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Opposition pledges to continue pursuing OPEKEPE scandal as new evidence emerges
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposal was put forward by MP Nikos Christodoulakis, a former supporter of Doukas who has now formed... government, unions and professional bodies. Androulakis has already publicly rejected the suggestion
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
to convince counterparts that numbers add up Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos began a series... were due to hold, seemed mainly aimed at building consensus over the pension reform plans put forward... that some lenders favour, the coalition put forward a plan that foresees the savings being generated
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Newsletter 186 -07/12/2018
uninterrupted quarterly growth streak experienced by Greece began in Q2 2005 and ended in Q4 2006. The GDP... been put to public consultation until December 17 before heading to Parliament, is designed to stay... experienced by Greece began in Q2 2005 and ended in Q4 2006. GDP at current prices rose by 1.2 percent QoQ
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorain the opinion polls as the months rolled by and it began to look certain that authority would just..., to be the next Greek president. Tsipras thought that he would put New Democracy under pressure by choosing... was unwilling to put any of this at risk as he strived to get elected. He allowed members
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Eurogroup leaves Tsipras with difficult but not impossible deal to sell at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the Left Platform, to accept. It appears to put a halt to a number of the party’s pre-election... but it seems likely that the government will put the vast majority on hold at least for the next... such flexibility has been shown with fiscal goals since Greece’s bailouts began in May 2010. ECB waiver
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What's behind Erdogan's decision to wave migrants through to Greece?
Agoraoperations in Syria, Erdogan felt it was time to put European leaders on the spot and seek more assistance...’s war were greeted with open arms when they began arriving in Turkey nine years ago. No longer.... Is this a fair assessment or a misreading of what’s going on? To put it bluntly, Erdogan does not care about
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
Agorathe 1:1 ratio for the health service, and to continue the hiring programme put in motion... being put under lockdown. In the ensuing couple of weeks hospitals in Lombardy – a far better.... Greece’s lockdown was put in place gradually between March 9 (two days prior to the first recorded death
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Newsletter 224 -25/10/2019
, IOBE put out its latest forecasts for the Greek economy, suggesting that growth of 2.3 to 2.5 percent is more likely next year. Parliamentary committees also began analysing this week the draft budget... that it will put future retirees at risk. The proposal is set to be incorporated in the pension reform bill
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek Politicssecurity system as the first rise in pensions since the crisis began a decade ago. Around 380,000... surplus targets being reduced from 2021 onwards. Kathimerini reported that Athens aims to put... forecast which put it at 2 percent, and the institutions and foreign banks which put it at 1.8-1.9
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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
awaiting repairs could be put into service immediately. The claim was rejected by Infrastructure... Christos Staikouras last Friday. SYRIZA was reacting to the insolvency bill put before the House, which... paved the way for the protection of primary residences, initially put in place in 2010 in the form
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