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New waste strategy dials down recycling targets, promises to address landfill problems
PoliticsGreek Politicswas given to waste management on the islands, where the problem of illegal landfills has been.... Describing the present situation as “disheartening”, minister Costis Chatzidakis acknowledged that Greece has.... Greece also has a poor record in conventional waste management. With more than 80 percent of waste
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Newsletter 222 -04/10/2019
of job market Migration has emerged as an increasingly important battleground in Greek politics over... New Democracy by surprise and that it has not yet had time to put in place the faster asylum... for strikes to be approved by a majority of members. SYRIZA has been particularly vocal in its
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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
of the year from the additional surplus. Although Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has indicated.... At the moment, 138 million euros has been set aside for businesses, which are set to receive... submitted to the scheme. Around 600 million has already been received by authorities. According
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Energy bill also unveiled as legislative activity intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the electricity company. This is the intervention that the government has advertised most as it ties in with New..., from having the upper hand. The GENOP union at PPC has notoriously been militant in its resistance...). The sale can begin before the spin-off process has been completed. The tabling, and imminent
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Govt rebuffs uncomfortable reports on money laundering, unpaid contributions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has been put on the defensive as a result of a couple of reports in the international media, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has had to step up efforts to improve North.... Government spokesman Stelios Petsas told Skai TV on Friday that Athens has sent a response to the FT
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MPs gear up for action as To Potami calls it a day and PASOK wobbles
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has already let it be known that the extra funds will be paid out in cash and will go to some... of the Greek President by MPs and snap general elections. New Democracy has proposed for MPs to hold up... challenged Genimmata for the leadership of KINAL, was also critical. He argued that Gennimata has
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Newsletter 230 -29/11/2019
of the outstanding obligations to the IMF has been completed after Athens paid ahead of time 2.7 billion... billion euros. Greece has already repaid the Stand-by Arrangement of the first programme and until... programme, which Greece has to start repaying next year. On a political level, the government is hoping
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BoG urges banks to improve quality of capital, re-doubles SPV efforts
EconomyBanking(DTC). BoG notes that throughout 2019 economic sentiment has been improving and that this has... months, albeit still three notches below investment grade. The liquidity of the banking system has... in the stock of non-performing exposures (NPE), which has a knock-on effect on the profitability
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsa vis Erdogan. This represents perhaps the biggest challenge the centre-right leader has faced during... for the government as Parliament approved its second tax bill. New Democracy has been emphasising... to 830 euros on average. New Democracy has repeatedly accused SYRIZA of overtaxing the Greek middle
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Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues
Societyproperty of defunct MEGA channel, which has been off air for a year. Marinakis, who already owns the DOL newspaper group, has been on a media buying spree since 2017. The DOL group includes two of Greece... favourable treatment for an (unnamed) aspiring media baron. Further consolidation has been taking place
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