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SYRIZA ups stakes over bankruptcy code as govt faces embarrassment over missing GD bigwig
PoliticsGreek Politicsto suppress the virus. Another 882 cases were reported on Thursday, meaning the number of daily cases has... attention to an issue that has received little attention over the past few days because of more eye-catching... to the primary residence protection scheme that has been in place in one form or another for the last
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PM pledges handouts amid discontent and gripes over coronavirus strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the government’s measures, while 43 pct are satisfied. This is the first time there has been a crossover... designed to deflect some of the criticism that has been heaped on New Democracy over recent days.... This week, the government has already adopted a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew across the country, while
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Newsletter 465 - 06/06/2025
of measures aimed at curbing campus violence, which has been a persistent issue in Greek universities. His... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been consolidating his government’s position, trying to navigate... has plummeted to just 6.8%, dropping the party to fourth place. Among 25-34-year-olds, support
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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
that account for the pledges of Prime Minister Mitsotakis last month. It also has offsetting measures... 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
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Newsletter 450 - 7/02/2025
. The move has left New Democracy with little wiggle room but to comply, after PM Kyriakos... just days after the accident. The initiative already has the support of several parties of the left... of an inquiry into Triantopoulos, it has been hinted that the prime minister will try to pre-empt
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Which way now, Mr Tsipras?
AgoraAfter his haphazard cross-country drive across Europe over the last six months, Alexis Tsipras has arrived at the crossroads. He has already been forced by European lenders to make a huge compromise; now he has to decide whether he will be just as ruthless with dissenters in his own party. Tsipras
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Why Tsipras might gamble on snap elections
Agorathis idea baffling given that Tsipras has the support of three opposition parties (New Democracy... the option of snap polls this autumn. In effect, he has a small window of opportunity to capitalise... and with positive feedback from Eeurozone decision-makers at Friday’s Eurogroup, he still has a chance
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Now comes the really hard part
Agorahas suffered deeply in financial terms during the crisis. Only in the last few weeks a raft of data has highlighted Greeks economic plight. According to Credit Suisse’s annual Wealth Report, average wealth in Greece has fallen by 28.7 percent since 2008, hastened by plummeting property prices
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Greece falls to 79 out of 190 economies in ease of doing business ranking
EconomyFeaturesThe latest Doing Business Indicators report for 2020 by the World Bank Group has shown that Greece... that in the space of a year, the country has dropped by seven places. It is now ranked below Peru (79... survey. The score came to 69.5 out of 100. However, the number of procedures involved has fluctuated
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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
with the upcoming emergency EU summit on Thursday on the subject of the pandemic. A political row has... challenges has been how to reposition himself and his party politically so that they can appear... Democracy last summer out of frustration. Opinion polls suggest that he has made little or no progress
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