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Machinations intensify as announcement of election date approaches
PoliticsGreek Politicsincreases that kicked in this January, the government has already committed just over 5.5 billion..., for which 650 million euros has been set aside, and a one-off stipend for pensioners who did... has been carefully calibrated to ensure that Greece remains on track to achieve its fiscal targets
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Mitsotakis sets political tone for new term as well as unveiling policies
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitics – a space he has sought to master since being elected leader of ND, while in opposition... of reforms, technocratic management and his moderate rhetoric, he has made his party by far the main choice... as the sole current representative of the political centre has been cemented and will continue
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Reshuffle and handouts put on ice as New Democracy closes ranks ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof course on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has ahead of him the difficult tasks of delivering... and regional elections. Mitsotakis has put paid to growing speculation about an impending reshuffle... minister have been briefing the media that Mitsotakis has decided to ignore recommendations
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Government being tested on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsto defuse the tension that has been building between the agricultural sector and the government over... of the dispute, which has led to tractors appearing on national roads and in Thessaloniki over the weekend... local branches has not been helped by reports that the only firm expression of interest so far has
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Mitsotakis looks to last-minute announcements to top up lean TIF offerings
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government has been bargaining with the European Commission to try and loosen the new fiscal rules which come... euros. This amount has already been parcelled out to boost spending on health and education... shortages and poor regional coverage, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has ignited a row about media
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Newsletter 468 - 27/06/2025
this crisis has been eclipsed in recent days by a new scandal with potentially wider implications... the government’s legal and reputational peril. In response, the government has mounted a coordinated... Sokratis Famellos. As opposition momentum stalls, the share of undecided voters has jumped from 13.8
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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
to repopulate Greece’s hinterlands. Reaction But the opposition has hammered home that for many... way to boost households’ net incomes. Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis has portrayed these reforms... foundation for any programme of relief. Amidst these fiscal jousts, Alexis Tsipras has been quietly
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Greece to enter second lockdown as govt faces criticism over 'total failure'
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTV that Mitsotakis was due to announce a second national lockdown. While the government has tried... for the inevitable second wave. In addition, the government has been criticised for opening the country’s... on allowing religious services and exempting priests from wearing masks has come in for particular criticism
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European Commission evaluates impact of bailout programme
EconomyProgramme, while the government has committed to present further measures effective as of the beginning of 2016... compared to the bottom decile. Thus, EC has considered that the increase in the VAT rate on restaurants and catering would have positive distributional effects. The document underscores that Greece has
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Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016
moved up a notch again on Wednesday when the European Stability Mechanism revealed that it has put... Tsipras last week. The ESM said the debt relief process has been put on hold as the institutions... assistance (ELA) funding by 2.06 and 1.24 billion, respectively. Since last May, ELA funding has
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