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Imminent parliamentary clash over phone-tapping puts PM on alert
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan the agency spying on politicians and reporters. There has been speculation that SYRIZA might..., unless SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has indications that some government MPs might balk at backing... Democracy over the wiretapping has led to speculation that Mitsotakis might try to replace two of his MPs
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agora) aging effects on GDP from retiring and passing baby-boomers in the Greek population has declined... outlook has improved since 2018, but productivity has disappointed. The difference between the new... assumptions from the EU Commission, even in the face of sequential disappointments? This problem has
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsset out a raft of policies aimed at tackling the cost-of-living crisis, the government has tried... they are New Democracy. The centre-right party has long felt that it needs to do more to win over younger voters even though they tend to be less reliable than older members of the electorate, where ND has
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Moody's, DBRS keep ratings unchanged, leave no doubt that fiscal prudence is key for next moves
Economyof the leading agencies and has not taken an upgrade action since the end of 2020. DBRS on the other hand has Greece at ‘BB (High)’ that is one notch below investment grade by its rating table. Greece so far this year has one upgrade by S&P to ‘BB+’ that is also just one notch before the investment
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ND moves to discredit SYRIZA programme, muses over far-right alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has been accused of making empty promises, as government figures react to the SYRIZA programme presented over the weekend. A row has erupted over the costing of the opposition’s... argued that there were still profits to be clawed back from energy companies which the government has
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Turkey's new Libya MoU prompts swift reaction from Athens, which mulls further moves
PoliticsForeign Policyyear. Athens has been aware for some time now that the next few months will be challenging... government in Tripoli has no authority to conclude such deals given that its mandate expired following... sources appear quite satisfied since the new Turkish-Libyan memorandum has been condemned by the EU
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SYRIZA and ND square up on cost-of-living crisis as government attempts to draw line under surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe opposition has upped the stakes in its attempt to challenge the government’s economic narrative... that the government has been allowing the privileged to profit, while plundering the middle and lower... a competent job dealing with an “imported” problem. The opposition has been arguing that New
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New Democracy faces fresh turmoil after ousting MP
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government has decided that it will not step-in with its own legislation to by-pass the court’s decision. This has caused consternation among servicers and has brought foreclosures to a halt... of action by the PM, as it has done in similar cases, including the wiretapping scandal, over the last few
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Government initiative on supermarket prices reignites cost-of-living row
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest government response to the cost-of-living crisis has been met with scepticism.... The list of 51 essential goods has been laid out in a ministerial decree. Retailers with an annual... a national strike for November 9, which SYRIZA has already said it will support. Sources
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PM rides into new, bigger storm after publication of phonetapping list
PoliticsGreek Politicswiretapping operation was much broader and systematic than had been thought until now. A political storm has... on their camera. However, publisher Kostas Vaxevanis said that he has more names to release and further... rivals, were monitored. Vaxevanis has offered to go before public prosecutors to give evidence about what
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