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Tsipras advertises launch of rent subsidy scheme in latest voter-friendly initiative
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL). Significantly, the failure of these parties to enter into Parliament means that the threshold which New Democracy needs to reach in order to have a clear majority would fall. Public Issue
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Amid hiring controversy, ND focusses on new round of tax cuts in latest bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor businesses, which was due to fall to 300 euros from 500. Instead, it will remain at its current... of the appointees, an 80-year old former Independent Greeks (ANEL) candidate, resigned on Tuesday after
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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires
PoliticsGreek Politics. Greece’s existing ID cards fall below the standards set by EU directive, and the process to replace.... ND had used the same figures to attack the SYRIZA-ANEL government on the eve of the 2019 elections
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Tsipras and Kammenos ready to call time on coalition after agreeing Friday meeting
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the official separation between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL), paving the way for the prime minister... that the four-year alliance between SYRIZA and ANEL was due to come to a messy and acrimonious end. Tsipras... divorce so that SYRIZA and ANEL do not emerge scathed from their alliance as the next national elections
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Tsipras keeps bailout issues in safe hands but fails to inspire with new cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsaimed at improving the level of governance. Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos remains.... However, the appointment of ANEL lawmaker Dimitris Kammenos as deputy transport minister in particular... is in the government. It is clear that Tsipras believes this generosity to Kammenos in the handing out of government
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Blueprint for election battle laid out in Parliament debate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), which opposes the deal, will try to bring down the government before a vote takes place or after MPs have had their say. ANEL leader Panos Kammenos continued to display... of handing Macedonian nationality and language to Greece’s neighbouring country. In his comments
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agora, the coalition picked a fight with Skai TV and radio (ending up in SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... government in 2007 after devastating wildfires) would suffice. Unbelievably, the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition has... through the prism of political favours (handing out jobs to friends and family) or as an easy source
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Tsipras to get election campaign underway as parties target middle class voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe weekend when SYRIZA’s former coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) announced it will not compete... that stuck with Panos Kammenos’s party on May 26. ANEL’s absence from the electoral contest came... party, on the other hand, is aiming to increase its backing towards 40 percent, handing Kyriakos
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Agreement creates array of political challenges for Tsipras, who must move fast
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), on Monday afternoon. Both parties’ parliamentary groups are due to gather on Tuesday morning to assess the content of the agreement. There are a number of demands which SYRIZA and/or ANEL..., which was one of the laws SYRIZA insisted on not changing. Tsipras has also been warned that he
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General govt primary cash surplus expands to 3.3 bln at end-June, arrears rise to 7.2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus expanded considerably to 3.33 billion euros in the first half of 2016 from just 245 million in the corresponding period last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin showed on Thursday. The subst...
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