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Authorities say no new measures on the way despite surge in Covid-19 cases
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHealth Minister Thanos Plevris has dismissed the prospect of a return of Covid-19 measures after... Organisation (EODY) has also increased to 1.35 from 1.32 last week, and under 0.9 a month previously. According to official figures, there has also been an increase in the positivity rate of tests to 12 pct
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Price hikes pose fresh challenge for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsto come up with answers to rising prices. For some months, the local media has been trailing.... However, over the past couple of weeks the sceptre of inflation has started to cast a shadow over... concern in the government ranks that this could lead to voter unrest. Naturally, the opposition has
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Opposition clashes with govt over high energy prices, cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros/MWh in France and 299 euros/MWh in the UK. Greece has not benefitted from the recent drop... the perception of economic competence which has kept the party ahead of its rivals on the road... replaces Nassos Iliopoulos, who has been selected to run for a seat in Parliament. The choice
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SYRIZA leadership contest off to slow start, as ND rushes to contain political damage from fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsis approved on September 2. The party has been numbed by the results of the June elections, which..., former labour minister Efi Achtsioglou, has been profiled extensively in the media since she formally... for key posts in the local and regional elections scheduled for October. The party has called
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Failure to agree on contingent measures causes further delay in conclusion of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonitoring this process and being involved in the proposal of measures has been suggested as well. However... that the conclusion of the review has been put off for now, with the only other possibilities... 24. The Greek government has not taken well to its proposal for a corrective fiscal mechanism
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Govt hopes counter-measures, debt relief talks enough to escape multi-bill maelstrom
PoliticsGreek Politics. In its attempt to manage the message getting out to voters, the government has tried to shift... vote. New Democracy is sticking to its line that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed a fourth memorandum with the lenders but without securing any funding. The local media, meanwhile, has focussed
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Govt rushes in new energy measures as Brussels decision on gas price cap deferred
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures aimed at cushioning the impact of high energy costs on Greek consumers. Greece has been spearheading a proposal for an EU-wide cap on the price of all natural gas imports, and has so far gained... at the Council of Energy Ministers last week. Although it remains on the table, it has encountered resistance
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Buoyed by troika deal, Greece aims for rapid return to bond markets
EconomyAfter announcing on Tuesday that Greece and the troika had concluded the latest review of the Greek economic adjustment programme Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is now training his sights on a return to international bond markets. Finance Ministry sources have told local media that the government
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HCAP and Finance Ministry reveal five-year strategic plan for public assets
EconomyFeaturessources of funding, leading to greater viability and employment and invest in training
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OECD outlines several areas where reforms could boost growth potential
Economyand training. There are also several issues in inclusiveness and social protection, with high
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