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  1. Govt mulls tighter controls on movement, seeks to boost health supplies and Covid-19 tests
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    acknowledged that they are finding it difficult to secure hospital supplies, including ventilators... associations called on the government to provide personal protective equipment to surgeries, after finding

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  2. The case for a general government balance sheet

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    that governments are finding ways to finance deficits outside the Maastricht definition of debt... not willing to stick to the 60-percent rule. They are also incrementally finding ways around

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  3. Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
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    The government is lining up interventions affecting the banking sector and the taxation system after finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public... on finding ways of lightening the tax burden ahead of the next national vote, due in 2027. Naftemporiki

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  4. Government tries to purge police of Golden Dawn influence as poll shows support

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    the threat to democracy posed by Golden Dawn. In the same survey, 55 percent of respondents wanted firm action to stop the party’s illegal actions and almost 32 percent wanted Golden Dawn

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  5. Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece

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    stated that it wanted to conclude talks on a number of outstanding issues that stand in the way... the European Union’s six-month rotating presidency on January 1 and wanted discussions about

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  6. Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
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    defeat on changes to VAT rates. Athens had wanted to minimise the impact of changes, keeping three.... The government had been insisting over the last few days that it wanted this deal to act as a bridge

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  7. Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
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    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received the broad backing from MPs he wanted for the proposals he submitted to lenders during a vote in Parliament early on Saturday but was left with a conundrum... that some of Greece’s partners wanted to force it out of the eurozone, even at the risk

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  8. Tsipras gets his way over September congress, gains breathing space from SYRIZA rebels
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    . The outcome of the vote means that for now the Left Platform, which wanted the congress to be held... of delegates will be loyal to him. The Left Platform had wanted a regular rather then extraordinary

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  9. Tsipras makes move to trigger swift elections but opposition stands in way
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    Tsipras admitted that the new agreement with the country’s lenders was not what he would have wanted he... days at their disposable, which could even push the election date into October. Tsipras had wanted

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  10. Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015

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    of the reasons that Alexis Tsipras wanted to hold elections as soon as possible after agreeing the third... most testing period could be in the next few months, when the financial obligations that he wanted

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