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  1. Govt mulls tighter controls on movement, seeks to boost health supplies and Covid-19 tests
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    acknowledged that they are finding it difficult to secure hospital supplies, including ventilators... associations called on the government to provide personal protective equipment to surgeries, after finding

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  2. The case for a general government balance sheet

    Agora

    that governments are finding ways to finance deficits outside the Maastricht definition of debt... not willing to stick to the 60-percent rule. They are also incrementally finding ways around

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  3. Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government is lining up interventions affecting the banking sector and the taxation system after finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public... on finding ways of lightening the tax burden ahead of the next national vote, due in 2027. Naftemporiki

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  4. Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal, which concluded officially on Tuesday, finding... a negative view, compared to 33 pct in January. The finding suggests that continued exposure

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  5. The targets and deadlines in Greece's privatisation programme

    EconomyProgramme

    activities) without any material changes in the current terms of the tenders. c) Take irreversible steps for the sale of regional airports at the current terms with the already selected winning... with equivalent results in terms of competition and prospects for investment. Another privatization

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  6. Greek regions perform poorly in social progress index

    Society

    Ranking 257 out of the 272 regions in the EU, the Peloponnese region is among the weakest in terms of what it offers citizens in terms of basic human needs, wellbeing and opportunity, according... came in 62nd place out of 246, and Epirus, in 69th place. Athens also did well in terms of access

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  7. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    and independent authorities. The reductions exceed the overall target of 150,000 agreed under the terms... hiring spree as charged by the opposition? Or, to put it in less adversarial terms, what is driving... during the two terms of the current government is 15,118, or 25 percent, on a year-end basis. The absence

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  8. Rising yields, market turbulence limit government's fiscal options
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    Economy

    creditors, the terms are concessional, and maturities are rather benign. This allows the Public Debt... above 32 billion euros, a rather sizable portion in terms of GDP, and the portion provided by ESM... clause were due to come to an end. Also, in fiscal terms it will only partly affect the interest payments

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  9. Government sceptical about deal with lenders, PM with convincing to do

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    reject the terms offered by lenders. Labour Minister Panos Skourletis said on Mega TV on Friday... labelled the terms offered by lenders “provocative” and encouraged Tsipras to reject them... by the institutions. In terms of the debt relief that SYRIZA is demanding it is not yet clear what lenders

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  10. The Greeks deserved better than this
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    Agora

    by agreeing terms early on in his premiership, has not worked. On Wednesday the institutions (led... to systematically herd this government back towards terms that the previous coalition failed... last year) and an uneasy stand-off on labour market reform, there is not much else to show in terms

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