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ND keeps eye on upcoming local elections amid ongoing complaints about wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthrough the Dadia forest, proved less an assessment of what had gone wrong with this year’s fire... personnel, and absence of any concrete plan to improve Greece’s fire prevention capabilities. It appears... thanks for the work they have done, alongside the fire service, police and army to tackle the Dadia
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Clash with seasonal firefighters and new wiretapping report reopen old wounds for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics, saying that representatives of the seasonal firefighters had held meetings with ministry and fire... to be hired for six months. New Democracy also defended its record in terms of fire service hirings, claiming... the seasonal firefighters, including awarding extra credits for previous time served in the fire
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Firefighting capabilities beefed up as blazes and water shortages weigh on government
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis unveiled the delivery of 164 new vehicles for Greece’s fire service. The upgrade..., the authorities also have 18,000 full-time and seasonal firefighters at their disposal. Although the fire service... Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), almost 8,500 hectares had been burnt by July 15, which
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Covid worries bring more wear and tear for govt, but no momentum for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicswith further criticism of the government’s plan to introduce free, mass self-testing for Covid-19. The plan, revealed a few days ago, to distribute free rapid test home kits through pharmacies had already... by the overall support for the parties in the Metron Analysis poll. Backing for New Democracy
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Newsletter 465 - 06/06/2025
Ministry officials have been estimating that the new escape clause regime will free up some 500 million... might increase the tax-free threshold, introduce an intermediate tax rate and up the level of the 40... polling reveals a stark shift. According to an MRB survey, ND’s backing among the 17-24 demographic
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
and To Potami, which are all backing the “yes” campaign to unite. But they would still need close to 50 more MPs. Only a split within SYRIZA would free up such a large block of votes, as the party is unlikely to en masse favour being part of a national emergency government. The other possibility
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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
. The remaining 29 percent would be free floated in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). The state would also hold... to suspend Greece’s membership from the passport-free travel area known as the Schengen zone. Such new exit... and Tzitzikostas is representative of deeper divisions within the party. Meimarakis appears to have the backing
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Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsfeet on the night of the ballot. A late change to the tax-free threshold, which meant the government.... The amendment submitted on Saturday means that the initial tax-free threshold of 9,090 euros... MPs backing the legislation. No major surprises were expected going into the vote. Despite
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
, such as when the reduction of the tax-free threshold will be implemented, will have to be tackled... in 2019 and 1 percent of GDP to be raised from reducing the tax-free threshold for incomes in 2020... as reward for this backing. Kouvelis takes the position of Dimitris Vitsas, a SYRIZA veteran, who was moved
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ND sees budget as evidence of pledges being kept, SYRIZA highlights flaws
PoliticsGreek Politicsof their income by card or electronically in order to qualify for the tax-free threshold. It remains... transactions cancels out the tax-free threshold for low-income taxpayers as once rent/mortgage payments...) being forced to defend themselves in Parliament, the party is backing Papangelopoulos and will vote
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