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Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts
EconomyProgrammeGreece’s finance minister revealed in an interview with Kathimerini newspaper over the weekend that the range of tax relief measures the governing party had pledged in the election campaign will be subject to the available fiscal space in 2020, which ne...
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Strikes greet labour measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA raft of interventions in the labour market by the New Democracy government have brought criticism from the opposition and widespread strike action across the public sector. The measures are contained in the draft development bill published last week, ...
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PM strikes public diplomacy coup with Zelensky visit, faces criticism over wildfires
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA surprise appearance by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the informal summit of Balkan states in Athens gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis some brief respite from the troubles that have beset his government at the start of its second ter...
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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreatening the strikers with arrest if they did not return to work. Their union, GENOP-DEI, announced
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societyweeks when poor weather forced the strikers to dismantle their protest camp. NGOs have also warned
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Authorities ready energy "plan B" for potential supply disruptions as cost of living prompts strike
PoliticsGreek Politics. Strikers are claiming that their income has barely increased in the 14 years spanned by the financial
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Government determined to push through hospital reforms in pre-election legislative sprint
PoliticsGreek Politicsunions and associations have also voiced their solidarity with the strikers. Political implications
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Controversial labour law set to usher in radical changes to employment practices
PoliticsGreek Politicsof probationary employment periods. There are also penalties for strikers who participate in picket lines
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Coalition stresses positives, expects full support for multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst the increase in the minimum participation needed for first-level unions to call strikes.... Apart from the legislation relating to strikes, there is also some unease in the government ranks.... The government’s concern is that the measures relating to strikes and auctions are hurting its standing
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Athens makes landmark foreign policy shift by sending arms to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policystrikes in the city of Mariupol in the country’s south, according to the Foreign Ministry. The Greek political world unanimously condemned the Russian strikes. There were six other fatalities... unhappy that Russia denied on Saturday any involvement in the aerial strikes on the Sartana and Buhas
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