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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
The August lull may be in full swing but Greek politics has still been ebbing and flowing this week.... The week has ended with the refugee crisis becoming a dominant theme again. Although there has not been... has lashed out at the west since the failed coup in his country. These developments have added
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
has also pledged 765 million euros of “positive” measures, mostly in the form of tax reductions... that Greece has the fiscal space to implement all of the measures it wants, to not impose the pension... in the Greek media this week suggested that Tsipras has already begun work on a plan to get
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Confidence vote due amid toxic atmosphere, narrowing of opposition poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the conclusion of a three-day debate that has poisoned the atmosphere in Greek politics further... by the military dictatorship that ruled Greece between 1967 and 1974. The allegation has been doing the rounds in Greece for several years but has mostly been restricted to the right-wing media and has
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Growing Greece: From narrative to reality
AgoraOver recent weeks, there has been much talk from government officials about a “new Greece” emerging after the July elections. This has been supported by legislation that has already been passed... the way for more investment. The centre-right party also points to the focus with which it has removed
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Newsletter 233 - 20/12/2019
the measures that can be taken to tackle the problem, the IMF noted that the size of the shadow economy has... payments. The government has noted in its 2020 budget that it will introduce measures to broaden... 12,000 euros and ranges between 2.2 and 10 percent. New Democracy has targeted property and income
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Faced with limited policy options, govt mulls inflation handout
PoliticsGreek Politicshas the data for tax revenues in February and there is a clearer picture regarding the available... and gas bills, especially when Greece has among the highest energy and fuel costs in the EU. This issue has also been one of the key themes during visits that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has been making
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Newsletter 412 - 16/02/2024
has inflicted any permanent political damage on Mitsotakis or whether most ND voters... to what their peers in the EU have received.. Mitsotakis has been managing farmers’ expectations... and northern Greece. The reaction of opposition parties to the latest announcements has been dismissive
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Newsletter 109 - 03/03/2017
have been limited, it became evident over the last few days that the government has conceded... to close the second review. During the course of this week, the coalition has also accepted... decision on the primary surplus targets Greece has to achieve after 2018 and what kind of debt-relief
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New Democracy suffers ratings blow as farming payments scandal unfolds
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty. A sounding by Real Polls for the news website Protagon.gr shows New Democracy has dropped... placing the blame on New Democracy, this is the first time a poll has shown voters walking away from..., which has retreated 1.3 points to 11 pct. On the other hand, Ultranationalists Greek Solution have
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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
of measures that has to be implemented to cushion the pandemic and the reduction of economic activity... expressed earlier in the pandemic no longer apply even though Athens has signed an agreement... closed. This translates into activity at roughly 10 percent of last year’s Greece has opened its
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