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Mitsotakis unveils major defence package against backdrop of forces pay rise dispute
PoliticsGreek Politics. The announcement comes after a week of upheaval in New Democracy, as ministers called for pay rises... following the PM’s announcement of pay rises for armed forces personnel. Several prominent politicians... defence plan were to be sketched out by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Defence Minister Nikos Dendias
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Androulakis hopes surveillance ruling will lead to embarrassment for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsterms, Androulakis will have to await the outcome of a lengthy process. ADAE head Christos Rammos confirmed that the ruling will have to be officially published before it can be acted on, while... their seats in Parliament will have to await the conclusion of the court case.
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Can the Green Transition be just?
Agora’s guidelines for approaching this fundamental question can be found in the new Social Climate Fund... Development Fund and the Recovery and Resilience Fund. This model of resource use can help mitigate... the home and for transport. How can we protect ourselves? It is clear that shielding households
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorasomebody doesn’t want printed; everything else is advertising.” I can tell you this crisis has been... the second thing you might think is: “How soon can I move there? It sounds like a comfortable place... of citizens pay without fail some of the highest taxes in Europe, whose black economy was not even
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Fresh accusations against NGOs as govt hardens stance on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat its activities are limited to providing arriving migrants with basic support before they can access... proving that NGOs were helping to transport Somali refugees to Turkey, paying for their visas... were also shown video testimony purporting to be from Somali migrants, who said they were told
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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe decision taken by drugs giant Novartis to pay 347 mln dollars to US authorities for corrupt... of graft allegations. Novartis will pay the penalty to the US Department of Justice and the Securities... statement, the opposition party noted that 310 mln dollars from the settlement, the overwhelming
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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government can pay off more arrears than was initially planned. On Friday, Tsakalotos warned MPs... timeframe. “If the creditors are not yet at that stage where they can agree on and respect our assumptions, if it takes them more time to get there, we can acknowledge that and give them a bit more
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Athens waits for green light from Eurogroup so it can settle IMF loans early
EconomyProgrammethe European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to pay off some or all of its loans to the International Monetary Fund... made by Athens so it can advise eurozone finance ministers, who are due to meet in Bucharest on Friday, that the second review can officially be brought to a close. Should the release of 970 million
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
. It also expressed its opposition to a law passed last month allowing taxpayers to pay off their debts... strong criticism at Finance Minister Gikas Ahead of February’s presidential election, the government can... and is looking to gain 180 votes to elect a new state president in February, it can ill-afford
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister pledged that the first tax cuts “from the moment that the economy can support them... as well as targeting an increase in pay to 950 euros for the minimum wage and 1,500 euros for the average... is a cap on the number of days a year that homes can be let on Airbnb-type platforms in areas like
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