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European Commission's travel guidance brings some optimism for Greek tourism sector
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Wednesday the Commission urged Europeans to return to “unrestricted free movement” in the wake... for airlines to keep middle seats free, a proposal that airlines had resisted as uneconomical... for border opening and to avoid restrictions on free movement that could be seen as discriminatory
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take effect would apply only to the unvaccinated. The minister argued that the availability of free... the end of free Covid tests for unvaccinated citizens. Instead, unvaccinated public and private sector... will be limited to school pupils, while the kits will continue to be provided free of charge only
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat victims of the fire would receive free medical care and medicines. The government also vowed... was heavily criticised for its handling of the fire, with New Democracy leading the accusations
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Government presses ahead with legislative work by delivering on some economic pledges
PoliticsGreek Politicsbegan. There will also be an increase of 1,000 euros in the tax-free threshold from next year... Copernicus mapping system, almost 3,500 hectares of land was burnt in eastern Attica by a fire earlier..., though, argue that the response from the fire service was not sufficient.
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agoraextreme, commentators expect bilateral relations to head for a free fall. At the other, pundits argue... to hold its fire as long as possible, though it may have to hit back in the end. China’s retaliation... Washington and Beijing. Technology will definitely be a line of fire between the two powers, artificial
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsdevasted by last Monday’s fire, on Monday morning without any TV cameras present. His visit came... strategy last week. The government’s efforts to manage the message after the fire, such as a press conference involving ministers with the chiefs of fire and police, seemed confused and ill-advised
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Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicspledged a more modern and efficient approach to fire prevention and firefighting this summer. The fire... that are normal for this time of year, was that the fire reached fully built-up areas in the capital’s..., attempting to prevent the fire reaching their apartment buildings, and firefighters being aided
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What is in SYRIZA's 3-pillar programme to overcome the crisis?
Economyearning up to 700 euros gross per month (543.1 million). 3) Free access to the public health care... to medicine expenditure (350 million). 4) Free public transport card for the long-term unemployed and citizens below the poverty limit (120 million). 5) Free electricity to 300,000 households below
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Here's why Greece's fiscal difficulties will dominate the agenda
EconomyProgrammeThe budget execution for January revealed a revenue shortfall of almost 1 billion euros, mainly reflecting... at 22 billion and H2 at 29 billion. For the first six months, the negative primary balance mainly... that will be close to market prices. He refrained from providing any detail on the tax free threshold as well
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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
in the difficult position of having to explain why it is going to lower the tax-free threshold... of the fiscal measures that will offset the impact of the reductions to the tax-free threshold... and are considered to yield savings of around 1.5–2 percent of GDP. Specifically, the tax-free threshold, which
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