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Newsletter 378 - 28/04/2023
a stable policy landscape across the vast majority of the political spectrum. SYRIZA during its 2015-2019... on this path during the current term of fiscal compliance and PASOK, a possible coalition partner, is broadly in line with a policy programme within the fiscal boundaries. S&P argues during its latest rating
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Spotlight falls on public hirings as PM pledges more health staff
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday about unveiling his hiring plan imminently. During... it was revealed during the Covid pandemic to have several significant shortcomings and, more recently, several fatal incidents involving long waits for ambulances. During his visit, Mitsotakis also insisted
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Newsletter 389 - 14/07/2023
barriers to Greeks living abroad, or just visiting another country during national elections, from... a large part of its pledges during the election campaigns of May and June and a market foray... by austerity measures during the debt crisis and lost their two bonus salaries. Next year’s increases
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Minister's resignation deflates government after series of missteps
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEconomou, who served as government spokesman during New Democracy’s first term. Mitarakis had already... police created during the government’s first term would be scrapped. The idea was immediately... that New Democracy gained during the two electoral encounters in the summer. As a result, it caused
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Labour bill controversy dents plans for announcements of new measures in Sep
PoliticsGreek Politicsis afforded this space during August remains to be seen. Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister... workers to have at least 11 hours of rest between their shifts during a 24-hour period... them to fire the worker during that period without having to pay compensation or being bound by any
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In 2024, Greece and Turkey look to build on diplomatic progress made in previous months
PoliticsForeign Policythe way for a new chapter in their diplomatic relations. It became a year during which the two...” aimed at marking the start of new rapprochement in Greek-Turkish relations, which was sealed during Erdogan’s visit to Athens on December 7. During that visit both countries signed up (via the Athens
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Resignations of two key aides undermines PM's attempt to rebuff crash cover-up claims
PoliticsGreek Politicssecretary, and nephew, Grigoris Dimitriadis, during his first term over the wiretapping affair. All.... It is, therefore, doubtful that much attention will be paid to other parts of the PM’s speech, during which he... vote in the European Parliament on the subject. He did not make any reference during his speech
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PM attempts to regroup, shift focus after testing week over Tempe crash
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is trying to regroup after a testing few days last week, during which Prime Minister... victim decried the behaviour of ND MPs in Parliament during last week’s debate, while suggesting.... This was a point that was not addressed during the responses given by government officials during last week
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Parties get salty over cheese prices as cost of living debate heats up
PoliticsGreek Politics, and idiosyncratic, heights during the last few days as New Democracy and SYRIZA have been arguing over... as part of a package of measures aimed at easing prices for consumers. During the debate... issues related to the cost of living during this campaign for the European Parliament elections. Recent
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PM banks on restoration and compensation healing Attica fire wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsshortcomings during the effort to contain the fire, the lack of spending on fire prevention... tripled during that time. According to the figures put forward by the SYRIZA official, almost 470 million euros was spent on hiring firefighting planes and helicopters between 2020 and 2024. During
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