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PM rallies supporters to polls as abstention looms large
PoliticsGreek Politicsclearing the entry bar of 3 pct, and New Left on the cusp of securing a seat, which would potentially... to eight or nine by preventing the smaller parties from reaching the threshold. In order to do this, he
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
the weekend to bar Stefanos Kasselakis from being able to stand again for the presidency... disinformation around issues such as migration, foreign policy and law and order to generate support among
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ND courts voters with hardline migration bill as pressure grows over farming subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsto bar entry to third country citizens they consider to be a threat to public order and national
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Mitsotakis defends his record against backdrop of tough migration package
PoliticsGreek Politicsmigration flows did not meet the high bar set in international law for the suspension of human rights... SYRIZA leader in order to undermine Mitsotakis. Tsipras dismissed the attack in a written statement
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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing government sources and appears a logical goal in the wa...
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup Working Group held on Monday failed to narrow the differences on the fiscal gap foreseen by the Greek authorities, the European institutions and the IMF. Thus, the date of the mission chiefs’ return to Athens still remains unidentified and...
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Producer prices rise marginally by 0.1 pct YoY as all components bar energy increase
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) had a marginal rise in November, with an increase of 0.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a decrease of 1.4 percent in October, ELSTAT data showed on Tuesday. This was the first positive reading after four consecutiv...
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
EconomyOn top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of l...
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Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe use of face masks for debates in Parliament became compulsory on Wednesday as Greek authorities try to re-instill a sense of caution in the public after seeing the number of coronavirus cases rise significantly this week. The decision to make MPs an...
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Sowing the seeds of anomie in Greece
Agoraof the contracts were submitted to the Athens Bar Association even after he joined the cabinet..., bar some isolated cases such as ex-Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos and former Thessaloniki
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