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Array of centre-left leadership candidates edge towards watershed vote
PoliticsGreek Politics’s bailout programme. In a somewhat unusual step, the candidates have decided to initiate... to the list of favourites, Nikos Androulakis, PASOK party secretary and an MEP since 2014. While... by an outside committee chaired by a respected constitutional expert, Nikos Alivizatos. However, they have
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Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018
that is unusual for such circumstances in Greece, when parties are usually focused on shifting blame on each... Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and Alternate Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas were flanked... of the government, particularly Deputy Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, who is responsible
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For Greek banks, it's business as unusual
AgoraNow that the rather bizarrely termed “bank holiday” has come to an end in Greece after three weeks - although domestic and external capital controls - continue, it is appropriate to take stock of the situation and inquire where do we go from here. As th...
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
PoliticsFull speed ahead for warship, defence deal with FranceGreece believes that it took a significant step this week to upgrading its defence capabilities but also bolstering the country’s geopolitical standing after agreeing to purchase at least thr...
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Privatisation chief sees gradual progress but revenues remain unclear
Economythat the preferred bidder as well as the two substitute candidates, namely CASA (Corporation America)–METKA
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Feb budget primary surplus confirmed at 840 mln, as revenues overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first two months of 2022 was confirmed to be a surplus of 840 million euros, compared to a deficit of 1.5 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution d...
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Primary budget deficit at 1.69 bln euros in Q1 as tax revenues continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 came to a deficit of 1.69 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 3.41 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data re...
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March budget primary balance short of target, but taxes continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 was confirmed at 1.65 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 13.4 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released...
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe unusual step of presiding over the committee herself. As we have highlighted before... as his closest adviser, State Minister Nikos Pappas, is overseeing the reopening of ERT and was present
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
an unusual legal procedure raised fresh suspicions. Tsipras, though, backed him throughout the whole... much worse by Education Minister Nikos Fylis dismissing as “loose change” the extra amount
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