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Greeks crying out for political change but doubt it will happen, poll finds
SocietyIndia and Kenya pair high reform demand with relative optimism, while Sweden and the Netherlands... disillusionment. Global context In India and Kenya, where demand for reform is also high, confidence is far stronger. In India, 70 percent seek major reform yet 59 percent of those believe change can succeed
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Greece reignites energy alliance talks with Israel and Cyprus amid US interest
PoliticsForeign Policythe Vertical Corridor towards Ukraine and the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC), both US... Konstantinos Kompos was in India and held constructive talks with his counterpart, Dr Subrahmanyam... with India. The ministers are also expected to discuss the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), a long
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Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues
Societythe monopoly on print press distribution, and was already at an advanced stage of licensing a new TV channel, ONE TV, when he purchased MEGA. The MEGA deal follows Marinakis’s bid to purchase... platform Nova TV, which owns the broadcast rights for most of the Greek football SuperLeague
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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
rate of VAT at 24 percent to the lower one, at 13 percent. Similarly, the VAT rate applied in the food... the next four years. If the non-implementation of the lower tax-free threshold, which has a fiscal impact... percent this year and at a lower rate of 1.3 percent next year. The unemployment rate is seen
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the media. Although the move reflects the controversy that surrounded the failed TV permits tender... paid the price for the drawn-out legal battle over the TV licences and the growing tension... Ministry to the Interior Ministry. Skourletis had recently been openly opposed to the government’s
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be pre-approved by the Labour Ministry. In an interview with Star TV on Wednesday, government... Skai TV that he believes it is wrong to agree to sell PPC units under tight schedule imposed.... Skourletis Interior Minister Panos Skourletis toned down on Wednesday his reaction to the potential sale
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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis matter. Speaking to ANT-1 TV on Wednesday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis said that Kammenos’s... on Tuesday to Skai TV, shadow defence minister Vassilis Kikilias suggested that New Democracy would
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Outright majority in sight for ND as campaign takes detour through recent past
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen he left,” the SYRIZA leader told Open TV, adding that Karamanlis was responsible for waste... benches in Parliament next to KINAL. Opinion poll A new opinion poll by Pulse for Skai TV is the latest... and electing the former conservative interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos as president of the republic
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politicson May 26, Mitsotakis also attacked the party’s leader, TV presenter Kyriakos Velopoulos. He noted... as an institution.” Opinion polls The most recent survey, by Pulse for Skai TV, indicates that support for New... order or interior ministries. Economy The opposition leader also touched upon the main elements of New
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Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, likely leading to a further easing each time. Speaking on Skai TV on Monday, government spokesman... need,” he added. The premier’s view was echoed by Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis. Speaking to Skai TV, he argued that Mitsotakis had given a “crystal clear” response to the question
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