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Inaugural 2023 bond attracts strong demand and steep interest
EconomyMacroeconomyof the country’s debt strategy for the year thanks to the high demand. The Public Debt Management... of the ECB’s tight monetary policy as the same transaction of 3 billion euros exactly one year ago... at the start of 2021, when Greece was benefiting from the participation in the ECB’s PEPP pandemic programme
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Political clash brewing over fatal train collision, railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsheavily also on the Prime Minister’s decision regarding the timing of the national elections. The death... the opposition party’s spokeswoman Popi Tsapanidou. She called on the Premier to explain what exactly... candidate in the future. The government has so far focussed on the “human error” element of Tuesday’s
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Industrial production up by 0.5 pct in Jan, electricity supply drops
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) turned marginally positive in January, growing by 0.5... Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday. January’s figure follows four consecutive months.... According to the European Commission’s latest business surveys for February, industry confidence recovered
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Sensing weakened government, opposition pushes back against blame-sharing for rail accident
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto late spring, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is attempting to steer the agenda towards the government’s..., prompting SYRIZA to accuse the PM’s office of orchestrating a cover-up. In a statement, the main... minister’s repeated claim that all political parties share the blame for the accident. On Friday
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PM targets elections in May as polls show outcome is finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis seems to have ended speculation that elections will take place at the end of the government’s... the accident for political reasons and decried opposition leader Alexis Tsipras’s recent visit to Larissa... represented a summation of the government’s recent position, presented in the moderate manner
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Parties give first hint of strategies in reaction to poll announcement
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he plans to go to the polls on May 21. With the ruling party’s lead slashed in the aftermath of the rail crash at Tempe, the country’s political forces are giving their first clear indications about... reiterated New Democracy’s stated intent to win another term outright. In practical terms, this means
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Newsletter 376 - 31/03/2023
between ND and SYRIZA closing to 3.3 pct, with the governing party’s share of the vote falling to 28 pct, against the leftist opposition’s 24.7 pct. PASOK follows with 8 pct, KKE with 5.1 and Greek Solution with 4.6. Both MeRA25 and Ilias Kasidiaris’s Ellines make it into Parliament with 3.8 pct
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SYRIZA sets sights on "progressive coalition" after first ballot
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe leader of Greece’s main opposition party says he is confident that he can pull together... that the instinct of self-preservation would make leaders like MeRA25’s Yanis Varoufakis and PASOK’s Nikos... also outlined SYRIZA’s economic programme, which he said aimed to redress the inequalities resulting
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Mitsotakis, Tsipras criss-cross Greece as support for main parties edges up
PoliticsGreek Politics, such as Crete, where support for SYRIZA and PASOK is strong. SYRIZA’s bid to close the gap on New... following rape allegations. Amid claims that SYRIZA leaked the name of Georgoulis’s alleged victim... by 1 point since last month, while SYRIZA’s backing has risen 0.4 points. PASOK is up by 0.3 points
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Mitsotakis names extensive cabinet with dose of renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicson many ministers who were tried and tested during New Democracy’s first term in office, but also... – State Minister Akis Skertsos, who is also Mitsotakis’s chief of staff, and Culture Minister Lina... to implement in his first term, which sees the PM’s Office heavily involved in most aspects
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