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Numbers stacking up for PM to announce winter relief package
PoliticsGreek Politicsearly to discuss the details. He did, however, say that he is more hopeful than a few months ago... subsidy scheme is linked to gas prices. As things stand, some 300 million euros a month more than... for 2022 may reach as much as 204 billion euros, some 7 billion euros more than expected, due
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Phone-tapping scandal causing ripple effect across political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicsas interior minister in a New Democracy government more than a decade ago, is considered to still... Court prosecutor that is investigating the leaking of EYP’s activities, rather than the wiretapping... level, rather than domestically. Within Greece, the judicial investigation appears limited, New
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicsof better-than-expected tax revenues, as well as the strong performance of tourism over the summer months... rises in electricity bills in the last four months of the year has already more than doubled from... on the offensive following accusations that it chose to “cede territory to Turkey” rather than rescue
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Travel balance of 4.19 bln in H1 beats 2019 as tourism sector leaves pandemic behind
EconomyMacroeconomyhigher than the 705.5 million euros registered in June 2021. It was also higher than the 38.5 million... pandemic. Most notably, June’s balance is even higher than the 2.36 billion euros of June 2019
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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019 elections, rather than linking... instability and lack of consensus on the opposition, hoping voters will punish its rivals rather than... could cost the budget more than 10 billion euros, when Greece has already allocated the largest
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan the conservatives. Also, younger voters are more likely to support SYRIZA or PASOK than... voters even though they tend to be less reliable than older members of the electorate, where ND has
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Travel receipts reach 8.55 bln up to July, balance of 7.71 bln beats 2019 record
EconomyMacroeconomywas significantly higher than the 2.16 billion euros registered in July 2021. It was also higher than the 610.2... pandemic. Most notably, July’s balance is even higher than the 3.47 billion euros of July 2019
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Government seizes crisis moment to boost investment in energy infrastructure
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe surveillance of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis. On related issues, more than half (56 pct... presented with a dilemma between security and freedom, more than two thirds prioritise freedom... elections (52 percent versus 45 percent). Fewer than a third of Greeks polled for the survey feel
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Migration back on main political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson the European Union to act, came less than 24 hours after he also tweeted a video of what he claimed showed... to show that they are tougher on the issue of irregular migration and asylum seeking than..., and certainly far higher rating regarding these policy areas than SYRIZA. The opposition party, which argues
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Newsletter 354 - 07/10/2022
-right parties are polling between 7 and 10 pct of the total vote and if more than one... on Monday, has a lower than expected primary surplus of 0.7 pct of GDP. This is expected to help... handling of Greek-Turkish relations than they would in Alexis Tsipras, but he is also aware
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