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As plan to ease lockdown progresses, politics turns to non-coronavirus issues
PoliticsGreek Politicsis returning to Greek politics, with issues other than Covid-19 now being addressed. In an interview with Skai TV on Wednesday, State Minister Akis Gerapetritis, said that following the opening of some... to satisfying big business than looking after workers. In fact, in an interview with online news
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Newsletter 262 -04/09/2020
was much higher than the EU28 average in 2018, which stood at 1.3 pct. As a percentage of overall... in 2013, when former defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was jailed for corruption in connection... order book suggests a 7.6x oversubscription. More than 300 accounts participated in the transaction
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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat 4,000 marchers gathered in central Athens, and others putting the estimate at more than 5,000... city Thessaloniki. While the size of the crowds is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece... in the last few days, while Minister of State Akis Skertsos claimed that 60 percent of the country’s adult
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Govt stands firm on 'no lockdown' message, pins hopes on vaccination surge
PoliticsGreek Politicson the results, Minister of State Akis Skertsos argued that SYRIZA has stagnated and turned backwards... that SYRIZA could be faced with a centre-left leader who is both younger than Alexis Tsipras and untainted by MoU-era government, and therefore more likely to attract wavering voters rather than push
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politics, Mitsotakis’s chief of staff, Akis Skertsos said: “At this difficult juncture, we cannot leave Greece... elections, rather than linking the additional seats to the winner’s share of the vote, which is what... of consensus on the opposition, hoping voters will punish its rivals rather than seek to blame New
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
system which will apply in a re-run. In an interview with ANT-1 TV on Monday, Minister of State Akis... a decline of more than 3 points, followed by SYRIZA on 26.1 pct and PASOK on 9.2 pct, both of which... a yield of less than 1 pct, at 0.87 pct. The offers had exceeded 29 billion euros. With some
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Newsletter 380 - 12/05/2023
cost more than 20 billion euros.EconomyLack of clarity over party's economic pledgesThe pre... government spokesman Akis Skertsos, Alternate Finance Minister, Theodoros Skylakakis, who is responsible... on several occasions costed the programme at no more than 5.6 billion euros per year. During
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ND raises tax concerns in bid to prevent voters moving to PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicspct for more than 150,000, compared to a flat rate of 5 pct at the moment. The socialists argue... on the Greek economy. ND spokesman Akis Skertsos argued that the conservatives’ move to lower dividends... with private firms rather than investing in a more robust public network.
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Opinion poll offers Mitsotakis encouragement in quest for majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme will cost much more than they are willing to admit. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras challenged... Democracy’s spokesman Akis Skertsos claimed that GAO figures suggested that SYRIZA’s proposals would cost around 20 billion euros rather than the 5.5 billion the opposition party claimed
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Government fleshes out priorities, SYRIZA sets dates for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Akis Skertsos set out the government’s reform objectives for the coming four years, providing... 3.75 million households declared incomes of less than 10,000 euros, which is the tax-free threshold... more than 50 pct of the votes, a run-off ballot will be held on Saturday, September 16, which would
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