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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
at 7.01 bln September figure confirmed as missing target by 9.58 billion euros The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus
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Fire fallout casts doubt on Tsipras’s post-MoU strategy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere is speculation that political fallout from the wildfire in Mati, where the death toll... is focusing on illegal construction in Mati, to be conducted. Criticism of the way that authorities... being diverted to Mati, adding to the death toll. Kathimerini newspaper published on Thursday
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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the civil protection authority, seen as one of the major weak points in the response to the Mati fire... of the most contentious points in the case of Mati. The announcement is the latest attempt...). The government also now faces the difficulty of trying to pivot from the sombre issue of the Mati fire to the MoU
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In decision to ally with Independent Greeks, Tsipras takes high risk option
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat New Democracy also subscribes to. Kammenos included Zoe Georganta, the Hellenic Statistical
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Podcast - Greece's year of trying to shake off Covid-19
Agorawith health correspondent Maria-Niki Georganta to discuss what stood out from Greece's experience
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Coalition focuses on relief effort after fires as Mitsotakis holds back on criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsministers with breathing space despite the full horror of what happened in Mati, a seaside resort... authorities, despite questions being asked about whether there was an evacuation plan for Mati... incompetence becomes evident in the days ahead. The tragic events in Mati, though, have definitely
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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on coalition over wildfire deaths
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the accounts of survivors of the Mati fire have more value and are more truthful than the explanations... for the deaths in Mati. One of the survivors has already filed a law suit and other legal action... knows that the muddled handling of the Mati disaster by the government means that he has to simply
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politicson Saturday that this debt settlement scheme would be the last of its kind. Mati measures Tuesday also marked once year since the devastating wildfire at Mati, northeast of Athens, which caused 102 deaths. Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended a memorial service in Mati hours after announcing that some 4,000
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SYRIZA looks back at time in office as it searches for way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout the deal and ensure it received a warmer welcome form the public. The document defends SYRIZA
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Latest lockdown tweaks prompt opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicsa balance between optimism and caution, warning that while warmer weather and the vaccination programme
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