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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to pick up votes ahead of the next elections. While the conservatives have primarily done... policy making) and the Prespes Agreement (which opened up some clear fault lines in Greek society... authorities have not found direct evidence linking any of the 10 to bribery, it appears that up to two
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicsexamined. Also, the government is said to be speeding up the process for submitting to Parliament the legislation that foresees the settling of unpaid taxes and contributions in up to 120 monthly... from his unruly minister but also to open up the discussion to touch on other issues, including
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Tsipras to get election campaign underway as parties target middle class voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Parliament to be dissolved and elections to be called for July 7. He will follow this up by unveiling... cancelled. In total, these interventions would have benefited SME owners and the self-employed by up... pick up votes that went to ultra-nationalist newcomer Greek Solution (Elliniki Lysi) in the European
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Conflict over Competition Commission also a clash of narratives for ND, SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat prevents anyone who has served in the cabinet or as a government adviser from taking up a position... Commission and accused New Democracy of targeting her. SYRIZA has said it will take the case up.... New Democracy wants to show voters that it is cleaning up the public administration and Greece’s
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsas “a silent vacuum cleaner” which will gradually “suck up all the garbage in (the central Athens... the police with “cleaning up Exarchia” which is routinely described by New Democracy politicians and friendly media as a no-go area. For their supporters, the clean-up campaign has personal significance
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 59.4 mln in Q2, NPE sales worth 3.7 bln planned for remainder of year
EconomyBankingcredit card usage mainly due to tourism, a pick-up of new loan disbursements and a higher contribution... for Eurosystem funding is made up fully of European Central Bank funding. As of Q2, ECB funding rose by 1..., transportation and tourism. The bank said that new financing was expected to pick up pace in the second
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ND promotes positive narrative abroad, away from inquiry clash at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government will move ahead with the Asset Protection Scheme (APS) designed to remove up...) is also being lined up. It appears that the Latsis Group has decided to hold on to the 45.5 percent... than the expected 1.9 percent this year and could even reach up to 3 percent in 2020. He also
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ND sees budget as evidence of pledges being kept, SYRIZA highlights flaws
PoliticsGreek Politicsintends to live up to the promises it has made to voters. The economic plan includes tax relief... political goal of showing that it intends to live up to its tax cut promises and not risk a fiscal... party also criticised the government for not taking up its proposal to use money for the cash buffer
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Mitsotakis aims to cultivate Chinese investment, trade opportunities
PoliticsGreek Politicsto promote the new government’s approach to potential investors, while also talking up the potential... by Kathimerini backs up its claim that the original investigation was not an attempt to frame its... that this shows there was an effort to cook up the claims against former ministers. SYRIZA says
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Mitsotakis shifts focus to tax plan, investment, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsstressed that the government has tightened up the asylum procedure with the latest legislative change, is creating closed centres and will step up control of Greece’s borders by hiring 400 more guards... an impact on the number of asylum seekers in Greece as it is designed to speed up the return of those
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