families with children and further increases

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  4. Government focusses on cost of living with economy bill, push for lower ferry prices
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    for food and drink rose to 12.2 pct in June. The socialists point out, for example, that the pay... is considering a new approach that will separate debtors struggling to pay and those not willing to pay... turns 18 this year 150 euros, an increase of 1,000 euros in the tax-free threshold for couples

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  5. Soldiers' return from Turkey provides Tsipras with timely boost

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    in Mati last month, the soldiers release was a huge relief for the coalition. The government had... the programme have been abandoned because of the death toll from the Mati fire, but Tsipras is still

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  6. Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
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    this summer (due to the fatal Mati wildfire) and the announcement on Monday that Panos Skourletis would... at the moment. The role of the emergency services in dealing with the Mati fire has been under severe

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  7. ND steers greater attention towards institutional failings as elections approach
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    party had appointed to compile a report on the deadly fire in Mati. Polakis drew fresh criticism... for the devastation in Mati solely onto the coalition had a negligible effect on public opinion

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  8. ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
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    , including last summer’s devastating fire in Mati, near Athens. Apart from returning from his holidays... predecessor paid for the deaths in Mati and elsewhere. The government was also quick to stress

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  9. PM makes slowing spread of coronavirus his main goal

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    factors in the high death toll in the Mati wildfire. During his speech on Wednesday, Mitsotakis said... the political damage that the previous administration suffered over the loss of some 100 lives in the Mati

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  10. Wildfires rekindle longstanding political battle as heatwave forces agenda change
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    of the deadly Mati fire in 2018, which claimed more than 100 lives and played a significant part in the left... on the beach.” The centre-right government’s response was to refer back to SYRIZA’s handling of the Mati fire

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