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Samaras expulsion casts shadow over New Democracy as SYRIZA prepares for leadership polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsof former PM Antonis Samaras from New Democracy looks set to preoccupy the ruling party in the weeks ahead... in the SYRIZA government of concealing their knowledge of fatalities on the night of the Mati wildfire... was clearly calculated to touch on a raw nerve for the administration. The candidate named
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Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018
questioned The deadly wildfire in Mati, northeast of Athens, which claimed more than 80 lives has... to journalists that there is evidence which points to the fires in Kinetta, west of Athens, and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which
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SYRIZA launches internal dialogue to tackle questions of identity, future direction
PoliticsGreek Politicselections to New Democracy are set to determine whether the party retains its radical character... of the Mati wildfires in the summer of 2018 when he was interior minister. However, what is currently being... chosen to engage with is the changes in labour legislation promoted by New Democracy, including
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday. The primary balance exceeded the target set
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid...The final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Kinetta and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which caused so many deaths, advanced due to gale-force winds made efforts to evacuate... set of circumstances that they encountered, primarily due to the strong wind (around 100 km/hour
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorato 2060 set by Greece’s lenders has not been achieved by anyone before and needs to be reconsidered... tax rates and investment spending if targets were beaten. All crisis governments had first-hand... a fiscal gap of 1.1 percent of GDP, or 2 billion euros. This meant that if Samaras wanted to close
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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
in the statutory retirement age, failed to prompt an outcry among SYRIZA and Friday's vote will likely set.... New Democracy’s approach will likely set the pattern for Greek politics over the next few months... a rebound in final consumption (+1.1 percent), falling imports (-4.9 percent) and almost stable exports
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
to 524,500. Meanwhile the average working month slipped 1.1 percent to 21.59 days in 2015, while... highlighted the need for Greek authorities to “set the record straight and avoid misinterpretation... year, more than 1.1 million Greeks were living in low-work intensity homes, where working-age
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politics’s 158 MPs would vote, but what policy agenda the centre-right party would set out over the three-day debate. The government is set to bring three bills to Parliament by August 10, when the House... is also set to contain a provision for the scrapping of the so-called university "asylum" law, which
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