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Greece and lenders edge closer at Eurogroup but standby measures, debt relief not resolved yet
PoliticsGreek Politics-term. The Eurogroup Working Group has been tasked with exploring specific medium-term measures... percent of GDP has virtually been agreed. The framework for the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) also... to swallow as it has pledged not to target salaries or pensions further, especially after making 1.8
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsin northern Greece. SYRIZA’s Citizen’s Protection spokesman Yiannis Ragoussis has meanwhile accused... hotspots, as well as stricter guidelines in Athens, which has seen the highest number of new reported... cases has been the reopening of schools, which is scheduled for September 7. While there had been
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
Agora. It has been the challenge of the day. The Greek economy has suffered from this large adverse shock that particularly affected tourism, hospitality, and travelling. The government has taken quick... another sharp decline in real GDP in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. This adverse shock has led
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Newsletter 476 - 19/09/2025
-crisis levels, this has compounded the developments of the recent years and has made getting... the calm relations that it has established with markets. MacroeconomyChart of the weekProperty prices...) at 8.1%, Course of Freedom at 7.8%, and SYRIZA trailing at 5.2%. After weighting, ND’s support rises
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Opposition tells Tsipras it will resist upcoming bailout measures despite support in summer
PoliticsGreek Politicsare included in the 49 milestones that Greece has to reach by October 15 for the next bailout... (which Tsipras has said will not be enforced) - No to home foreclosures This also means that PASOK... to submit a draft law launching a new tender for broadcasting permits. Tsipras has hailed this as a clear
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Lenders highlight risks of 'short-term popular' measures unveiled by government
EconomyProgrammeThere has been a highly sceptical reaction from the institutions to the fiscal expansionary.... “In the area of product market reforms, little has been achieved on the ground. As a result, Greek consumers... highlighted some areas where Greece has made progress recently but, in keeping with his earlier comments
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Eurogroup decision on contingent measures, debt leave Tsipras with tough task at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Greece to complete its bailout review but with more doubts about whether the government has the political... the fact that the stand-by package will be at the outer end of what has been reported over the last few... that these interventions will not be implemented. Also, given that the government has spent four months
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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPersistently high infection rates and a rapid increase in daily hospitalisations from Covid has led... the peak of 40,000 recorded a week earlier. While this apparent abatement has been greeted with relief.... The use of private sector resources has caused friction between the government and the opposition
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsunconvinced that Mitsotakis has genuinely abandoned plans to hold snap elections, media reports over... at the Thessaloniki International Fair in early September. The PM has already announced that he will scrap... year. Of course, the prime minister has to weigh this against the messages he is receiving from
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ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the wake of Sunday’s budget vote in Parliament, New Democracy has ruled out the possibility... it into Parliament for the first time in 2023 and which has been trying to fight off claims that it is just..., there is no need for Mitsotakis to replenish his numbers in Parliament. There has been much speculation over
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