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Podcast - Subsidise this: Fraud scandal delivers new blow to Greek PM
AgoraAnyone hoping for a calm summer in Greece just had their hopes dashed. A political storm is engulfing Athens, with four government officials already ousted amid a deepening scandal tied to the misuse of EU agricultural funds. At the heart of the storm i...
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Despite satisfaction with Covid-19 numbers, govt not eyeing let-up in restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggested that the scheme is an indirect way for New Democracy to subsidise government-friendly media... it might start lifting the restrictions on movement and the idea that snap elections might be held later this year. The government is insisting that it has no intention of lifting any of the current
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agoraare falling over themselves with schemes to subsidise energy consumption, while quietly gnashing.... Since this is a “durable” piece of equipment lasting many years, the rate of using up this machine
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Roadmap leading out of lockdown pondered by ND as SYRIZA takes aim at media
PoliticsGreek Politicsplummeted for all media. SYRIZA suspects that ND is trying to indirectly subsidise certain outlets it deems... future needs. Nevertheless, the lifting of lockdown measures will be staggered and not necessarily
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societythat it will subsidise customers’ electricity bills until the end of the year. However, it seems that more... lifting even after the introduction of the new subsidy in the likely scenario that prices continue
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
measures announced by the government to subsidise rising energy bills to the tune of 395 million euros... of the heavy lifting in closing the fiscal deficit this year as the economy continues its recovery
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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
that the government is making another 350 million euros available to subsidise energy bills this month... aired in the press about a possible lifting of restrictions to allow for carnival celebrations later
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Newsletter 354 - 07/10/2022
euros to subsidise companies’ electricity bills, with the electricity subsidies taking by far the lion’s share of close to 9 billion euros. The Energy Transition Fund did most of the heavy lifting
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Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agora(and there was a nominal debt cut), with loans from the EU partner countries that carried a highly subsidized (i.e. reduced... at highly subsidized rates over the next decades. It is also indicative of the need for further
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Greece gears up to secure slice of smaller tourism pie this summer
PoliticsGreek Politicsto make use of up to 2 billion euros from the European Commission’s SURE programme to subsidise jobs... to 500 million euros to subsidise mortgages. However, to use EU funds for this purpose
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