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Govt faces pushback from food service sector over re-opening rules
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis is trying to broaden the political agenda to non-pandemic related issues. He has announced... era. Mitsotakis has invited all political leaders to join him in the plaque’s unveiling in central... to the party or the radical/extreme left. SYRIZA has always denied any connection to the incident
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ND hopes economy will pick up as second stage of lockdown easing begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the coronavirus crisis on households but also limiting the public finances that the government has to make... Staikouras have already made it clear to the public that the government has limited financial.... The monitoring will be much lighter than Greece has been used to during its MoUs and the enhanced
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Newsletter 251 -22/05/2020
Democracy leading SYRIZA by 19.7 percent, confirming previous findings that the governing party has... surcharges. The report acknowledges that the pandemic has altered the social economic reality... concludes that given the extraordinary circumstances Greece has done enough to meet its reform
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Economic relief eyed as Greece launches fourth round of lockdown easing
PoliticsGreek Politics) is among those that has expressed reservations about the extent to which the government’s support... close, which puts 250,000 jobs at risk. The industry association has brought to the attention... Ministry argues that it has exhausted most of the fiscal space available for the time being and will now
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Haftar defeats prompt Athens to take fresh look at Libya crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyby Turkey has scored some victories over Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, are causing concern in Athens... what is going on in Libya, whose future has become unpredictable. The Greek side turned to Marshall... he has made regarding this matter, but he has also acknowledged that the situation in Libya
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NBG results show net profits of 409 mln euros on strong trading income in Q1
EconomyBanking. This includes energy, manufacturing, markets and health. As mentioned, the bank has taken front... solely to coronavirus issues. The bank also noted that it has rolled out payment moratoria measures... billion in loan balances. It has also participated in all government Covid 19 support schemes, including
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Greece issues new 10 yr bond as investor appetite returns
Economyof Tuesday’s issue. The yield achieved in the new 2030 GGB is the lowest that Greece has achieved... and cover funding needs to support the economy after the pandemic crisis which has led to an overall... Tuesday’s transaction that takes the issues to date at 7.5 billion euros, the PDMA has essentially
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Leaders clash over economy as PM looks on bright side of Eurogroup assessment
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs it has been for the past few weeks, the economy proved to be the main political battleground... Mitsotakis. “That is our main philosophical difference,” he added, repeating a theme that New Democracy has... to supporting the recovery.” “The support of the EU and the trust that Greece has gained in Europe
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Newsletter 254 -19/06/2020
the economy has fully reopened after the lockdown and “at a time of the PM’s choosing”. Asked about...” transformation. Government officials believe that the present model of government has been successful... introduced by Mitsotakis last year, and which, he argued, has allowed the government to quickly identify
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Wages index up by 0.8 pct in Q1 2020
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT) figures revealed on Tuesday. The annual index has returned to positive territory..., the index has been above the 100-point mark since Q1 of 2017, equal to 12 consecutive quarters. It has also... in the previous quarter. Since its peak, the index has declined by a quarter on the back
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