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  1. PM prepares to defend inflation fight against backdrop of political gridlock
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to respond in Parliament this Friday to opposition questions about the measures the government is taking to tackle inflation, which remains a top concern for voters. The debate is being held in the wake of two n...

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  2. The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context

    EconomyFeatures

    PENSIONS MASSACRE”. Projected on the backdrop, a dense table of numbers several columns wide defies... the poverty threshold (defined as 60 percent of the median income) than all other employment categories... that living standards have worsened for everyone. The poverty threshold has falling as the median income

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  3. Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings... to eke out the extra votes that would push the party over the 3 percent threshold for entering

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  4. Mitsotakis sworn in as prime minister as attention turns to Cabinet picks

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    Dendias are tipped to return to former posts at the Labour and Interior Ministries respectively... the Interior Ministry. Chrisochoidis appointed the ministry under former Prime Minister George... Dawn party failed to cross the 3% threshold necessary to elect MPs, falling just short with 2.93

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  5. Mitsotakis starts second term, prepares to name cabinet and launch reforms amid far-right rise

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    with responsibility of overseeing the government’s role in Parliament. Former Interior Minister Makis Voridis... to Education, which Niki Kerameus will leave to take over as the new interior minister. Former Citizens... in a 1,000-euro increase in the tax-free threshold for couples with children. The new, eight-party

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  6. Greek gg primary cash surplus at 2.2 bln in 2014, arrears down to 3.75 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Greek general government (gg) primary cash balance showed a surplus of 2.18 billion euros in 2014 from deficit of 884 million in 2013, according to the gg bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Friday. However, the end-year figure of 2.18 billion euros was 1.5 billion lower than

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  7. Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
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    sector was 884 euros in 2016 compared to 1,054 euros in 2008. In the public sector, despite falling

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  8. NBG 2024 profits at 1.16 bln, commision income up 12 pct at 427 mln
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    EconomyBanking

    Income (PPI) stood at 1.9 billion, up by 5 percent annually. Operating expenses in 2024 were 884 million

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  9. OPEKEPE scandal dogs PM as speculation about next elections intensifies
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on from this issue. Against this backdrop, chatter about the next elections, including their timing... Mitsotakis might consider a change to the electoral law, raising the threshold for party’s to enter... and, in the process, lower the threshold that the winning party would need to reach to gain an outright majority

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  10. Moody's sees 1.2 pct growth in Greece next year but highlights political risk

    Economy

    of the year against a backdrop of delayed official sector disbursements. Commenting... threshold and the coalition government’s presently slim majority in parliament, the ratings agency

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