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PM unveils 'Greece 2.0' plan to use EU recovery funds, transform economy
Economy, which the government has called “Greece 2.0”, includes around 170 investment projects and reforms... alone, which subsidises energy efficiency upgrades for households, has been earmarked to receive... been earmarked for this pillar – though the government has stated that many of the digital objectives
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Mitsotakis defends pandemic handling, denies snap election plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs opposition criticism mounts on all fronts, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has offered... he has offered to date. However, Mitsotakis was perhaps less convincing in addressing criticisms... healthcare crisis has clearly tarnished the government narrative of unqualified success emerging from
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyelectoral defeat in 2009, Karamanlis has rarely intervened in any political issue or major crisis. Even... in Madrid in June 1997 as the government recognised that Turkey has legal, vital interests... of “vital interests and concerns in the Aegean Sea” is one point that has always provoked conflicts between
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Political wrangling instead of vaccines
Agoraoutcry caused by this statement settled down, Novalić publicly invited everyone who has an idea.... Criminal charges against officials Bakir Nakaš from Sarajevo, a retired doctor of medicine, has..., be they domestic or foreign nationals, Serbia has made a commendable move. Lacking vaccines even
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Govt forced to back down over Easter travel, turns focus to May re-opening
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has abandoned tentative plans to allow Greeks to travel to their ancestral villages... that Greece has started to welcome visitors from some countries when Greeks are restricted to their regions... leading the decision-making process. The opposition party has doubled down on its persistent calls
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PM targets middle class voters as he eyes return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration and its political opponents. SYRIZA has already made it clear that it sees the proposals... ahead of a nationwide protest on May 6, against what SYRIZA has labelled as changes to labour..., the figure has fallen to 51% from 53% last month. The government’s ratings are particularly low
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FinMin sees favourable macro environment from next year, boosted by RRF
EconomyMacroeconomyAs part of the wider effort to change the narrative that has often brought the government.... The government has set out five main objectives over the next couple of years with the primary goal being... main policy agenda of lower taxation and deregulation that has come largely to a halt due
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Greece draws another 3 bln from bond markets as debt strategy continues at pace
Economyhas ever achieved, across the yield curve. The initial pricing thoughts were for Mid Swaps + 55 basis.... With the completion of this transaction, Greece has managed to draw 9 billion euros from international markets, after.... This means it has achieved three quarters of its debt strategy for the year, even if the final amount
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Tussle over labour reforms shaping up as spark for broader political battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsdivisions and show whether New Democracy has a progressive vision for Greece’s future are the issues... and that the Mitsotakis administration has not understood that the climate crisis, pandemic and civil rights movements... across is that opinion polls have consistently shown that the Greek public has little appetite to hear
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PM warns Covid threat remains as 'wall of immunity' still being built
PoliticsGreek Politicsso far, it has not built up herd immunity from infections, meaning that around 80% of the adult... admitted that Greece has not yet built the “wall of immunity” it would like even though it is now... that there is an abuse of the greater freedom that has been given to citizens and businesses, jeopardising
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