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Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicscrisis. Speaking on Open TV on Sunday, PASOK’s spokesman Konstantinos Tsoukalas accused New... after finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public... of it, over this issue, his chances of winning a clear majority in the next general election
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Brewing dispute with media adds to Tsipras's headaches
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA rare live TV appearance by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday night provided little... appearance on the Star TV show, the premier said he expects the institutions’ heads of mission... in a TV interview on Sunday that the EU cannot “abandon” Greece and leave it to deal with the crisis
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Kasselakis starts to open up as early polls show little impact on public opinion so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis has given his first TV interview since his shock victory in the SYRIZA... about the parties’ abilities. Kasselakis spoke to Star TV on Thursday and started off by criticising... a little more about his political ideas in Thursday’s TV interview, having played his cards close to his
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Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterview with Open TV, Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis hit back against critics who have... second term. Perhaps the most significant finding of the polls from the government’s perspective.... Mitsotakis knows that he needs to court a wide range of constituencies to have any chance of winning
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
carried out by Metron Analysis for Mega TV showed this week that the economy and price increases gathered... to the negotiating table to resolve their differences, or to agree to binding international... bills to 180 million euros. It is also considering finding resources from the fund that auctions
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Greece commits to ambitious privatisation targets as part of new bailout
EconomyProgrammeTV (ERT) on Thursday evening, Deputy PM Yiannis Dragasakis ruled out the sale of the state’s stake... prior actions: 1) Announce binding bid dates for Piraeus (OLP) and Thessaloniki (OLTH) port... steps for the sale of regional airports on the current terms with the already selected winning bidder
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Talks to begin on plan to rescue PPC from dire financial straits
Economyon the problems plaguing the company. In comments to Skai TV on Saturday, Energy Minister Kostis... be “crazy enough” to buy it. The DG Comp team arrives as the deadline looms for binding offers... in February collapsed. During the initial process, PPC received one binding offer for the Melitis unit
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SYRIZA sees opportunity in tepid response to govt initiatives, PM's cosseting of right wing
PoliticsGreek Politicsand threatening its ability to gain parliamentary majorities. Opinion poll An MRB poll for Star TV..., aimed at winning over voters. According to reports, SYRIZA’s economic proposals are set to include... of efficiency, SYRIZA may feel that it has a better chance of finding voters who backed ND in 2019
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Govt mulls Easter bonus as cost-of-living crisis causes public concern
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEconomou and Finance Minister Christos Staikouras both said in TV interviews that the performance... divergent challenges for Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government, which is finding it increasingly difficult..., which is widely credited with winning Mitsotakis the party leadership and the national elections
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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politics. A Marc survey for Ant-1 TV published on Thursday indicated that of all possible outcomes in the next... the 11 lawmakers quit SYRIZA, then led by Stefanos Kasselakis. However, finding common ground... system awards a bonus of up to 50 bonus seats to the winning party, it is unlikely that the second party
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