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PM offers shopping bill subsidy as surveillance scandal threatens to spill over into judicial crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the National Intelligence Service (EYP). During a visit to the mobile telecommunications provider... dismissed the latest measure, which will begin from February, as a cheap attempt to buy votes before... of an essentially completely ineffective press law” to vilify judicial officials. He went on to claim
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Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015
of pressing issues to resolve in the coming weeks. On January 26, a Eurogroup meeting will be held... product and service portfolios, providing export insurance guarantees to Greek companies and improving... administration from the perspective of timely service delivery and as a facilitator for private
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Newsletter 360 - 25/11/2022
that the Predator spyware was installed in a facility belonging to the National Intelligence Service (EYP... transferred to the clandestine unit from other parts of the service to help run the spying operation..., the conservatives’ 33 pct puts them 7 points ahead of the left-wing opposition, which is on 26 pct. Third
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammerepeated meetings with government officials. Last year, the participation of ministry staff stood... evaluation process in the coming days. Another issue that involves government officials racing to meet
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SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment
PoliticsGreek Politicsmillion euros in interest payments. A senior IMF official suggested in comments to Reuters... they’ll drop it,” the official told Reuters. It should be noted that the approval of the European... for the campaign of Attica Governor Rena Dourou on Friday. He suggested that the SYRIZA official has been
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Draft budget sets ambitious growth target of 2.8 pct in 2020, plugs fiscal gaps
Economyauthorities see substantially accelerated growth while honouring the target agreed with official creditors... by half a percentage, from 2.3 percent in the previous official Greek estimate in the Stability... million euros. Another 26 million is expected from the freezing of VAT for three years for new
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Health service in spotlight as govt scrabbles for more measures to contain Covid
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials found to have jumped the vaccination queue. Furthermore, the inability to get the virus
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Current account deficit increases to 767.4 mln in Oct as service surplus shrinks
EconomyMacroeconomyin the preceding months. According to the BoG, October’s performance reflects a decline in the services surplus... deficit of 2.05 billion euros on the back of a much-improved oil balance. The services balance came... to offset the precipitous fall in the services balance that is worse off by 13.57 billion euros. The total
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S&P affirms Greek ratings at 'CCC+/C' with stable outlook
Economythat in the absence of additional official debt relief or stronger nominal GDP growth, Greece’s debt may... tranche of 26 billion euros – including 10 billion for bank recapitalization- by the ESM should help... relationship with the country’s official lenders. A rating upgrade to the single ‘B’ category requires
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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
, a US official noted this week that the name deal underlines Greece’s role as a pillar of stability... official did not appear concerned about the possibility of the next Greek government, possibly led... came in mid-December, when European Commission official Declan Costello issued a reminder that Athens
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