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Additional public health, economic actions to counter coronavirus impact
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Easter services could also be affected. Greek Orthodox Easter is due on April 19. Greece saw only a small... and their employees. The government has already announced it will partly subsidise paid leave for working parents
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EU funds seen as cushioning Covid-19 impact, giving govt fiscal space
PoliticsGreek Politics-Ergasia” scheme to subsidise jobs in certain sectors. The 850-million-euro programme is due to run... advice as a continuation of the formula that saw Greece deal effectively with the coronavirus
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Govt looks to tweak relief in anticipation of record Covid infections, new inflation high
PoliticsGreek Politicsof living. While last week saw the introduction of a new scheme to subsidise energy costs, price
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
measures announced by the government to subsidise rising energy bills to the tune of 395 million euros... by ELSTAT of consumer prices in Greece, which saw the index rise by 5.1 pct year-on-year in December
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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
that the government is making another 350 million euros available to subsidise energy bills this month... that saw Greek 10-year benchmark yield rise to 2.55 pct, a level not seen before PEPP kicked
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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Newsletter 461 - 09/05/2025
by Zoe Konstantopoulou, saw its support shoot up during February and March, reaching 13.4 pct... saw their backing dip from 12.8 pct to 12.4 pct. Although the gap between the two parties is slight... asked whether they saw the next general elections as an opportunity to cast a protest vote, 77 pct
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek public sphere witnessed last week a rare incident for the country’s political scene - a debate through articles and statements by the two prime ministers who governed Greece between 1996 and 2009 on their views regarding foreign policy regardi...
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Podcast - Subsidise this: Fraud scandal delivers new blow to Greek PM
AgoraAnyone hoping for a calm summer in Greece just had their hopes dashed. A political storm is engulfing Athens, with four government officials already ousted amid a deepening scandal tied to the misuse of EU agricultural funds. At the heart of the storm i...
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