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Voters’ belief in progressive parties tested as PASOK and SYRIZA search for answers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid rising concern among progressive politicians in Greece about the prospects of the left/centre.... Among potential PASOK voters, just over 30 pct believe the social democrats have no, or almost... pct among SYRIZA voters and 84.7 pct among those supporting Zoe Konstantopoulou’s Course of Freedom
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Troika review begins with fiscal targets and tax breaks in focus
EconomyMacroeconomyruling. c) Retaining the solidarity tax for at least one more year albeit with lower rates, according...) Retaining the VAT rate on food and accommodation services at the lower rate of 13 percent..., trimming the solidarity levy by 30 percent and retaining the VAT rate for food and accommodation services
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A summit of little substance
AgoraConclusions call for investments in new and strategic technologies such as 4G, big data and cloud... 2015 because of major differences among governments between those who fear that a tough European data... at previous summits, call on the European Commission to monitor progress and make further proposals
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The politics of debt dynamics in Greece
Agoracreditors. Among these creditors, European institutions such as the ECB, the EFSF and eurozone member states... call for an international debt conference for eurozone countries, starting with negotiations about... establish if there is enough critical mass among other representatives and parties to advocate
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsternation among New Democracy officials as it would impact the percentage of votes that the winning party... prompted concern among opposition parties and some commentators. They argue that a law that either bans... to appear before the committee since the correct process is for the panel to call experts to speak
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Conclusion of presidential vote hands Mitsotakis victory amid ongoing controversies
PoliticsGreek Politicsshouted “no to the cover-up” during the roll call. PASOK and SYRIZA each voted for their respective... to the polarisation, leading some of the parties of the left and some of the victims’ relatives to call for his withdrawal over his management of the inquiries into the accident. The eventual disarray among the left
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Coronavirus outbreaks highlight limited progress in disbanding hotspots for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the lockdown measures in controlling the spread of coronavirus among the general population, a handful..., the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson reiterated her call to Greece to disband... identified among the residents. At Ritsona, 63 close contacts of the first case were tested, and 23 were
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Dissent grows within SYRIZA as polls indicated appetite for joined-up centre left
PoliticsGreek Politicsa likely leadership challenge in PASOK, while senior figures in SYRIZA have begun to call... results, with ND at 29.1 percent, SYRIZA at 13.7 percent and PASOK at 12.4 percent. Among the smaller... among the likely candidates, named by 20.7 percent of all respondents and 43.5 percent of PASOK voters
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Greece's biggest problem? Society's lack of openness
Agorabeen cited as being central to its malaise. Conservatives saw in the country a textbook case... of the private sector. Some analyses went a little deeper and saw clientelism as the core pathology, an acid... approaches to waste management; in the resistance to the digitization of tax administration among the old
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Greek Q2 growth of 0.8 pct confounds recession forecasts
EconomyMacroeconomyyear, official forecasts saw GDP growth of 2.9 percent in 2015, among the highest growth rates... is well above the Reuters poll that saw a GDP contraction of 0.8 percent QoQ and is probably... to the downside. On July 21, S&P stressed that Greece’s economy would be the worst-performing among
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