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Newsletter 343 - 24/06/2022
placed than last summer to cope with high demand, thanks to the operation of a new thermal power plant..., which exceeds 16 percent of GDP, while it spends less than half on non-pension social protection... in people’s pockets or favouring the business world that is mostly closer to the ruling party than
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Newsletter 347 - 22/07/2022
the summer, led to a softer hiring balance in June of 19,113 more hires than departures. This is a slowdown from the figure of almost 100,000 seen in May and much lower even than the pre-pandemic... their homes, have prevented the kind of death toll seen during the Mati fire, when more than 100
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
, rather than putting all the responsibility into the hands of a single station master. The opposition... (DESK) had issued a statement less than a month ago warning that an accident was imminent because... in 2018, which claimed more than 100 lives, even though serious operational failings in the emergency
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsrather than hope, and that a change of direction by Tsipras to deliver a more positive message, like... with a share of the vote on Sunday that was almost 4 points higher than in 2019. While... voters than with young Greeks and urban voters. This suggests that the process of renewal still has
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
conservative positions than he would like because of fears that the far-right, populist parties... higher than in 2019. While this is not a spectacular result, and the social democrats might consider... to ensure that his party holds on to greater support than the socialists, and therefore the upper hand
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Newsletter 394 - 22/09/2023
and end.” Tsakalotos gained a handful more votes than Pappas on Sunday as 13,156 (8.9 pct) SYRIZA... of Tsakalotos’s supporters transferred to her, it still might not be enough to tip the balance in her favour... Mitsotakis rather than his leadership rivals. A prospective victory would create a certain challenge
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SYRIZA facing more departures as party's position continues to weaken
PoliticsGreek Politics” faction, met on Sunday to debate their position. The upshot of the meeting, which lasted more than 10 hours and involved more than 1,000 members, was that Achtsioglou’s supporters do not see how they can... caused by Kasselakis’s decision to clash with his internal critics rather than seek some form
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
that the opposition, rather than the government, has more to think about in the New Year. Prime Minister... in a better position than SYRIZA compared to a few months ago. In the emerging rivalry between PASOK and SYRIZA, the left-wing party’s recently elected leader Stefanos Kasselakis also comes off worse than
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Newsletter 434 - 27/09/2024
, Salmas argued that he was being ousted for his views rather than any offences. He repeated his.... Essentially, 60 pct of Greek wage workers earn less than 1,200 euros gross monthly. The main reason... by collective wage agreements. Currently in Greece fewer than 30 pct of workers fall
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PM pledges water reform in bid to avert scarcity crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsis a radical restructuring of the nation’s water infrastructure. More than 700 municipal water companies... are expected to rise by 0.8 to 1.8C. The water balance deficit currently stands at -20 pct. However, without... study reportedly estimates that more than 10 billion euros will be needed to realise these upgrades
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