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Lenders put together proposal that may leave Tsipras struggling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe details of the proposal Greece’s lenders are set to put to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the next few days have begun emerging, raising questions about whether the Greek leader will be able to convince his party to support an agreement. Following Monday night’s meeting in Berlin, it appears
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Lenders to put onus on Tsipras with offer to wrap up review
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIt appears that Greece’s lenders are set to make an attempt to break the deadlock in the bailout review before a cycle of elections in a series of eurozone member states, starting... his prize. If, for instance, any meaningful discussion is put off until after the German elections
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Reshuffle and handouts put on ice as New Democracy closes ranks ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand regional elections. Mitsotakis has put paid to growing speculation about an impending reshuffle... in emergency spending is set to be included in a supplementary budget. In order to meet the government’s
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Part-time work, low pay characterise crisis-era job market
SocietyResearch by the Centre of Athens Labour Unions (EKA) has shown that women and young workers were... conditions in the Attica Basin” was carried out by MARC Research on behalf of EKA. The data..., which EKA said indicated a strong and continuing trend for reducing wages. On the opposite end
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomymillion above 2014 and 1.46 billion higher those set in the MTFS. This development mainly reflects... revenue target was set at 2.47 billion without indentifying specific projects. The main projects... a positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013
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PM set to avoid kneejerk reaction to poor EP poll result as centre left mulls next move
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the vote, which was well short of the target the PM had set, at around 33 pct. He told Alpha TV... the target he had set. He argued that the party had connected with some groups of voters during the campaign... support had fallen so much since last summer, arguing that SYRIZA’s opposition and the pressure it put
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Kasselakis set to be excluded from SYRIZA leadership bid after row over assets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis’s bid to win back the leadership of SYRIZA looks set to be stymied by his... party over recent months. A row over the ousted leader’s personal wealth set in motion the process.... Last week he formally put himself in the running to reclaim the leadership, running against four other
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Govt brings energy saving to forefront as cost of support set to skyrocket
PoliticsGreek Politicsministers set to meet on September 9 to discuss bloc-wide interventions, the government in Athens... leading up to the TIF announcements, however energy is set to absorb the lion’s share of spending. Finance Minister Christos Staïkouras put the total amount earmarked for this year at 10 billion euros
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Newsletter 224 -25/10/2019
that it will put future retirees at risk. The proposal is set to be incorporated in the pension reform bill..., IOBE put out its latest forecasts for the Greek economy, suggesting that growth of 2.3 to 2.5 percent..., the government is set to unveil its plan for overhauling the supplementary pension system by allowing
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe problems they face. The bill that Kouroublis put together was blocked in 2016 by the General... then, on July 21, Parliament is due to vote on whether to set up an inquiry into Defence Minister... this affair. On Thursday, the conservatives criticised the coalition for failing to set up a sworn
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