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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough it is still largely absorbed by its leadership contest, which is not due to conclude until early September, recent events have prompted SYRIZA to take a more aggressive stance regarding Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s premiership. The left-wing party was...
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State braces for losses as bank divestment plan is put into action
EconomyBankingThe Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) formally launched last week the process of divesting its small participation in the share capital of Eurobank. This set in motion HFSF's plan to dispose of its holdings in the four systemic banks, bringing to...
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Athens not put out by Turkey-Egypt rapprochement, but watching closely
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is assessing the results of the historic meeting between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday, in Ankara. The two leaders discussed ways to further repair the long-frozen ties between the...
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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicsare expected to report for duty at hospitals in central and northern Greece after the government issued... duty on fuel, an intervention in the pricing policies of power utility PPC and a partial write-off
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Tsipras repeats call for elections with one eye on rising KINAL
PoliticsGreek Politicsto implement the MoU. The SYRIZA leader reiterated his party’s proposals to cut fuel duty and VAT on basic goods, rebate fuel duty for farmers, and raise the minimum wage to 800 euros. Responding
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Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign Policy. “We all have a duty; we have a duty towards society and future generations. For me, the easiest
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek Politicsmedia the government sees it as its duty to “listen to society and work persistently to solve people’s everyday problems”, adding, “this duty is all the weightier, as in an unstable global environment
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Adverse weather pushes Jan manufacturing PMI to lowest level for 16 months
EconomyMacroeconomyattributed to the heavy snowfall in January that led to remarkable drops in both output and new orders... their output at the quickest pace over the last 16 months largely on the back of the heavy snowfall... times lengthened due to the heavy snow. Markit analysts concluded that “challenging weather
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Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19
Agorathat the capital stocks need to be transformed away partly from old heavy structures, to green capital... fresh investments in (traditional, heavy) infrastructure, alongside the same green, digital... time. If the capital stock slowly drifts away from heavy investments in structures and very-long lived
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Greece’s 14–29s: Ambitious, anxious and lacking trust
Society, and 31.5% described as “heavy users” who spend more than two hours a day. Young women in particular are heavier users than men — 36.8% of women are heavy users compared with 26.5% of men — a pattern... newspapers or informative portals, while only 4.9% are heavy online news consumers. At the same time
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