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Govt unveils new round of energy subsidies as fiscal space narrows significantly
PoliticsGreek Politicsto subsidise energy bills this month. This takes the total the government has pledged since the start... public broadcaster ERT that the government has very limited room for manoeuvre as far as combatting... on the fiscal front has been taken up by the reduction in this year’s ENFIA property tax, announced by Prime
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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
to an acknowledgement that he was becoming unpopular. Androulakis has been prodded both by New Democracy and SYRIZA... summer to mitigate against price hikes. The government has made a conscious choice to avoid a major...-income households. Up to now, the budget has not been affected by the electricity bill subsidy
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PM goes big on minimum wage increase, but opposition unmoved
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been pinning his hopes on a pre-Easter minimum wage rise... with the unemployment benefit. There has been a significant increase in the 2016-2020 period of the portion... union, has asked for a minimum wage of 751 euros, a proposal supported by centre-left KINAL, while
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Mitsotakis fast-tracks energy package announcement on eve of party conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 2.5 billion euros is being earmarked for the first half of 2023. Mitsotakis has decided to bring... Democracy party conference on Friday on a positive note and rally support within the party which has been...-wing opposition has been raising questions about the remuneration packages of energy company
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SYRIZA reproaches PM and ministers over wealth declarations, loans
PoliticsGreek Politics) has sparked a reaction from main opposition party SYRIZA, which is attempting to portray Prime... as together with his wife he has almost 1.3 million euros in outstanding loans, according to his pothen esches... to the pothen esches process, which was launched in 2003 but has not really improved the level
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Authorities say no new measures on the way despite surge in Covid-19 cases
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHealth Minister Thanos Plevris has dismissed the prospect of a return of Covid-19 measures after... Organisation (EODY) has also increased to 1.35 from 1.32 last week, and under 0.9 a month previously. According to official figures, there has also been an increase in the positivity rate of tests to 12 pct
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Athens cultivates Saudi Arabia relations, prepares for MBS visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyFor some time, Athens has been investing in new partnerships in the wider Middle East region.... It is no coincidence that in the last couple of years Athens has been seeking to enhance relations with countries..., Greece has taken advantage of the deterioration in relations between Riyadh and Ankara forging
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek Politicsscheme is rolled out. According to the arrangement which has been put in place for a period of 12... electricity mix, while demand has been on the increase due to a heatwave. After removing... plans to substitute Russian natural gas. It is reported that the Greek government has circulated
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ND faces fiscal balancing act and more challenges over spying scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsbelt-tightening measures. Opinion poll There has been little change in the support for the leading... Syntakton. New Democracy’s rating remains at 31, while SYRIZA’s has edged up half a point to 25.5. PASOK... policy issues (49 vs 28). The policy areas where SYRIZA has the upper hand are corruption
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Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has seen ministers, MPs and other officials forced to step aside since it came to power.... Dimitriadis denies any involvement with Predator and has filed SLAPP lawsuits against... in December last year. It has been noted that EYP’s wiretapping was launched around the same time
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