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Newsletter 27 - 22/05/2015
political secretariat and senior members of the parliamentary group over the last few days in a bid to put... liquidity. Such funding tools mainly involve the issue of additional pillar II bonds (by another 40... billion at the end of Q1 2015. This mainly reflects the return of 10.9 billion of EFSF bonds to the ESM
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
Agoraon administration, while the roll-out process has been perhaps surprisingly smooth and free from controversy... begun to hint that it may switch to a more targeted roll-out of the vaccines in a bid to stimulate... to be within reach. Regular procedures of vaccination Vaccination is provided free of cost on the national
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Newsletter 390 - 21/07/2023
Attica by a fire earlier this week. Another blaze, which raged for the past few days close to Loutraki... that preparation for the fire season began earlier than ever this year, in January. It also argues... in fire-stricken areas to follow the advice of the Civil Protection Authority, especially
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Tempe crash protests renew public pressure on government, give opposition fresh impetus
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the crash and the ensuing fire. This indicated that as many as 30 of those killed were alive after... and that the release of this substance is what caused the fire that broke out after the crash... – have insisted that the fire was not caused by anything being carried by the freight train, but whatever
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts, looks for party balance and broad appeal
PoliticsGreek Politicsperiod of time and that reducing the target would free up 3 billion euros that could go towards tax... bid in the auction. Broad appeal Given the opportunity to define the political terrain on which he... not come from reducing the number of public employees. Mitsotakis said that sacking civil servants
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ND tries to dial down Tempe rhetoric as support plummets in new opinion poll
PoliticsGreek Politicsreflected this view in a TV interview on Tuesday morning. He insisted that citizens were free..., however, veered clear of such claims and said that anyone “adding fuel to the fire” will be judged... in support for New Democracy since last month. In terms of voting intentions, backing for the ruling
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Newsletter 90 - 30/09/2016
when the government came under repeated fire over its alleged links to the Kalogritsas family and their successful bid in the auction almost a month ago. Christos Kalogritsas, a construction magnate..., who was involved in the bid. Perhaps to the coalition’s relief, Kalogritsas was unable to come up
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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek Politics. The fire broke out on Monday, when authorities were putting out a blaze on Mount Hymettus, east of Athens, that damaged a few buildings. There was also a large fire on the island of Elafonissos over... Evia on Wednesday after visiting the fire brigade’s control centre in Athens and holding talks
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
to lower net transport receipts, mainly attributed to capital controls. Travel receipts fell... for the pending prior actions. These mainly relate to pension and energy market issues as well... gathering around his government in a bid to reach a clearing that will give him time to regroup
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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson the issue of selling gas system operator DESFA, which is subject to a bid by Azeri firm SOCAR... The government has pledged to provide free or subsidised healthcare for all Greeks, including those lacking the necessary social security credits or welfare cover. It also aims to scrap the 5-euro fee
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