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After travels, domestic issues and party scepticism await Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politicsand is not exclusive to Greece. His ministry, though, has announced more intensive checks on retailers... his leadership. Samaras, who represents the right wing of ruling New Democracy, has made no secret... has disagreed with Mitsotakis over his approach regarding Turkey and the adoption of the Prespes
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Economic sentiment drops off in Sept as consumer confidence falls for fourth month
EconomyMacroeconomythis year, recovering from 90.7 points in January. Since the start of the year, the ESI has increased... points, after a drop of 2.2 points in August. Since the start of the year, consumer confidence has improved by 6.4 points. Consumer confidence has been falling since the previous high of May when
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The quarterly national accounts from the income side
Agora(€45,972 million), the previous local peak). This means that real GDP has now recovered from the sharp... recorded before the pandemic hit their economies. Greece has had a large fiscal stimulus among EU... in Greece as compared with the euro-zone partners. The wage share has been around 34 percent in Greece
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Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has gone on the offensive against the government, calling... the government’s claims that there is no fiscal space for such interventions. “The government has... interested in serving the interests of the few and has no real interest in the fate of the many. He argued
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Mitsotakis rules out another lockdown, dismisses criticism of new Covid measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister argued that the availability of vaccines has radically downgraded the public health threat... politically controversial aspect of the new measures has been the exemption of churches from... has already submitted an amendment to the relevant legislation to bring churches in line with retail
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Opinion poll blow for govt as it considers further Covid measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new opinion poll showing a substantial dip in support for New Democracy has caused consternation... pct overall, this is one of the largest, if not the largest, month-on-month decline that ND has seen... has fallen below 30 pct in a Metron Analysis poll during this period. The biggest winner
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New pension legislation aims to speed up operations at overwhelmed EFKA fund
PoliticsGreek Politicsof about 90 percent of the country’s labour force, has been struggling to clear a backlog of pension... into force in 2022 has created a surge in new applications. As many as 15,100 public sector... enhanced surveillance report, the institutions noted that the issuance of new pensions has virtually
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MEP takes comfortable lead over former PM in advance of KINAL leadership run-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsa greater level of support. In the days following the result, Papandreou has betrayed his irritation... Papandreou has sought to challenge Androulakis’s claim to be a force for the renewal of the party by claiming... the backroom negotiations. Papandreou’s fumble has allowed Androulakis to claim the higher ground
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Polls boost for KINAL after leadership vote, as Androulakis rolls out key appointments
PoliticsGreek Politics. KINAL (Movement for Change) has almost doubled its ratings with a gain of more than 5 percentage... a role the new leader himself has played in the swing. Androulakis is named third most popular leader... has dropped 3 percentage points since the start of the year. Androulakis gets the approval of 42 pct
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Tsipras issues rare MP ouster, focusses on pinning ND down over ICU data
PoliticsGreek Politicscomment. Tsipras has been notoriously reluctant to dismiss politicians from SYRIZA.... The SYRIZA president believes that his party has to round off its edges and tone down its rhetoric... such as the Mati fire and the Macedonia name deal, New Democracy has shown an ugly side and the opposition
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