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Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
PoliticsGreek Politics. The former member of the ultranationalist LAOS party was a useful ally for Mitsotakis in terms of his... train crash and its fallout. Mitsotakis seems to be running out of road in terms of trying... Stratakos, all announced on Friday that they were stepping down from their roles after becoming
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agora, there is a discussion about the terms under which it is exiting and how they compare to the conditions that were... to normality for Greece during a visit to Athens. Even in political tactical terms, it seems odd... tax rates and investment spending if targets were beaten. All crisis governments had first-hand
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Contraction of 0.1 pct in Q4 sees 2018 GDP fall slightly below target at 1.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin real terms (190.8 billion euros versus 187.2 billion euros) and fell short of the Ministry of Finance... by 7.5 percent, meaning that the initial figures for 2018 have beaten this estimate. Imports of goods... terms while public consumption fell by 2.5 percent across the year. Investments As noted previously
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... to hold the police, which has a chequered history in terms of excessive use of force and abuse of power... for its policies and actions in most areas, apart from the refugee issue. In terms of the overall
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
not seeing out their four-year terms. The last time a Greek administration stayed in power for its full term... was beaten again. Despite the economy entering recession, Greece being monitored for its oversized public
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The men who would be prime ministers
Agoratheir four-year terms. The last time a Greek administration stayed in power for its full term was in 1989... 2004. He was undeterred by the fact that when the snap polls came in 2007 his party was beaten again
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis cheer Macron win, hope to benefit
PoliticsGreek Politicshopes. Tsipras tweeted shortly after it emerged that Macron had beaten far-right rival Marine Le Pen... is that if the would-be French president does make a difference in terms of the discussions regarding Greece
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