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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
tax on bank profits and accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of failing to pull out all... direct, methods of putting pressure on lenders with regard to their practices. It has been reported... debate, which will culminate in a vote on Sunday, by tabling an amendment targeting bank profits
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Government attempts to fight back amid opposition disharmony on Tempe tactics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEach day brings a new development in the Tempe story, which is putting intense pressure... the then Speaker Costas Tassoulas of trying to bury the prosecutor’s file failing to notify MPs of its submission... office is trying to get ahead of events. PASOK fired the opening salvo late on Wednesday by tabling
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Athens waits for move from lenders to get review going
PoliticsGreek Politicspromoted by parties on the political fringes, including Popular Unity and Sailing for Freedom, which were created by SYRIZA rebels. New Democracy is also putting pressure on the government over the issue
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Rivalry between New Democracy and PASOK set for revival
PoliticsGreek Politicsintent on putting as much pressure on PASOK as possible to offer only mild resistance to the government..., behind Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsoubas and Sailing for Freedom supremo Zoi
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Newsletter 423 - 17/05/2024
interest, while criticising New Democracy for putting it on the back burner for the sake of party... 8.5 years of income to be purchased. By 2023, this has jumped to 11 years, putting Athens in par..., SYRIZA has thrown down the gauntlet to New Democracy by tabling in Parliament the three Memoranda
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Newsletter 54 - 04/12/2015
of GDP, putting it marginally above the OECD average of 34.2 percent for the first time. However..., up to the end of October, putting it 2.24 billion short of target. The bulk of this revenue gap... operationally in dealing with the influx of refugees and migrants, for failing to keep pledges when other
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Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
PoliticsGreek Politicsrisked failing the bailout review by the country’s creditors because of the IMF’s insistence... published in UK daily The Guardian about the global lobbying activities of ride-hailing platform Uber... criticised SYRIZA’s attempts while in government to ban Uber and other ride-hailing platforms, accusing
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Ex-minister's jailing a boost for faltering sense of justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was jailed for 20 years on Monday after being found guilty of money laundering. Although the ex-PASOK veteran will serve only a fraction of this sentence, his conviction is notable moment in Greek politics as...
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Episode 9 - Greek economy toiling under pandemic pressure
AgoraIn this episode, we have returned to one of the first topics we covered so can examine how the Greek economy is coping with Covid-19. Our producer, Phoebe Fronista, has been speaking to Constantinos Kouvaras, the area director in Greece for the Bacardi ...
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PM concedes cooperation may be necessary as opinion polls continue to deny outright win
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has hinted that he would be open to cooperation with like-minded forces, putting... putting the conservatives below the threshold for an outright win in national elections... with 23.5 pct, with PASOK trailing at 10.5 pct, followed by Greek Solution with 9.4 pct, Course
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