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Opposition pledges no let-up on surveillance affair as watchdog joins Supreme Court critics
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvolvement in the use of spyware and illegal surveillance has been questioned in an article by the head of the communications privacy watchdog. The intervention has been seized on by opposition party... in the country has been restored”. The statement acknowledges the difficulties faced by opposition
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Energy measures reassure public, as govt scrambles to keep lid on other household costs
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the left-wing opposition, which is on 26 pct. Third party PASOK-KINAL has held steady at 11.5 pct... and defence, with 46 pct versus Tsipras’s 26 pct and Androulakis’s 6 pct. The prime minister’s image has... the limited scope of direct government intervention. The latest measure introduced, the so-called “household
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
are another measure that the institutions have been pushing for since last year. The only measures... government has a relatively easier but still challenging task to meet its April obligations. According... of that, Greece has to roll over two T-Bill issues totalling 2.4 billion. The first involves 6-month T-Bills
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Greek QE eligibility? We're not there yet
Agora-in of Greek depositors should be ruled out. He stressed that such measure was deemed by the ECB... implementation. Greece has been in a new programme since mid-August so the key question going... condition notes that the ECB will not buy more than 33 percent of the issuer’s debt and 33 percent
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IMF sees 2020 GDP contraction at 10 pct, budget deficit at 9 pct due to virus impact
EconomyMacroeconomyOutlook, which has incorporated the impact of what it calls The Great Lockdown that sees global GDP dropping by 3 pct in 2020, subject to various uncertainties. The Fund joins the list of organisations... of the programme exit and some reforms to unify the cash reserves of the wider public sector, Greece has at its
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PM joins forces with some eurozone partners to lobby for "corona-bond"
PoliticsGreek Politicsis willing to confront Chancellor Merkel and the government in Berlin, with whom he has been trying... emergency healthcare spending and pay for economic support measures. The initiative, spearheaded... for coronavirus measures. However, there is a growing realisation that the economic impact
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Looking to build on support for relief measures, ND unveils new tax bill
PoliticsGreek Politics-dom scheme The measure that has been capturing most attention outside of Greece is the introduction... indicated that 62 percent of voters had a positive view of the taxation measures that New Democracy has... electronically. These interventions came after complaints from various associations about the new measure
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Newsletter 247 -10/04/2020
to be flouting the rules has been increased from 150 to 300 euros. Government officials also denied... to other countries in Western Europe. This has led to it circulating charts comparing the number of cases..., this has put the government in the awkward position of advertising its apparent success in tackling
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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policyare attempting to buy some political time, since the core of their differences could still provoke... and Kostas Karamanlis - are not in favour of the political dialogue with Turkey. However, Greece has... in Brussels said: “I think that it is a good opportunity for a reminder that it is absolutely necessary
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Athens fears Middle East instability, joins others to push for change in EU's Syria policy
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Alexandra Papadopoulou. EU’s policy in Syria Amid this uncertainty, Greece has recently been part... Council approved the European strategy towards Syria, which has since been revised multiple times... principles. For the Greek side, one other issue of particular interest is humanitarian aid, which has
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