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  1. Govt unveils new round of energy subsidies as fiscal space narrows significantly
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    to subsidise energy bills this month. This takes the total the government has pledged since the start... public broadcaster ERT that the government has very limited room for manoeuvre as far as combatting... on the fiscal front has been taken up by the reduction in this year’s ENFIA property tax, announced by Prime

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  2. PM goes big on minimum wage increase, but opposition unmoved
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    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been pinning his hopes on a pre-Easter minimum wage rise... with the unemployment benefit. There has been a significant increase in the 2016-2020 period of the portion... union, has asked for a minimum wage of 751 euros, a proposal supported by centre-left KINAL, while

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  3. Mitsotakis fast-tracks energy package announcement on eve of party conference

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    of 2.5 billion euros is being earmarked for the first half of 2023. Mitsotakis has decided to bring... Democracy party conference on Friday on a positive note and rally support within the party which has been...-wing opposition has been raising questions about the remuneration packages of energy company

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  4. SYRIZA reproaches PM and ministers over wealth declarations, loans

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    ) has sparked a reaction from main opposition party SYRIZA, which is attempting to portray Prime... as together with his wife he has almost 1.3 million euros in outstanding loans, according to his pothen esches... to the pothen esches process, which was launched in 2003 but has not really improved the level

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  5. Authorities say no new measures on the way despite surge in Covid-19 cases
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    Health Minister Thanos Plevris has dismissed the prospect of a return of Covid-19 measures after... Organisation (EODY) has also increased to 1.35 from 1.32 last week, and under 0.9 a month previously. According to official figures, there has also been an increase in the positivity rate of tests to 12 pct

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  6. Athens cultivates Saudi Arabia relations, prepares for MBS visit
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    For some time, Athens has been investing in new partnerships in the wider Middle East region.... It is no coincidence that in the last couple of years Athens has been seeking to enhance relations with countries..., Greece has taken advantage of the deterioration in relations between Riyadh and Ankara forging

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  7. Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
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    scheme is rolled out. According to the arrangement which has been put in place for a period of 12... electricity mix, while demand has been on the increase due to a heatwave. After removing... plans to substitute Russian natural gas. It is reported that the Greek government has circulated

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  8. ND faces fiscal balancing act and more challenges over spying scandal

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    belt-tightening measures. Opinion poll There has been little change in the support for the leading... Syntakton. New Democracy’s rating remains at 31, while SYRIZA’s has edged up half a point to 25.5. PASOK... policy issues (49 vs 28). The policy areas where SYRIZA has the upper hand are corruption

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  9. Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
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    Democracy has seen ministers, MPs and other officials forced to step aside since it came to power.... Dimitriadis denies any involvement with Predator and has filed SLAPP lawsuits against... in December last year. It has been noted that EYP’s wiretapping was launched around the same time

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  10. Political impact of spying revelations unclear, as drip-feed of information continues
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    for its support of the government, cited confidential reports that EYP has had 7-8 politicians under..., who have consistently demanded to know how widespread EYP’s surveillance has been among... formed cyber unit within EYP which has access to classified procurement budgets. Unnamed government

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