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SYRIZA gears up for looming elections as poll gap narrows
PoliticsGreek Politicsa more technocratic, rather than political, background. Party officials say that they want to be on their toes in case Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decides to call elections sooner than later... rather than a genuine effort to restore trust in Greek institutions.
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Opposition senses PM's position on phonetapping becoming weaker
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe impression among observers that rather than lay the issue to rest, as Mitsotakis would have wanted... weeks, listing more than 100 people who were allegedly targeted by Predator. The opposition sees... of willingness, even among victims, to come forward. Very few of those on the list of more than 100
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Arrivals nearly double year-on-year in 10M, travel receipts exceed 17 bln
EconomyMacroeconomywas higher than the 1.13 billion euros registered in October 2021. It was also higher than the 489.6... by the Covid-19 pandemic. Most notably, October’s balance is higher than the 1.2 billion euros of October 2019
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Opposition hoping surveillance, cronyism scandals will bite ND
PoliticsGreek Politicstool to EYP’s normal bugging process, rather than being part of a rogue operation being executed... uncovered would have to be weightier than whatever has seen the light of day so far. Although most... was a key shareholder in a company that had been awarded more than 400,000 euros in public contracts
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Travel balance up to Nov reaches 15.62 bln, arrivals down 11 pct on 2019
EconomyMacroeconomywas higher than the 154.8 million euros registered in 2021. It was also higher than the 33.3 million euros... pandemic. Most notably, November’s balance is higher than the 108.8 million euros of November 2019
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Opposition dismisses PM's economic pledges as electioneering, keeps focus on surveillance
PoliticsGreek Politicsround of public sector entry exams in March for more than 5,000 positions. Speaking at an event... the economy are more mixed. Fewer than a third of respondents (29.7 percent) describe their financial situation as good, while fewer than half (47.7 percent) say they can cover their basic needs. Almost 7
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Vulnerable households allocated 60 pct of income for housing even before cost-of-living crisis
Economyimproving significantly since 2015 from a peak of more than 49 percent, in 2021 it was still at 36.4 percent... is growing by more than 15 percent, more than two times the 7 percent headline number. As the cost
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Survey highlights households struggling with cost of living, delivers worst outlook since 2019
Economyand the same for pensions. More than half of those surveyed said that their monthly income runs out by the 18th... in ten respondents and transport is taking up more of the household budget for more than half... and levies. More than six in 10 said that the “household budget” initiative of the government has
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Budget beats target in Jan, boosted by 49 pct YoY jump in taxes on goods and services
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 562 million euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period..., 246 million euros higher than the target, excise tax revenues came to 492 million euros, 34 million... million euros, 184 million more than the target. Expenditure In January, overall expenditure stood
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Political clash brewing over fatal train collision, railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe damage of those blazes in hectares, rather than in coffins, as they did under SYRIZA. For now... sources are convinced that the elections will now be held on May 14, rather than next month. The constitution allows the PM to declare the date of the elections no less than 21 days before they are due
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