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Coronavirus to delay much of privatisation plan
EconomyFeaturesGreece’s privatisations have stalled under the coronavirus pandemic, with most major privatisations... pushed to 2021. The government’s 2020 budget had forecast that privatisation revenues during the year would settle at 2.4 billion euros. The lion’s share of this, 2.07 billion, was due to come from new
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Parliament re-opens for business amid calls for greater scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsto resume. The government’s pandemic support package will also remain on the agenda, as the Finance... With healthcare largely off the table, the opposition are focussing their criticism of the government’s... the government’s haste to open schools, particularly for younger age groups, while the Communist Party KKE
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Amid lack of communication, overflights add to Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policyas these currently involve large and inhabited Greek islands as well as parts of Greece’s mainland... Ankara’s unwillingness to engage in discussions regarding Confidence Building Measures. Despite Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s claim that Ankara is ready to begin “exploratory” talks, Turkey
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Square reveal puts ND on the spot
PoliticsGreek Politics-right Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis and Prime Minister Kyriakos’s Mitsotakis’s chief of staff Akis... this context, it was no surprise that Thursday night’s unveiling was greeted with derision by the opposition parties, who accused New Democracy of double standards since the mayor’s set-piece event led
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PM set to unveil support package, as ND cements poll lead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis is set to launch the government’s updated pandemic support package in a TV.... With restaurants due to welcome diners back on May 25, and the European Commission’s travel guidance paving a way... awaiting the government’s plan for restarting the economy and particularly the crucial tourism sector
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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greek politicians were involved in corruption provides definitive proof that SYRIZA’s efforts... insisting that ND is making up the claims to detract from its own misdeeds. SYRIZA’s reaction... Democracy’s own “shadow state” has decided to release secrete recordings of Pappas speaking
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Controversy over media campaign rumbles on as further details emerge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDetails of the government’s spending on the Covid-19 public information campaign were released... argued that it “confirms that the government’s aim was the economic strangulation of its critics... during the party’s last term in government. In a private lawsuit, one of the bidders for a broadcast
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Rise in "imported" Covid-19 cases a source of jitters for tourism industry
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the country’s entry points. Three additional visitors tested positive after requesting tests.... The deterioration of the pandemic profile in several of Greece’s northern neighbours has led... from Greece’s Balkan neighbours are expected to hit resort areas in northern Greece particularly hard
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Industrial turnover drops by 30.4 pct in May
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s industrial turnover fell by 30.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in May compared to a drop of 35.4 percent in April, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data published on Monday showed. May’s headline figures represent an improvement on April’s, which was the lowest in the series
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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the governing New Democracy party has led to renewed criticism of the government’s treatment of refugees... wing of Mayor Kostas Bakoyiannis’s ND party, as well more extreme anti-migrant groups acting through...-right party which lost its parliamentary seats in last July’s elections and whose senior leadership
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