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Athens prepares new primary residences proposal after finding common ground with banks
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government and local banks are reportedly making progress in their discussions about how to replace the Katseli law, which expires at the end of the month, with a new framework for protecting primary residences from foreclosure. The two sides ...
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Changes to energy subsidies aimed at winning over middle class
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStressing that the energy crisis is an exogenous shock to Greek households and arguing that the European Union has failed to react decisively enough, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined on Thursday the latest package of measures his government w...
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The targets and deadlines in Greece's privatisation programme
EconomyProgrammewill be updated on a semi-annual basis. b) Announce binding bid dates for Piraeus (OLP) and Thessaloniki (OLTH... steps for the sale of regional airports at the current terms with the already selected winning... and share purchase agreements by October, while binding offers are expected in November and parliament
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EC report analyses state of play with privatisations as HELPE hits obstacle
EconomyFeaturesday that the EC released its document, it emerged that no binding offers had been received... with Algeria’s Sonatrach after they were shortlisted for the tender. However, in the event, no binding bids... in the international environment that affect the consortia, there were no binding offers submitted
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDevelopment Fund (HRADF), Stergios Pitsiorlas, in which he expressed his disappointment at finding out that he... examined. One is a return to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019... New Democracy introduced in 2020. Another option is to lower the threshold for winning a majority
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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019 elections, rather than linking.... Another option is to lower the threshold for winning a majority. Under ND’s electoral law, the winning... finding its steps towards more normal activity after the restrictions imposed from November 2020
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Privatisation chief sees gradual progress but revenues remain unclear
Economyof the binding bids for Piraeus Port (OLP) would be set at the end of November or early December... that the deadline for the binding bids for Thessaloniki Port (OLTH) would also be extended by more than a month... to announce the binding bid dates for OLP and OLTH by the end of October. HRADF holds a 74.14 percent stake
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Snap elections in Greece: The scenarios ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the winning party would only need 35.6 percent to elect 151 of the 300 MPs. The former seems more... that beyond their opposition to austerity policies there is not a lot binding them. It is questionable... the euro played a significant part in preventing SYRIZA from winning the elections but many Greeks have
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Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public... of it, over this issue, his chances of winning a clear majority in the next general election... on finding ways of lightening the tax burden ahead of the next national vote, due in 2027. Naftemporiki
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Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
Economybinding offer was submitted for the sale of 100 percent stake in TRAINOSE (operation and management... Italiane, which also submitted a binding offer on Wednesday, the open joint-stock company Russian Railways (RZD) and the Greek GEK TERNA. The deadline for the binding offers was initially set for the end
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