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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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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyconfirmed that it has sent the agreement to the United Nations for approval. Diplomatic sources in Athens... and NATO. At this point, Greece’s main aim to “internationalise” the issue has been achieved... as well as condemnation of Turkey, no major player is specifically has called the Turkey-Libya memorandum
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Banks remain largely profitable in Q2, with focus on NPL reductions
EconomyBankingretaining five percent itself. The bank has applied for the inclusion of the senior notes from Project... banking system. Since the end of 2018, NPE stock has fallen by 10.5 billion euros to stand at 6.2... securitisation has around 43,000 real estate properties underlying collateral. The portfolio
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Greece prepares to relax lockdown amid concerns about toll on economy
PoliticsGreek Politics, noting that – along with Finland – it currently has the lowest positivity rate and that the number of intubated patients has fallen substantially since the peak of more than 600 in the autumn. On Thursday... of the economy, such as retail, to start getting back to normal activity. The government has come under
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Govt counts fiscal cost as Greece heads for lockdown extension
PoliticsGreek Politics’s hopes regarding a reopening of stores. It has also raised questions about why some government... next week. At no point over the last few days has the epidemiological data brought any encouragement... Adonis Georgiadis, who has been pushing for stores to be able to operate again. However, it also comes
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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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Govt unveils new round of energy subsidies as fiscal space narrows significantly
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 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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PM goes big on minimum wage increase, but opposition unmoved
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime 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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Big two parties strengthen grip on voters, but dominance remains elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicson behalf of ANT1 TV, which gives ND an 8.7 pct lead with 32.8 pct versus SYRIZA’s 24.1 pct. ND has picked up 0.8 pct since late August, and SYRIZA has gained 0.6 pct, while PASOK shed 0.9 pct to go from... retains some of the boost it gained with the election of Androulakis in December 2021, but has
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Newsletter 353 - 30/09/2022
. ND has picked up 0.8 pct since late August, and SYRIZA has gained 0.6 pct, while PASOK shed 0.9 pct..., but has fallen 3.8 points from the peak experienced in the wake of the leadership elections. The boost... place in August while parliament was in recess and many Greeks were on holiday, while it has also
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