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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
PoliticsPM relies on relief, labour deal as farmers protest and Tsipras publishesGreece’s political week has been dominated by payouts, protests and a memoir that hints at comeback. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is banking on relief measures and reforms to steady the mood, while Alexis Tsipras
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As Greek leaders mull position on refugee crisis, EC sets out timetable of targets
PoliticsForeign Policya few dozen leave Greece each day and for all EU member states to be forced to live up their commitments... to rapid decrease in the number of arrivals in Greece; with regard to the latter, the more Member States... of applicable existing readmission agreements and with the support of other Member States. The agreed
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agoraspecifically relations with Serbia and lack of recognition from 5 EU member states (Cyprus, Greece... of the 5 EU member states which still do not recognize Kosovo. Kosovo’s declaration of independence... by the EU, nor by individual Member States, where they have not taken such a step. In contrast
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agora, fiscal and debt developments, and the fiscal rules in the EU27 and in each individual member state... and providing surveillance of fiscal and public debt developments in the member states... on the central assumption of convergence of all Member States towards the same value of labour productivity
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agoracalled the bloc out for banning exports of medical equipment to non-member states, including..., the bloc was unable to come up with a unified approach and “left it up to Member States to cooperate with non-Member States” such as Western Balkans, in spite of remarks that the pandemic crisis can only
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Newsletter 458 - 04/04/2025
Mitsotakis has approved pay increases for members of the armed forces and paved the way this week... Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed last Friday that members of Greece’s armed forces would see their pay... become contentious in recent days following the PM’s announcement of pay rises for armed forces
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Unpopular but effective property tax returns for another year
EconomyMacroeconomyMinister Giorgos Houliarakis recently said that 6 million households will pay the same or even lower ENFIA for 2016 compared to the previous year, while 500,000 are expected to pay a higher amount... value were due to pay at least 50,000 euros each with the aggregate amount reaching 265.7 million
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PM sees 'new Greece' rising from Hellinikon rubble, pledges more aid for struggling firms
PoliticsGreek Politicsdays in office. Instead, it has taken a year before he could pay a visit to the site in southern... will pay for the demolition work and oversee the successful conclusion of the tender for the casino... be expanded, along with a reduction in the tax businesses have to pay in advance this year. Companies
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
AgoraAs Europe was recovering from a major energy crisis that severely tested member states’ national... in the EU's dependence on Russian gas; member states were vulnerable to the rise in gas supply prices... of reduction of total gas consumption decided by the European Union for all its member states
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A third of young Greeks would consider emigrating to escape economic problems
Societysituation. The report, which mainly focused on issues related to consumers’ ability to pay for goods, found... the means to pay them. Over three in four Greeks (78 percent) were late paying least one bill late... late, an answer given by 79 percent of those having paid late, was the inability to pay,” the report
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