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  1. Draft 2022 budget represents first attempt to restore post-pandemic fiscal order

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Following two years during which Greece was allowed, thanks to the SGP escape clause, to run substantial deficits to protect its economy from the impact of the pandemic, 2022 sees some sense of fiscal order returning based on the draft budget submitted to Parliament on Monday. Using the enhanced

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  2. Government leans on 'law and order' after arson arrests, but Predator scandal still festers
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government has seized on a series of high profile arrests to reinforce its “law and order” message, hoping to restore trust among right‑leaning voters shaken by recent political turbulence. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the detentions linked to the recent deadly firebombing

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  3. Parliament Budget Office welcomes deal, warns on economic prospects and reform implementation
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    trapped in continued stagnation as long as the production model is not changed, according to the PBO... or dysfunctional and the domestic export base is small. Therefore, Greece has entered an austerity trap where

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  4. PASOK’s tries to eke out space between weakened ND and returning Tsipras
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    framed the proposal as a response to Greece’s “trap of low productivity”, arguing that long hours... Kostas Tsoukalas accused ND of choosing a model of cheap labour and overwork, citing Eurostat data

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  5. Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . On Monday, Deputy Energy Minister Nikos Tsafos came under fire from opposition parties over... to show understanding for some of Turkey’s claims in the Aegean make Tsafos unsuitable to hold such a sensitive post. Tsafos, who had previously served as Mitsotakis’s advisor on energy, was forced

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  6. Newsletter 114 - 07/04/2017

    Newsletters

    in order to avoid further damage to the Greek economy due to the prolonged uncertainty... last year. On the flipside, the respective figure for the state budget fell by 611 million to reach

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  7. Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018

    Newsletters

    of their lawmaker in order to ensure that he obtained the 151 ballots in the confidence vote... billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Monthly net revenues totalled 5.34 billion euros

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  8. Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014

    Newsletters

    that cumulative collections stand at just 277 million so far. Those banks (six commercial and six... fiscal targets in order to secure a reduction of its debt as had been proposed at a Eurogroup meeting

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  9. Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
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    Agora

    in opposition, let alone government. Since June 2012, the party has fallen into every pothole or trap... of Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias and Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou – the two people

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  10. SYRIZA looking for six-month breather from troika
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    bailout ending on February 28 creates a “trap” which does not suit Greece or its lenders. During..., especially the European Central Bank, in order to overcome the funding and debt obstacles that may

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