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  1. Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the 51 ministers sworn in on Tuesday are more than the small, flexible team many expected, the 21 mostly... than a technocrat, he can boast that the November 17 terrorist organisation was arrested under his

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  2. Building permits increase by 14.6 pct in April
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by 1,478 permits. However, the total for the year is roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. The most

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  3. Fiscal targets and tax cuts on agenda as Staikouras meets Regling
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    cut legislated by the previous government, may be sacrificed to avoid the fiscal gap of more than 1... than rely on high surpluses. Stournaras also announced that capital controls would be lifted soon

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  4. Lenders urge new government to meet fiscal targets as Athens issues 7-year bond
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    EconomyProgramme

    Democracy wants to adopt a different policy mix than SYRIZA. After meeting Finance Minister Christos... than 3.5 percent. The result of this first round of exchanges between New Democracy

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  5. Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    will stand unopposed. Should Tsipras win, it will give him an even stronger mandate than SYRIZA’s better than expected result in the national elections to shape the party as he sees fit. It seems certain

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  6. New Democracy tax pledges put spotlight on available fiscal space
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    EconomyProgramme

    will lead to the state taking in 700 to 800 million euros less than previously expected. Another..., this is not a criticism of the government. The government is in place now for a bit more than a week only

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  7. New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and placed under the leadership of general directors from within the civil service, rather than... the general directors appointed by the previous government. The general directors, rather than ministers

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  8. New government aims for extensive changes to education system
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    Society

    education system was plagued by a culture of low effort and the penalisation rather than rewarding... in which a student must finish their course. The creation of courses in languages other than Greek

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  9. MPs to vote on changes to governing process as opposition hits out at ND
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in Parliament will be more politically charged than last week’s vote on the tax bill, which the main opposition... the political clash is likely to be more intense than it has been since the elections in July.

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  10. Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts

    EconomyProgramme

    growth rates than those when they came in office. On the economic front, a stable tax regime... billion euros and carries an interest of more than 5 percent. The health of the banking system

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