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Govt treads carefully on economic relief measures, hoping normality is near
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a surplus next year. Also, given that this is a measure that has not been adopted for bigger European... million euros. Together with the measures already announced to subsidise energy bills, the government has... to the fiscal limitations since Greece has to return to producing primary surpluses from next year
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PM lines up talks with farmers, faces questions over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis has been called to Parliament by PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis to answer questions... subsidies and compensation that has led to farmers ramping up their protests over the last few days... concessions on farming fuel tax and electricity subsidies, according to reports. The fact that the PM has
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Greeks' working hours among highest in EU, annual leave below average
SocietyAn annual review for the working rights of workers in the European Union has found a divergence..., and work-related education and training. The report also looked at how many days of annual leave workers... take the measures necessary to ensure that every worker is entitled to paid annual leave
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politics. The completion of the review, though, is just one piece of the Greek jigsaw that has to fall into place over... and 2015 and what form further debt relief might take. Our Q&A attempts to answer the key questions....” The troika has fully adopted the OECD’s recommendations and made it clear to the Greek government
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
wants to show that it has completed the legislative process without any major interventions from... Commission has indicated that it is happy to consider the automatic mechanism. This has encouraged Athens, as has the apparent support for its position from the European Parliament (from the social
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Mitsotakis rules out another lockdown, dismisses criticism of new Covid measures
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitically controversial aspect of the new measures has been the exemption of churches from... that would bring closures in the absence of new support measures and furlough schemes. The government has... minister argued that the availability of vaccines has radically downgraded the public health threat
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No victory, just plenty of misery
AgoraIt has become evident over the last few weeks that the eurozone’s pro-austerity camp is trying... for the derailment, the conditionality the country has been forced to implement since 2010 has also had a damaging... also bear the responsibility for the economic devastation and social deterioration Greece has
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IMF comments, blog leave no doubt credible debt relief has to be agreed soon
EconomyProgrammereforms and credible measures, while last May’s Eurogroup decisions on medium-term debt relief measures are still considered by the IMF as rather vague. “Pretending that unpayable debts can be repaid... Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s statement on Monday, medium-term debt relief measures will be discussed after
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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
PoliticsForeign Policyweek has provided Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu with the perfect opportunity to extend... official to visit Turkey following the recent general elections, even though the new government has... visit until after November 28. However, the Prime Minister’s office has insisted that Tsipras
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PM takes central role as fires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicsany lives. The authorities’ inability to bring several large blazes close to Athens under control has... that more money has been made available to municipalities this year – 25 million euros compared... the last couple of days, the role of local authorities has been highlighted, perhaps encouraging viewers
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