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Newsletter 315 - 05/11/2021
to the recent spike, Health Minister Thanos Plevris set out on Tuesday a new set of restrictions aimed... to be seen to be taking back freedoms from the vaccinated. The official government line has been to put... that the package put together to ride out the energy hikes storm until the end of the year
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SYRIZA challenges govt over Covid deaths again as pandemic numbers rise
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to make a televised address on Wednesday to unveil his... for Covid-19 earlier this week, will set out the broad parameters of the latest relief package, which... and 50 deaths on Wednesday), the opposition sense an opportunity to put the spotlight back
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coming months to win the support of voters ahead of the national vote, which now seems set... in September/October abound in the absence of any official explanation. One of the possible reasons put... Ministry can put towards more cost-of-living relief measures, such as an extension of the Fuel Pass
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek Politicsservice, with a meeting of the relevant parliamentary committee set to be followed by a special... the inquiry, set out a number of questions the party wishes to be addressed, including the justification... not and should not respond” on the reasons that Androulakis was put under surveillance. Earlier in the day
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Newsletter 351 - 16/09/2022
reading: “Diligence, continuity, stability”, Mitsotakis set out a total of 21 interventions, one-off... policies. Among the pledges put forward were a social housing scheme, a reformed public pension system... put forward by Mitsotakis and Androulakis over the past few days, the New Democracy leader tried
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy leader set out 5.5 billion euros worth of immediate and longer-term interventions, mainly aimed... leader also put forward a plan to subsidise rents for young Greeks but he also stated his party’s... conditions – Tsipras also set out the resources on which he would draw from in order to fund his latest
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Tsipras pitches SYRIZA election manifesto as basis for progressive coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsset out by the main opposition party consisted of specific actions, as well as bigger legislative initiatives which Tsipras said was designed to boost the economy, strengthen social cohesion and set..., mentioning estimates as high as 83 billion euros. In a recent interview with Skai TV, Tsipras put
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Fires cast growing shadow as new shipwreck probe is announced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament was set to vote on the government’s economic bill on Wednesday in the shadow... measures that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set out on the campaign trail. These include the 150-euro... contributions, the scrapping of the trade tax and other tax cuts. But these have been put on hold
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SYRIZA leadership contest off to slow start, as ND rushes to contain political damage from fires
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe contest to succeed Alexis Tsipras at the helm of SYRIZA looks set to gather momentum... have been slow to set out their stalls, aware that their election will have to run in tandem... for SYRIZA to put forward a convincing argument by bolstering the credibility of its positions
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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsanti-flood works in the area. Although tens of millions of euros were set aside to restore..., which continue to rise at pace despite an overall easing of inflation. While it is too early to put... of Cyclone Ianos in 2020. Then, the government set aside 800 million euros to restore infrastructure
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