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Mitsotakis tries to rally MPs amid lacklustre poll data, resurfacing of Tempe
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has been trying to rally his party, which does not seem to have benefitted from... much greater support than its rivals - none of whom have made any great strides either - but has... interview over the weekend, State Minister Akis Skertsos underlined that the government has introduced
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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
in Parliament as soon as it gets the green light form Brussels. The report adds that the government has..., as the main driving force behind what has turned into an emblematic investment for the country..., along with ECB funding rising by 6 million. In the year so far, Eurosystem funding has declined
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SYRIZA tries to build on "positive" measures but polls yet to register bounce
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the expansionary measures announced by the government. Its findings suggest that the impact has not been... as the payment of what has been termed a 13th pension was approved by a wide majority in Parliament on Wednesday... that the economic recovery will benefit a wide range of society. “The time has come for the many
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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicspolling is no surprise given the nature of the measures the government has passed in recent months... Alexis Tsipras and his team feared (causing them to opt for snap elections in September) has... was re-elected in September. However, what has caught the attention even more is the amount of smaller
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Despite ongoing budget talks, ND eyes more relief measures in coming months
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the last few months has given the government the space it needed to implement the relief measures... been the case until now. However, Athens has yet to conclude negotiations with the institutions before..., with the Greek government under pressure to show that it has wiped out the fiscal gap, which stood
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Another big drop for building activity, which fell by 35.3 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomyactivity sector has been one of the most prominent in the Greek economy during the crisis. The number... of credit contraction in the housing sector has been hovering between 3.1 and 3.7 percent... credit expansion is hiking non-performing loans ratio, which has soared to 25.8 percent at the end
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign Policyof the co-founders of the Pratto (I Act) think tank, which favours Greece being free of “foreign oversight... foreign ministers to adopt further measures against Russia when they meet on Thursday. Athens said it had
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ECJ decision on PPC’s lignite exploitation rights and future investments
Legalin Florina (namely “Meliti II”), which is to form, along with the company “Meliti I” and its lignite...The recent decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to reject the appeal by the Public Power Corporation against the Commission decision providing for measures necessary to restore competition
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Remaining fiscal space could be squeezed for more cost-of-living measures as tension grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration might use what limited fiscal space remains. The government has already announced... in Brussels, Greece has already allocated over the last 10 months 6.7 billion euros, or 3.7 pct of its GDP.... This belief has been strengthened by the series of trips that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agora-employee of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Zoe Georganta, has accused him of colluding... economy has suffered for decades. The events of 2009 should be looked at with a critical eye so Greeks... for 2009 had been 3.9 percent of GDP, as Georganta has recently claimed, then events would certainly have
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