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Covid rears its head again as ND reaches halfway point in tenure
PoliticsGreek Politicsto buy their favour, insisting that the measure is aimed at encouraging this group to act responsibly. However, during his interview, the premier also admitted that his party has had challenges... of the country which has been vaccinated.” This comment drew some criticism, with political rivals
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Newsletter 418 - 29/03/2024
that this measure is unchanged from 2022 and has risen from 62 pct in 2020, when the economy was hit... limiting the scope of the parliamentary inquiry, has created a sense among voters that New Democracy... the opposition as hapless and compromised political opportunists rather than answer their questions
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Digital investments could provide long-term GDP boost, study finds
EconomyFeaturesThe National bank of Greece (NBG) has released an analysis examining how Greece could benefit.... The report entitled A Digital Reboot of the Greek Economy showed that Greece has an unexploited pool... Digitalisation Index (BDI) and found that Greece has a BDI gap of 37 points versus the EU average and a gap
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Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has been pushed strongly by Mitsotakis recently, both in terms of a new injection of personnel... Antonis Samaras and comments to journalists by his predecessor Kostas Karamanlis, who has maintained... accusations regarding the old, corrupt elite, it is still vital for Mitsotakis to ensure that he has
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Newsletter 358 - 11/11/2022
the cases reported by the newspaper. Publisher Kostas Vaxevanis said that he has more names to release... in particular. The stance taken by the government-friendly media so far has been important in keeping... lose this safeguard, he could become exposed to much more criticism than he has until now, a public
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Demands for public space put New Democracy under pressure as local elections approach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government in Athens has promised to introduce a new framework for the issuing of commercial... on beachfront development. The topic has become a focus for opposition parties, sensing an avenue of attack... movement” to resort areas across the country, the government has pledged to intensify the checks
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Leaders gear up for debate as ND maintains opinion poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicssterile occasion, where the heads of the six parties will answer questions from six journalists on topics... the journalists and the panellists, or the party leaders themselves. SYRIZA has been pressing for PM... better than the PM, who has a tendency to appear stiff in some exchanges. However, ND has
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe ratcheting up of tension between Greece and Turkey has given the ongoing speculation about... immediate rival, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras. It has also been suggested by commentators... to be appointed for at least a period of three weeks, which is the minimum time that has to elapse
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Tsipras confident on pension cuts, reticent on snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid renewed speculation about snap elections next year, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has insisted... to the European Commission on October 15 and we will have a productive conversation and I am sure..., there are differences of opinion on whether the measure is necessary for structural reasons. The European
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Tsipras bides his time on confidence vote, weighs up options
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 120 of the 300 lawmakers to back him. The government has 162 MPs but the prospect of Tsipras... are loyal to the Left Platform and former Energy Minister Panayiotis Lafazanis, who has expressed his... parliamentary speaker Alexis Mitropoulos, who abstained on Friday, has already said he will back
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