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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsrather than wait until next summer. One school of thought is that the deterioration... Greek voters see him as being best placed to handle such sensitive foreign policy issues than his... a single-party government with a strong mandate rather than a potentially awkward coalition. Speaking
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government was slow to address, preferring to rely on handouts rather than confronting vested interests... noted that the electricity system is better placed than last summer to cope with high demand, thanks... to excite more political engagement than has traditionally been the case, however at the current
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Newsletter 346 - 15/07/2022
of the year, as well as increasing pensions in 2023, by up to 5 pct, for the first time in more than... a housing scheme for young people costing them no more than 400 euros per month. He also said his... favourable than expected labour market developments could provide support to household incomes
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters, especially centrists, that despite what the PM may claim, ND is much further to the right than... that the right-wing of ND controls the party, rather than the moderate, reformist faction led by Mitsotakis... capable than his rivals, and where the difference is not so pronounced. For example, 40 pct
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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan preventing them, run so deep that the appointment of one person, however capable, is not enough... to evacuate their homes, have presented the kind of death toll seen during the Mati fire, when more than... ND came to power, the damage wreaked by the fires could be measured in “hectares rather than coffins
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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsand 12.3 pct for PASOK-KINAL. No other party garners more than 6 pct of the voters’ backing. However, 10... 10 more seats than the centre-right party, but they would also need a third party to form... voters would overwhelmingly prefer an alliance with ND rather than SYRIZA, by 53 to 17.5 pct. Despite
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Numbers stacking up for PM to announce winter relief package
PoliticsGreek Politicsearly to discuss the details. He did, however, say that he is more hopeful than a few months ago... subsidy scheme is linked to gas prices. As things stand, some 300 million euros a month more than... for 2022 may reach as much as 204 billion euros, some 7 billion euros more than expected, due
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Phone-tapping scandal causing ripple effect across political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicsas interior minister in a New Democracy government more than a decade ago, is considered to still... Court prosecutor that is investigating the leaking of EYP’s activities, rather than the wiretapping... level, rather than domestically. Within Greece, the judicial investigation appears limited, New
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicsof better-than-expected tax revenues, as well as the strong performance of tourism over the summer months... rises in electricity bills in the last four months of the year has already more than doubled from... on the offensive following accusations that it chose to “cede territory to Turkey” rather than rescue
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Travel balance of 4.19 bln in H1 beats 2019 as tourism sector leaves pandemic behind
EconomyMacroeconomyhigher than the 705.5 million euros registered in June 2021. It was also higher than the 38.5 million... pandemic. Most notably, June’s balance is even higher than the 2.36 billion euros of June 2019
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