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Tension builds in SYRIZA leadership race as govt moves ahead with wage maturities
PoliticsGreek Politicspersonal economic success, Kasselakis has presented himself as an anti-systemic candidate. In his public statements, he has criticised the judiciary, media and big business, among others. Kasselakis... will be within touching distance of a shock victory on Sunday. Third-placed Euclid Tsakalotos has made
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Government paves way for major U-turn on migration as opposition warns of interference in regulators
PoliticsGreek Politicsto official figures presented by the minister, the number of legal immigrants in Greece has dropped... 180,000 agricultural labourers on an annual basis. The construction sector has also been complaining about... in the country is a new one and contradicts the hardline stance on migration which has been a key tenet
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Newsletter 397 - 13/10/2023
their trust in New Democracy and the choices it made,” said Mitsotakis. ND has a strong chance of securing... the timeline it has set out for providing compensation to farmers affected by the flooding in central Greece. This is not the first time that regional funding allocation has featured in the governing
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
during September, which has affected thousands of homes and businesses. However, Agorastos... of the campaign. His victory also has a high symbolic value as Bakoyannis is Mitsotakis’s nephew... the national vote in 2027. There has been a sense that the government has rested on its laurels since its
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Opposition parties turn to institutions after latest claims in wiretapping scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsinstitutions, an issue that has generated controversy throughout New Democracy’s time in office since 2019... has been handed to a Supreme Court deputy prosecutor instead, in what some journalists following... importance, as the government has argued. Also, last week the head of the Hellenic Authority
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SYRIZA and PASOK join forces to pressure govt as polls show gap between them narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the communications privacy watchdog ADAE, Christos Rammos, who has alleged interference by the political leadership... of this year. Kasselakis has also shown an active interest in the incident, including meeting... publicly signalled joint action. A lot has happened in the intervening months, including SYRIZA’s
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Newsletter 402 - 17/11/2023
time SYRIZA has not been the leading or second party in Greek politics for 11 years. In terms... of the initiatives that the SYRIZA leader has announced aimed at opening up the party to new ideas and people...” remains to be seen. Achtsioglou, a former labour minister, has so far adopted a careful balance between
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Mitsotakis stands firm on self-employed tax as disintegrating SYRIZA falls behind in polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has vowed to press ahead with a controversial taxation scheme... Mitsotakis. Mitsotakis has been defending the measure that has prompted protests from professional groups... leader stressed that the government has the political will to take on vested interests and implement
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Mitsotakis hopes tax bill tweaks will calm reactions in push to jump-start stalled reform agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsunavoidable. The Finance Ministry has offered to make concessions on its original proposal to levy..., he has, meanwhile, rebuffed requests for meetings with sector representatives to discuss further... same-sex marriage, which has been causing upheaval in the ranks of New Democracy. After several
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What is driving the Greek housing market's recovery?
EconomyFeaturesa period of ten years. The rebound in the six years from the bottom of the market in Q3 2017 has been..., a factor often blamed for price rises, this has not been clearly demonstrated. Some studies of the Greek..., the Greek government has issued over 10,000 resident permits to third country nationals, each linked
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