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Facing accusations of authoritarianism, Tsipras spells out softer future vision in member Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsconstructive message by addressing the party’s new members. Central committee SYRIZA’s central... the party’s name, was deferred for the moment, allowing the focus to remain on more substantive issues. In the event, an evaluation of the party’s performance, containing several criticisms
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Gathering signs of coronavirus impact on growth expectations
Economyby the spread of the coronavirus in the eurozone. The council is a member of the European Union’s independent fiscal institutions network and assesses the macroeconomic projections on which the government’s budget is based. In comments made on Tuesday, the council said that it expects Greece’s economy to grow
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Poll suggests broad support for border closure, continued concern about islands
PoliticsGreek Politicsto back up the sense that there is strong support for the government’s decision across the political...’s actions regarding the border were correct or probably correct. In terms of how this breaks down... of the government’s decisions to engaging in completely one-sided reporting on migration-related
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Newsletter 243 -13/03/2020
.” The prime minister took to the airwaves this week to address the public on the government’s Covid-19... and deaths are likely to rise, the government’s process for handling Covid-19 and preparedness.... The government’s hope will be that the advance of the virus can be slowed down and that the situation
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PM increases coronavirus support package to 10 bln, while sounding dire warning to public
PoliticsGreek Politicsto what has become a familiar cautionary tale in the government’s public messaging. Noting that “the government’s arsenal of measures has been almost exhausted,” the prime minister entreated... note in the prime minister’s message, in the form of the ECB’s decision to include Greece
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Greek government goes digital under lockdown, as more coronavirus clusters emerge
PoliticsGreek Politicsfunctions online had been a key component of the New Democracy government’s agenda, the imposition... the changing times more vividly than a widely published photo of the Greek Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod... of Cadiz to work in shipbuilding, but were turned away due to Spain’s coronavirus restrictions. Today
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Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020
. The Health Ministry’s spokesman on the coronavirus, Professor Sotiris Tsiodras said Greek authorities... of the country’s coronavirus response, part of which is focused on salvaging what it can of the tourist... to try to highlight in the coming months, arguing that ND’s approach is not caring enough
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Government extends pandemic support package amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opportunity to air their criticisms of the government’s handling on both the healthcare... government’s pandemic relief programme was too little too late. “To date”, he said, “we have proceeded... announced an extension of the government’s existing economic support package, including the 800-euro
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Govt and opposition stake out positions on pandemic impact measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot covered by the government’s loan scheme. A key plank of SYRIZA’s plan is an emergency minimum... employers preferred to let workers go rather than apply for the government’s SURE-backed employment... also sought to reassure citizens over the government’s plans on exiting lockdown. Mitsotakis
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Alpha Bank posts net loss of 10.9 mln in Q1
EconomyBanking) of up to 12 billion euros in value. The bank’s management said that while proceedings had been... realisation from the bank’s Greek government bonds portfolio. Other income stood at 9.9 million... in the ECB’s LTRO facility, maturing June 2020. The repo balance increased by 200 million QoQ to 6.5
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