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Speculation over polls heats up as parties battle over cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politicscould be set for late March/early April, allowing time for a second round in May. A second scenario... to commitments to cut income taxes, raise pensions and the minimum wage, and pay another support... of 50 basic goods. The controls are set to become mandatory for the largest retailers after
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Newsletter 357 - 04/11/2022
agents and businessmen to set up a spying ring that made use of the Predator spyware. The reports... of the year, and rather optimistically just one billion euros is set aside for next year, in hope... their electricity cut off due to unpaid bills, with Italy a close second. The loss of purchasing
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PASOK tries to chip away at New Democracy's record on economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsin populism”, which featured a montage of older statements by the prime minister pledging to cut VAT... campaign of 2019, when he promised that if elected he would cut VAT in his first term. Androulakis... Democracy as it falters in the polls. The PASOK leader is set to meet Mitsotakis early in December
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Tsipras and Meimarakis face off, bristle at idea of working together
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis was his openness to the idea of a grand coalition but said, for the first time, that he does... added that a grand coalition could lead to Golden Dawn, which is polling third, being the main.... The language used by the two leaders underlines how difficult it will be to form a grand coalition
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Crisis sees Greeks change eating habits, cut back on eating out
SocietyThe crisis has seen Greeks eating more fruit and vegetables and cutting back on meat, eggs and milk, a study from one of the country’s consumer groups has found. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Consumer Protection Centre (KEPKA), found that bread...
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Eurobank to merge with Grivalia Properties and create SPV to cut bad loans
EconomyBankingOne of Greece’s four systemic banks, Eurobank, has announced shortly after releasing its third-quarter results that the bank is forming its own special purpose vehicle (SPV) for handling its pile of bad loans. The bank will transfer its portfolio of bad...
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Scandals chip away at ND's lead as SYRIZA tries to cut through on surveillance issue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has declined noticeably over the last few weeks, according to a new opinion poll, as pressure mounts on the ruling conservatives over the surveillance scandal. According to the latest MRB survey for Open TV, which was pu...
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
passed the omnibus bill containing the last set of prior actions to unlock the next sub-tranche of 2... into the Unified Auxiliary Insurance Fund (ETEA). The first set of new pension measures would reportedly target... or included in the second set of prior actions. Harder and more painful, the second set of measures
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Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
EconomyProgrammeto fill the remaining gap, either by a cut in high main or supplementary pensions or by other measures... that put the fiscal outcome of this year at risk. The first set of measures includes: a) imposition... delayed and it is not yet known when or if the tax will be implemented. The second set of suggested
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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agoraforth from SYRIZA, New Democracy and their supporters, the party’s two leaders have set out... be a shame under any circumstances, but especially as Greek leaders have started to set out plans... from 15 to 5 percent, a 30 percent cut in the ENFIA property tax over two years, reduction
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