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New government aims for extensive changes to education system
Societyeducation system when the new government set out its policy agenda recently. The proposed changes... freedom to set their teaching plans, and teacher training would also be upgraded. The process... currently face no time limit to finish their degrees, would end with the introduction of set timeframe
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Government gets back to work with shuttle diplomacy and legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicsat home several pieces of draft legislation will be tabled, resuming the pace set after... is to set the scene for requesting a softening of those targets, and specifically a reduction... the conversation this early in his term. Rather, he is expected to set the scene by pointing
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Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign Policy. “But my message today is clear: In accordance with set criteria, let us offer the integration of all...-EU nations, with their own set of benefits is backed by senior politicians including Charles Michel... by Ukraine and others to set on the path to EU membership. Athens strongly supports the Western
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Government dampens expectations for handouts in PM's speech
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn less than three weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attempt to set the tone for his... to set aside between 1.5 and 2 billion euros to allocate to taxpayers via various assistance packages... their pensions were not reduced following the 2016 reform. Instead, this group of pensioners is set
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Opposition lines up motions against government over Tempe
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPressure on the government is set to ratchet up a notch after opposition PASOK announced... on public debt on Wednesday to set out his party’s line of attack against the government, using newly..., with Tassoulas set to be approved by a narrow margin; however, the resurgence of interest in Tempe could
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Government presents rail safety improvements as ex-ministers face possible Tempe inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politicsconference, where Alternate Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis set out a range... identified the improvement of rail safety as an urgent matter for his government. Mitsotakis set 2027... procedure now is for Parliament to hold a vote on whether to set up a preliminary investigation, whose
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Newsletter 493 - 06/02/2026
. The government has identified a compact set of articles it wants to open for revision rather than... as a programme of institutional reform. It allows New Democracy to set the agenda, test public... set the terms of repayment - including the applicable interest rate and schedule - so that borrowers
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agora) is without precedent in the history of a sovereign debt restructuring exercise.[1] Put otherwise, while... debt dynamics (see graph 1 below) it is a matter of time until this secondary migration process... a combined volume of 240 billion euro. The current programme expires in mid-2014. 1. Who will blink first
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Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros will reportedly go towards reducing the country’s debt, 1 billion to reduce state arrears and 500 million will be given as a “social dividend.” The latter mainly involves one-off handouts to 1... contributions by 3.9 percentage points (2.9 for employers and 1 for employees), which will be effective
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A snapshot of Greek banks' ABS as ECB readies for next move
Economybillion, while Eurobank’s figure stands below 1 billion. In addition, they hold covered bonds (mainly... by Alpha and Eurobank at 3.6-3.7 billion, while Piraeus figure stands slightly above 1 billion... as collateral of uncovered government-guaranteed bank bonds as of March 1, 2015. These guarantees amounted
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