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ND walks tightrope with 2022 budget, looks for answer to inflation
PoliticsGreek Politicsare that growth expectations for 2022 will be trimmed. The forecast in the MTFS was 6.2, but has... accused of being too quick to opt for belt-tightening before Greece has fully overcome the effects.... The government has already committed to subsidising electricity and gas bills, on top of the annual heating oil
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Mood sours as Greece and Turkey head for new round of exploratory talks
PoliticsForeign Policystatement said. Turkey has also raised the issue of de-militarisation of Greece’s eastern Aegean islands... sources observe that following a calm summer Turkey has returned to provocation and tension.... In fact, SYRIZA has already raised two objections over the agreement. The first refers to the extent
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SYRIZA attempts to corner ND with media influence inquiry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMain opposition party SYRIZA has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the New Democracy... announcement that ND and Mitsotakis repeatedly used taxpayer money to manipulate public opinion. While ND has... been reluctant in the past to join similar initiatives, that has led commentators to start talking
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Government and citizens in Montenegro: Turning a deaf ear to warnings, measures and responsibility
Agoramany days have passed since revaccination, that he/she has a negative PCR test not older than 72... Affairs, as confirmed by a source for ResPublica, has so far not received any reports regarding forged... research, having in mind the virus has been present for a year and a half. In return, we received orders
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Economic sentiment picks up again in Oct but consumer confidence drops for fifth month
EconomyMacroeconomy, recovering from 90.7 points in January. Since the start of the year, the ESI has increased by 20.6... of the year. Consumer confidence has been falling since the previous high in May, when it stood at -22.2... in the previous month. Since the start of the year, the EEI has risen by 10 points. Industry confidence
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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek Politicsoccupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce... by the events which took place in the western suburbs of Athens last week, the announcement has been... The debate over the days following the incident has highlighted contrasting approaches to policing
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Govt targets unvaccinated with new Covid restrictions, drawing more claims of muddled approach
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has decided to respond to the latest Covid wave by tightening restrictions... the vaccinated. The official government line has been to put moral pressure on the unvaccinated once it became... used by government officials with regard to Greeks who have yet to get the jab has started
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PM makes new bid to address Covid wave, speculation about restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the public administration, to revert to teleworking wherever possible. The government has been..., pushing the percentage of the general population that has had at least one jab up to 63.9 pct, while.... There has also been speculation that an ulterior motive for Mitsotakis’s speech is to quell
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Tsipras makes pre-emptive peace offering to next KINAL leader ahead of final vote
PoliticsGreek Politicshas made an indirect appeal to the centre-left party’s next head to focus on attacking... to any kind of alliance with SYRIZA, while the fact that he is younger than Tsipras and has not had... with Greece’s creditors. Speaking in Ioannina on Thursday, Tsipras argued that SYRIZA has no enemies
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Newsletter 320 - 10/12/2021
they hope will be fresh policies and relevance. The high level of engagement in the leadership race has been... party from PASOK in the last two major electoral contests. Publicly at least, New Democracy has... on the results, Minister of State Akis Skertsos argued that SYRIZA has stagnated and turned backwards
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