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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek Politicsare respected. Finally, a deadline has been introduced for workers to take legal action against employers once the reconciliation process has been launched. The changes provoked the anger of SYRIZA, which.... The latter issue has flared up over the last few days after New Democracy accused SYRIZA of allowing
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ND aims to show progress at Eurogroup but QE unattainable for now
EconomyProgrammethe eurozone partners that there has been a significant shift in emphasis since New Democracy came... surplus issue at the Eurogroup in Helsinki. Mitsotakis has already indicated he wants to wait until his government has tangible gains on the reform front to show its partners before putting the fiscal
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New waste strategy dials down recycling targets, promises to address landfill problems
PoliticsGreek Politicswas given to waste management on the islands, where the problem of illegal landfills has been.... Describing the present situation as “disheartening”, minister Costis Chatzidakis acknowledged that Greece has.... Greece also has a poor record in conventional waste management. With more than 80 percent of waste
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Newsletter 222 -04/10/2019
of job market Migration has emerged as an increasingly important battleground in Greek politics over... New Democracy by surprise and that it has not yet had time to put in place the faster asylum... for strikes to be approved by a majority of members. SYRIZA has been particularly vocal in its
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Despite ongoing budget talks, ND eyes more relief measures in coming months
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the last few months has given the government the space it needed to implement the relief measures... been the case until now. However, Athens has yet to conclude negotiations with the institutions before..., with the Greek government under pressure to show that it has wiped out the fiscal gap, which stood
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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
of the year from the additional surplus. Although Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has indicated.... At the moment, 138 million euros has been set aside for businesses, which are set to receive... submitted to the scheme. Around 600 million has already been received by authorities. According
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Energy bill also unveiled as legislative activity intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the electricity company. This is the intervention that the government has advertised most as it ties in with New..., from having the upper hand. The GENOP union at PPC has notoriously been militant in its resistance...). The sale can begin before the spin-off process has been completed. The tabling, and imminent
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Govt rebuffs uncomfortable reports on money laundering, unpaid contributions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has been put on the defensive as a result of a couple of reports in the international media, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has had to step up efforts to improve North.... Government spokesman Stelios Petsas told Skai TV on Friday that Athens has sent a response to the FT
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MPs gear up for action as To Potami calls it a day and PASOK wobbles
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has already let it be known that the extra funds will be paid out in cash and will go to some... of the Greek President by MPs and snap general elections. New Democracy has proposed for MPs to hold up... challenged Genimmata for the leadership of KINAL, was also critical. He argued that Gennimata has
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Newsletter 230 -29/11/2019
of the outstanding obligations to the IMF has been completed after Athens paid ahead of time 2.7 billion... billion euros. Greece has already repaid the Stand-by Arrangement of the first programme and until... programme, which Greece has to start repaying next year. On a political level, the government is hoping
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