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Athens set to press ahead with primary residence law despite differences with lenders
EconomyProgrammelook at whether Greece has done enough to qualify for the almost 1 billion euros in debt relief...-programme path will not spook the markets. The government has made it clear before, as in the case... this year, that it believes it has greater room for manoeuvre now that Greece is no longer under
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Newsletter 200 -29/03/2019
in Parliament on Tuesday night, suggest that Athens has compromised in several areas, while retaining some... effect on the payment culture in Greece. Despite the pressure from the lenders, the government has... will examine whether the second post-programme review has been completed. 21,000 euros for a married couple
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New asylum strategy to centre on relocation to closed camps, enhanced border protection
PoliticsGreek Politicsto new hosting facilities in other parts of Greece by the end of 2020, while the government has also... weeks has increased pressure on the already overstretched and under equipped asylum service and focussed... asylum procedures. However, under continuing pressure from its critics, it has now announced a further
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Newsletter 242 -06/03/2020
Friday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to close the crossings, a decision which has paid... in a position statement issued on Wednesday, however the move has caused disquiet among the progressive wing of the party. Since the eruption of the crisis at the Evros border there has been very little room
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Newsletter 298 - 28/05/2021
search for identity SYRIZA is continuing its search for a new role, which it has failed to find since its... linked to the Covid pandemic could deliver the kind of political blow it has largely avoided... to survive once this extra liquidity is not available. This issue has also been the subject of much
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Newsletter 374 - 17/03/2023
Democracy’s support has declined by 4.3 points since the company’s last survey. This fall is slightly... profited to any great extent from the dip in New Democracy’s popularity. There has, though, been... for Open TV this week suggested that the ruling centre-right party’s rating has dropped from 30.2 pct
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
that the opposition, rather than the government, has more to think about in the New Year. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to crack down on sports-related violence, a promise he has now made.... Nevertheless, opinion poll after opinion poll has shown that despite Greeks being highly concerned about
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Newsletter 433 - 13/09/2024
politics has seen in recent times, the majority of SYRIZA’s political committee members voted on Sunday... has allowed itself to become something of a soap opera, less about policy and more about the drama... is due on October 6, with a run-off ballot due a week later. The contest now has the added
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Athens details fiscal counter-measures, a vital selling point for Tsipras
EconomyProgrammeAlexis Tsipras has in his bid to convince SYRIZA members, MPs and the wider public that the deal...The expansionary counter-measures designed to balance the new fiscal interventions that Greece...) on Sunday. Tsakalotos stressed that the counter-measures, subject to Greece meeting fiscal targets, would
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SYRIZA working on package of expansionary measures to provide political boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsto announce in Thessaloniki to influence public opinion. "New Democracy has lost its cool because...The package of expansionary measures that will be announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... for Greece. SYRIZA's political council discussed on Tuesday the measures that the prime minister
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