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After submitting RRF plan, govt turns to challenges of delivery
PoliticsGreek Politics, there is a lack of political buy-in for the programme domestically, where ND has been criticised..., calling it “a very important piece of work which has been produced by all of us, a plan which has... the plan, Alternate Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis, who has been overseeing the submission
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agoramacroeconomic policies should the eurozone as a whole adopt if the periphery has to swallow austerity... familiar to emerging economies in Asia and Latin America. Europe has seen it before too, on the eve... should be: what kind of an answer were these bailouts to this kind of crisis? They were a creditor’s kind
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Mitsotakis keeps cool over white collar crime claims as poll delivers new boost
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis to answer questions about the change. On Friday, the premier argued that the FT “does.... It has been suggested that this concerns some 900 cases and that where it is deemed necessary... something untoward has taken place. He claimed that “very many” bank executives have been put on trial
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Opposition parties vow to reverse public healthcare reforms
PoliticsGreek Politics, substantially higher than the current rate. SYRIZA has also promised to hire 10,000 permanent health workers...-of-living has cast a shadow over all other issues. So it is not clear how voters will react... to undermine public services so the private sector can benefit. SYRIZA in particular has made
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Focus of discussion for lenders moves to debt relief, post-MoU framework
EconomyProgrammegovernment and its lenders has moved fully to the final few months of the programme and what will follow... will be assigned to the cash buffer the government is building. Although no official date has been given... is also due to receive another 1 billion euros subject to confirmation it has met its commitments
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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe in power when the measure has to be implemented. This could also be seen as a pre-emptive strike against...Alexis Tsipras has thrown a new pledge into the pre-election mix by promising not to reduce the tax... told ANT-1 TV. “I had said that pensions would not be cut and people doubted me,” he added
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Newsletter 480 - 17/10/2025
has failed to meet expectations. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis still leads in perceived... state broadcaster ERT that Greece has “become ungovernable.” He cited widespread disillusionment.... Mitsotakis hits back In response, Mitsotakis has launched a fresh campaign to highlight government
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Govt in tight spot as opposition questions lockdown easing priorities
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe bad news on Easter travel more unequivocally than any official government source has done to date. “I don’t believe we will have the option of going to our villages”, he stated, before announcing... the government has had to face in mapping out its lockdown exit strategy, but it will not be the last
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New polls indicate support for recent measures, give SYRIZA glimmer of hope
PoliticsGreek Politicshas backing of 2.9 percent. It should be noted that the poll was conducted with May’s European..., the difference between the two parties is the smallest it has been for the last two years. SYRIZA appears... Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has not had a discernible impact on voter’s preferences. A survey by ProRata
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Proportion of Greeks willing to emigrate for work triples in two years
SocietyA survey by Adecco has revealed that as many as one in three Greeks are looking for job... for. It revealed that since 2015, the percentage of people looking for work abroad has tripled from 11 percent... at least once, a percentage which has been rising for the last two years. According to the survey
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