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SYRIZA's coalition options scrutinised as Tsipras remains focussed on first place
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat will come into play is how well PASOK performs and what share of the total vote a SYRIZA+PASOK... seats, has taken place. Tsipras set out his position again in a speech to SYRIZA members living... the positions taken by the opposition chief and his party’s officials, it is perhaps to be expected
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Underlining stress on Greek society, suicide rate doubled in first years of economic crisis
Societyof suicide. There was shock this summer when the government revealed that 16 policemen had taken their own
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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut did not indicate what, if any, action would be taken. Public order The government aims.... Panousis said he would introduce neighbourhood policemen and create a national institute for policing
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Government tables amendments with aim of securing bailout tranche within days
EconomyProgrammeof fiscal measures in absolute terms and relative to GDP will be taken into account on a net basis... personnel, policemen, judges and others, in 2017-18 will not apply if fiscal interventions of equal cost
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IMF distances itself from budget talks, leaving Athens and EU to hammer out deal
EconomyProgrammelenders to come to an arrangement over the 2019 budget. The Fund has gradually taken a backseat... to civil servants, including soldiers and policemen, who lost their bonuses in 2012 and later had
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the decisions taken by the undecided voters, which Pulse puts at 7.5 percent. As in other polls...,” said Mitsotakis, who has promised to prioritise the hiring of 1,500 extra policemen. Mitsotakis
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Reports claiming link between spyware and state pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto the surveillance scandal and have already taken testimony from several witnesses, including EYP officers... 10 policemen that were assigned to the unit in Aghia Paraskevi. Kathimerini also reports
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Wealth in Greece plunged by 170 bln since 2007, report finds
Society(58,900) and Slovakia (33,300) are at the low end of the spectrum. In absolute terms, the total... a net wealth of at least 850,200 euros and make up almost 50 percent of total European wealth, while the bottom half of wealth holders own less than 10 percent of Europe’s total wealth. Households
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A closer look at planned laws for unpaid taxes and home foreclosures
EconomyMacroeconomyof total. Of this amount, the Finance Ministry aims to collect revenues of at least one-third or 3... of this category stand at 2.3 billion, making up just 3 percent of the total amount. In contrast, 326,000... billion (97 percent of the total). The upper bracket, including those who owe more than 1 million each
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Pending pensions mount up, complicating fiscal effort
Economyin total on an annual basis, which would rise by another 1.5 billion if retroactive payments.... The latter currently stands at 1.3 billion, while ETEA’s total wealth is estimated at 3 billion. The pending supplementary pensions of ETEA stand at 128,000. In addition, there are a total of 44,200
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