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  1. Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called snap elections on Sunday after SYRIZA suffered a heavy defeat in the European Parliament elections, making it virtually impossible for him to hold on until the end of the government’s term in September. New Democracy was on course late on Sunday to win

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  2. Pandemic takes heavy toll on Greek workers, study finds
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    EconomyFeatures

    of poverty. Losing a job comes at a particularly heavy price in Greece, since after two years

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  3. OECD sees heavy hit from pandemic, gradual recovery in 2021 picking up pace in 2022
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    Economy

    to 13.5 percent in 2022. Exports will suffer a heavy hit this year, declining by almost a quarter

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  4. Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
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    . Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims were members of the Greek armed forces who were part of an official mission to Libya to help

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  5. Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s position that the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement... the rival factions in Libya, allowing Libya to press territorial claims with backing from Ankara.... In the past week, New Democracy has been accused of using heavy-handed tactics in a bid to avoid

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  6. Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015

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    taken a heavy toll on Greek companies, from the micro or small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs..., with the whole retail sector suffering heavy losses in excess of 40 percent. According to market...), the European Commission and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the newcomer making the quadriga, it would

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  7. Special tax structure would benefit hotels and jobs, bank argues
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    EconomyFeatures

    in recent years, heavy taxation, especially VAT, remains a problem. In October 2015, a new rate of hotel VAT... hotel buildings that have not been used before. In the case of a transfer, a 2.4 percent stamp duty... duty, etc) may be due for the foreign investor. Greece’s hotel industry has been voicing concern

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  8. Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    and the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya

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  9. Athens digests Trump victory, sees economic complications
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with the refugee crisis. The fact, though, that Hillary Clinton will not succeed Obama has led some in Greece... September.” As we wrote in September, Kotzias did hold talks with representatives of Hillary Clinton

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  10. Challenging three days of diplomatic talks, protests and budget voting ahead for Greece

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    by days of heavy rioting in the Greek capital. Hunger strike The 15-year-old’s murder is traditionally... than 7,000 police on duty and authorities will want to avoid any repeat of the rioting that occurred

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