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Mood sours as focus switches to next set of prior actions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 2016 budget was passed relatively comfortably on Saturday, with all 153 coalition MPs voting for the economic plan, but attention is quickly shifting to the next set of prior actions that Greece.... It should be pointed out, though, that the creation of a task force to set up the new fund is one
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Lenders set to highlight reform delays, leaving fiscal gap concerns until after elections
EconomyProgramme’s 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target is set to be challenged in the institutions’ report... made since the second enhanced surveillance report earlier this year will be set out, the latest
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Lockdown set to be extended as political friction continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is set to play it safe and extend Covid-19 restrictions on the advice of experts as Greece battles to keep the pandemic at bay after the festive period. Kathimerini reported on Friday that the authorities are set to extend the latest, stricter lockdown for another week
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New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parties in Greece’s newly elected Parliament will have the opportunity to set out their agendas in the opening debate starting on Thursday, ahead of the vote of confidence scheduled for Saturday.... A series of announcements are expected along the lines of the programme set out in New Democracy’s
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PM set to avoid kneejerk reaction to poor EP poll result as centre left mulls next move
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the vote, which was well short of the target the PM had set, at around 33 pct. He told Alpha TV... the target he had set. He argued that the party had connected with some groups of voters during the campaign
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Kasselakis set to be excluded from SYRIZA leadership bid after row over assets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis’s bid to win back the leadership of SYRIZA looks set to be stymied by his opponents via the party organs in the latest twist in the drama that has consumed the main opposition party over recent months. A row over the ousted leader’s personal wealth set in motion the process
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Parapolitika weekly over the weekend, State Minister Akis Skertsos set out the government’s key aims..., will be the key to shaping the government’s fortunes on what is set to be a crucial year
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Dispute with farmers set to escalate as government offer rejected by holdouts
PoliticsGreek Politics, and are set to vote on Wednesday on a motion to take their protest to Athens. Mitsotakis is still... Minister Kostas Tsiaras are set to meet farmers in central Macedonia to discuss issues relating
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agora27 per cent between 2010 and Q3-2013.[1] But this apparent success story risks being undermined...-oriented to southeast Europe, including Greece, which is seeking a loan of 1 million euros from its local... for core tier one capital ratios set by the European Banking Authority (EBA). In return for this capital
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Coalition poised to unveil pension reform proposals, hoping to avoid cuts
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government appears to have finalised its proposals on pension reform and is set to submit... those paying social security contributions as well as pensioners, include: 1) Consolidation of all... is defined as the level of pension amount relative to the employee earnings. 5) Contributions
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