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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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Constitutional changes and Tsipras's leadership under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the last Parliament and New Democracy is hoping to push through its proposal for MPs to hold up to five... was backed up somewhat by an Athens court delivering on Tuesday its verdicts in the trial of 64 defendants... will then seek to back that up with an election involving party members. Following its election defeat
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Mitsotakis keeps cool over white collar crime claims as poll delivers new boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsimmunity from prosecution for suspect loans. He claimed that the government is using this to cover up.... Mitsotakis responded by insisting that banks will still have the right to flag up cases where they think... in the past. “If you insist on this extreme, divisive rhetoric, you will come up against society, which
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeaturescaptures a very thin slice of declared incomes. Up to 2.36 million households with up to one child... terms, the requirement represents an achievable ramp-up from the current requirement of 20 percent... broader promise of a different economic policy mix, will prove up to the task of generating
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