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Stage set for censure motion as Parliament votes to review charges against deputy minister
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek Parliament approved on Tuesday night the formation of a preliminary inquiry into the role of Deputy Civil Protection Minister Christos Triantopoulos over the handling of the Tempe train crash site in the days after the fatal accident two years...
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Strong set of 2024 fiscal data provides space for voter-friendly handout package
EconomyMacroeconomyELSTAT published on Tuesday the latest fiscal data for the 2021 to 2024 period, recording a significant primary surplus that was accompanied by an announcement from PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of a surprise handout package worth 1.1 billion euros in support ...
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PM set on sharing out more economic benefits in bid to recover support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to turn the media and public’s attention away from the Tempe issue, which dominated the agenda during the first quarter of the year, continues with the promise of more voter-friendly measures to come. After announcing 1.1 billio...
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Clarity over fiscal space clears way for next set of relief measures
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s fiscal outlook has become clearer along with the ability of the Greek government to implement more voter-friendly policies as it attempts to restore its relations with the electorate. The European Commission last week activated the national esc...
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Housing costs, food prices set limits to impact of tax cuts
EconomyThe Greek government’s efforts to shift the narrative and change its political fortunes are crashing against the realities on the ground as reflected in the frequent data releases from Eurostat and ELSTAT. Months of communications build-up around the Th...
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA compressed, post‑Easter political week opens in Athens with the government facing simultaneous pressure on two domestic fronts - the OPEKEPE case files and the revived surveillance affair - while also navigating a sharp rhetorical clash with Ankara an...
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Greeks living in smaller, older, poorer quality homes during crisis, BoG study shows
Societyto the area of inhabited houses. Those below 40 square meters (sqm) showed an annual growth rate
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Finance Ministry scrambles to correct property tax after error-strewn debut
EconomyMacroeconomyup to 150 square meters, which would enjoy a 50 percent discount on the ENFIA burden. Another issue
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsa news conference in Thessaloniki on Sunday, arguing that Greece risks slipping “way beyond square one
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Samaras seeks vote of confidence and moment of history
AgoraSquare and dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu was executed in Romania. It is right up there with the world’s
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