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PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsservants that will be rolled out from 2024, extending the reduced VAT rate for transport, coffee... also be made available. Political message Bearing in mind the buffeting his government has taken over the last few weeks due to the surveillance scandal, which has suppressed New Democracy’s poll
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
of the presidential vote has two distinct advantages. By holding the ballots on December 17, 23 and 29, rather than... two, if not all, of these sources if it is to elect a president. The government has 155 MPs... that the HFSF capital buffer – the unused amount of the fund’s total capital of 49.7 billion that has
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Newsletter 268 -09/10/2020
right-hand man, Takis Baltakos, holding secret talks with Golden Dawn MPs. An ugly chapter... by an expert committee following recommendations from the Council of Europe, and that ND has already made... of 0.6 pct and employment will drop by 4.7 pct, taking the unemployment rate up to 18.6 pct
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Talk of refugee returns adds to stretched Greece's anxiety
PoliticsForeign Policyregulations. Germany has not returned refugees to Greece since 2011. Clearly, the prospect of refugees... of the hotspots there is set at just under 7,500. This has led to increasing unrest at the camps... than 50. The increase in arrivals coupled with the slow rate at which refugees are leaving
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Newsletter 119 - 19/05/2017
MPs to support the multi-bill, the measures adopted are deeply unpopular and that this has already.... Athens is still holding out hope that the lenders, particularly Germany and the International Monetary.... The government still has its eye on joining the QE programme as soon as possible despite the comments from ECB
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Newsletter 240 -21/02/2020
of attempted cover-ups and efforts to interfere with the course of justice. The latest flare-up has been... long called for the identity of the whistle-blowers to be made public. SYRIZA has focussed on the new... of euros for overpriced drugs. The affair has turned into a two-pronged battle over the effort
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Govt looks to tweak relief in anticipation of record Covid infections, new inflation high
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday, and just under 10,000 on Tuesday. The government is holding firm on its decision... Nikos Filis argued instead on Monday that it highlighted how poor testing in the community has been over the previous period. Other commentators have noted, however, that the positivity rate among
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OECD report underlines sobering reality of economic recovery
EconomyMacroeconomyat the Paris-based think-tank a few days ago. The report has limitations as the latest available data... the 2010 levels, highlighting that no ground has been recovered since the debt crisis as an already... authorities is the metric that compares the movement between 2019 and 2022, with Greece holding
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Govt waiting for arrival of vaccine to deliver some Covid-19 relief
PoliticsGreek Politicswill mark the beginning of the end for its coronavirus saga, which has drained New Democracy’s governing... is expected to receive a first delivery of 300,000 vaccines on December 26. There has been speculation... the jab on December 28 along with his wife, but this was not confirmed by his office. President
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Cabinet reshuffle and Covid-19 strategy dominate agenda for start of 2021
PoliticsGreek Politics, which has been an issue that has troubled Mitsotakis in recent months. Nevertheless, it appears... as just a few thousand Greeks have received the jab. The government believes that if there is less... the local authorities will have to consider in the days ahead. SYRIZA has called for teachers
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