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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politics" with Greece's lenders. Essentially, this means that the Greek government feels it has hit a brick... from the equation, Merkel has taken the matter back to square one and the troika's return to Athens... for an amount that might reach as much as 800 million. No troika official has spoken publicly
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Signs of rally for ND despite strong dissatisfaction among voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a number of policy areas is high but, nevertheless, New Democracy has started to reverse some of the recent losses it has suffered. Support for the ruling centre-right party – as measured by voting... revival is continuing. The party’s support has increased from 11.8 pct to 12.8 pct over the last month
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Newsletter 91 - 07/10/2016
in the number of employed and 2,600 in the jobless figure. The government has legislated a number... children are taught about religion needs to change. Also, SYRIZA has long advocated a separation... with the judiciary. Despite repeated accusations that the coalition has tried to interfere in the judicial process
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Government adamant snap polls are not under consideration
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe measures have had a chance to kick in and their impact felt by Greek households. Party debts SYRIZA has... by the government due to the public backlash over the Tempe train crash, has fuelled speculation about... will be held in 2027, as Mitsotakis has repeatedly stated. Snap elections are far from unusual in Greece
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Newsletter 105 - 03/02/2017
has been adamant that it will not adopt any new measures, but speculation has been mounting over... on the stance taken by its representative on the IMF board. There has been much speculation... chiefs having to return to Athens almost straight away. For this to happen, though, there has
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Newsletter 239 -14/02/2020
on the islands and keeping the Greek public satisfied. The government has been looking for tougher measures... and indifference on the migration issue. However, the announcement of essentially appropriating land has only... detention centres has been met by opposition from islanders on the frontline as well as discontent
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economytargets, the government automatically has to take measures to correct this and keep the fiscal...There has been fresh confusion this week over when the troika will return to Greece to complete its... that the review is on hold. The Greek side has denied this and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told
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Newsletter 210 -07/06/2019
on Monday by SYRIZA are similar to the ones that New Democracy has put forward in recent months but With parliament now dissolved ahead of the July 7 elections, Greece has shifted into election mode... will combat this by arguing that it has a more coherent plan for the economy, which includes shaping
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PM denies asylum-seeker pushbacks, argues Covid-19 under control
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMediterranean. The Greek PM insisted that Turkey has been acting provocatively... Times, which alleged that Greece has been conducting illegal pushbacks of asylum-seekers from... of the reporting, linking it to a Turkish disinformation campaign, and stressed that Greece has always
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Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agoraconsequences they entail. Cash vs Accrual. Let us look at what has happened with the fiscal deficit over... has to pay for them later, or only receives revenues from them later (say, the revenues for the month... and debt control is a priority in fiscal policy. Good work has been done, and, with help of technical
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