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New frigate arrives to much fanfare as spotlight falls on Dendias, minister's aspirations
PoliticsGreek Politicsto propel Greece’s military into the 21st century. Equipped with cutting-edge systems, Kimon
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Seven in 10 Greeks raiding savings to pay bills, two in 10 have no deposits
SocietySeven in 10 Greeks are raiding their savings in order to make ends meet, while two in 10 say they have no deposits at all, according to a new survey by Public Issue. As the government and the troika discuss how to cover next year’s fiscal gap and how much an already enlarged property tax will raise
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Eurobank presents 2.12 bln equity raising plan to cover capital needs
EconomyBanking. The capital raising will be carried out with waiving of pre-emption rights through a private placement to qualified Greek and international institutional investors. The equity raising also includes... increase, while also expressed a clear preference towards capital raising from equity rather than debt
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Greek banks' equity raising could keep official support to a minimum
Economycornerstone investors, while also expressed a clear preference towards capital raising from equity rather.... Piraeus has called an EGM on November 15 to approve a capital raising of up to 4.93 billion including
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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe growing concern, the government has been hinting at incentives for vaccination, ranging from putting... as a number of EU member states, including France and Germany, are putting pressure on Greece to improve... cases and hospitalisations as a hopeful sign, while hailing progress on the vaccination progress
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After raising labour concerns, back to grind of talks for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter raising Greece’s concerns about labour reform at the highest level over the last few days, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras knows that his government must return to negotiations with its lenders this week if it is going to have any chance of securing a technical agreement in time for the April 7
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsArticle 16 of the constitution and then putting safeguards in place to ensure that public universities do... and claimed that her mailing list had been compiled over a number of years, based on contact with diaspora
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Govt hails success of vaccine mandate amid continuing surge in 'hard' indices of pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politics, compared to the previous weekly high of 3,628 recorded in April 2021. Experts are putting the pattern... amounted to politically-biased reporting “would not sit well in the EU”, putting Greece on a par... been hailing the success of the mandate in increasing vaccination rates. Continuing high death rates
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Mitsotakis accused of flippancy over handling of diplomatic relations with neighbours
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties are accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of putting his party above national interests over the recent handling of relations with Albania and Turkey. The prime minister... of the latter’s hailing of the conversion of the Chora monastery in Istanbul into a mosque. In the Proto
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Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe publication of a European Commission report raising the issue of threats to the practice... risked failing the bailout review by the country’s creditors because of the IMF’s insistence... published in UK daily The Guardian about the global lobbying activities of ride-hailing platform Uber
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