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Mitsotakis scoffs at coalition's MoU exit strategy, challenges PM to elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has challenged Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call snap elections this year... of a general election later this year. “If SYRIZA and ANEL (Independent Greeks) mean all.... And if they are not afraid of New Democracy, let them take us on.” Mitsotakis said he challenged Tsipras to call
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To Potami expected to provide clinching votes in vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) MPs Elena Kountoura and Thanassis Papachristopoulos, independent lawmaker Katerina Papakosta... that the conditions have improved following the departure of ANEL from the coalition for a discussion... of its contents. The PM’s office also repeated its call for there to be a TV debate between Tsipras
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora, as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... are without a job and have diminishing prospects of finding one. Over the last three years, salaries have
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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politics. This finding is particularly significant because the issue of deaths outside ICUs was the subject of heated... is not conducive to building effective intensive care teams. Another significant finding from the academic...: “Obviously, Mr Mitsotakis knew this when he responded to me in Parliament. Should I call him a liar
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Athens prepares new primary residences proposal after finding common ground with banks
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government and local banks are reportedly making progress in their discussions about how to replace the Katseli law, which expires at the end of the month, with a new framework for protecting primary residences from foreclosure. The two sides ...
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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BoG charts how crisis has affected private sector employment
Economyprivate sector employment has been affected during the crisis. The first finding is related... is some 20 percent below that of men (53.5 euros). Another important finding from the BoG study... shift work. In addition, 94,000 employees saw a wage reduction in their labour contracts in 2012
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Tsipras forges ahead with referendum as lenders hold back, wait for result
PoliticsGreek Politicshis call for a “No” vote, repeating his belief that this would help the government reach a better deal... “take personal responsibility for finding a solution.” It is not clear what he meant... would not implement the deal but would then call national elections. However, it is difficult
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agorathe carpet anything that could be interpreted as a boost for the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition.... One of the less obvious ones involves the media finding a role that lies far from the extremes... stage. Nevertheless, in the journey along the winding, precipitous road towards better days
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