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  1. Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy politicians presented a united front defending the government against a censure motion triggered by its handling of the deadly Tempe rail crash. Their fulsome support for resigned transport minister Kostas Karamanlis brought condemnation f...

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  2. Mitsotakis targets rivals as Androulakis tries to shrug off doubters
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    As Greece edges towards the next general election cycle, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s centre‑right government is recalibrating its political machinery with a clear objective to secure another term by shaping the battlefield on its own terms. The...

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  3. Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
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    Agora

    took the unusual step of congratulating Macron despite there being a run-off against Le Pen yet to come... of Europe’s tendency to laud the eye-catching victories but brush off the smaller defeats even though... Greek elections of 2012, there was much backslapping over the fact that a pro-bailout coalition led

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  4. European Commission's DSA reveals serious concerns over debt sustainability, need for relief
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    EconomyProgramme

    to serious concerns regarding the sustainability of Greek public debt”. On top... with the latest EC economic forecasts (2.1 percent in 2017 and 2.5 percent in 2018) levelling off... points (pp) after 2022 and leveling off at 2.2 percent as of 2025. In its most recent DSA, the IMF

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  5. Athens waits for green light from Eurogroup so it can settle IMF loans early

    EconomyProgramme

    5. Settling the second review would allow the Greek government to request permission from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to pay off some or all of its loans to the International Monetary Fund... the money it owes to the IMF. The government has made no secret of its desire to pay off early some

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  6. Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has brushed off concerns that the lack of fiscal space... the lenders regarding Greece’s public finances veering off track due to SYRIZA’s handouts. In fact... that this would allow Greece to pay off its debt quicker. “You have different revenues if you grow with 2

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  7. Amid hiring controversy, ND focusses on new round of tax cuts in latest bill
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for investors. In its statement, the Finance Ministry claimed that the bill is the first since the Greek.... One-off debts, such as inheritance tax, can be paid off in up to 48 instalments, rather than... of the tax bill and the extensive coverage the issue has received in the Greek media over the past

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  8. Controversies around president pick cause government headaches
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that while Mitsotakis’s focus on the presidential pick may have paid off with his lawmakers, it has... slipped from 14.4 pct to 13.7 pct. Greek Solution is in third position, having risen from 7.2 pct..., standing at 29.1 pct and 17.4 pct respectively. Greek Solution has risen from 8.7 pct to 9.8 pct

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  9. Greek PMI drops into contraction territory in September, falling to 48.4 points

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    contraction, suggests a deterioration of business conditions at the end of the third quarter. The drop... that posted in August. The September data indicates that supply-side conditions were broadly in line

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  10. Greek population among highest for poverty risk, Eurostat survey shows
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    Society

    deprivation, defined as living conditions constrained by a lack of resources such as not being able..., the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) released the 2016 Survey on Income and Living Conditions

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