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Floods force Mitsotakis to postpone policy speech amid political fallout from ferry death
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe annual trade fair (TIF) and give the traditional speech on the government’s economic programme...’s mishandling of recent events ranging from wildfires to football hooliganism with a series..., during Mitsotakis’s previous term. Opposition leaders are also focussing their attention on the areas
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PM gathers funds to deal with aftermath of floods as political problem grows more acute
PoliticsGreek Politics, if any, improvements since Mitsotatakis took over in 2019. This undermines the government’s key...’s administration as evidence that things could be much worse than they are now. There is a feeling in the opposition camps that the public’s reaction to this crisis is noticeably different
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Our cruel summer
Agorainto the sea between the dock and the departing ship. Karyotis’s lifeless body was pulled from the water... an extreme event forces us to reevaluate. Karyotis’s appalling death, over which three crew members are facing charges, took an even more disturbing turn when the ship’s master attempted to explain why
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What is driving the Greek housing market's recovery?
EconomyFeaturesWhen it comes to Greek house prices, there’s good news and there’s bad news. On the one hand, some... in 2014. The latest assessment of the property market in the Bank of Greece’s financial stability... and rising material costs have kept a lid on new building projects. What’s more, what construction is taking
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Unpopular tax bill set to become law despite objections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s legislation against tax evasion looks set to clear the final hurdle today in the teeth of strong objections from opposition parties and legal concerns raised by Parliament’s... the government’s failure to identify tax evaders. The parties of the left have also criticised
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Kasselakis sets sights on government over cost of living
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the budget debate in Parliament builds up to Sunday’s vote, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis... are getting poorer; that’s how we got the investment grade.” His comments came as data published... of this increase because of the impact of inflation. November’s CPI may have eased to 3 pct, but prices
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Mitsotakis aims for faster reform process in 2024
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor his government’s performance in 2024 by stating that the pace of change has to increase in the new... of the year last week the government’s plan of action for 2024, which includes 221 reforms... with the government, PASOK and SYRIZA will also be competing with each other ahead of the summer’s European Parliament
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Government pins hopes on new measures to control runaway price hikes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s latest raft of anti-inflation measures designed to tackle prices on supermarket... on supermarket shelves were a tangible measure of the government’s ineffectiveness, noting that food price inflation totalled 27 percent over the last two years. The party’s press spokesman said PM Kyriakos
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PM changes tune on inflation, ready to take further steps
PoliticsGreek Politicswas 3.5 pct in 2023. ELSTAT’s index for food prices was up by 8.9 pct YoY in December, barely changed... being “imported” no longer stands up to scrutiny. Although until recently, the government’s line... and the energy crisis, this position has now been adjusted. In Sunday’s note, Mitsotakis referred
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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe consensus cultivated with opposition parties. New Democracy’s continuing dominance over the political... opposition parties. If the prime minister’s calculations turn out to be correct, the passage... in his socially progressive pronouncements. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus’s attempt to broaden
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