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Government focuses on cost of living and farming as polls confirm strong lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe score board, far-right Greek Solution has overtaken Communist Party KKE to garner 7.8 pct... support, which the government has warned it cannot afford, protection of domestic products from unfair... development bill While attention has focussed on the farmers’ protests and the anniversary of the Tempe
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek Politics, had initially indicated it would back the bill, it has now shifted its position. Perhaps influenced... Nikos Androulakis has indicated that although his party is in favour, in theory, of allowing private... before the gathering, Kasselakis indicated that he now has a free run for the next three years
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ND seeks to change narrative around train crash as MPs deliver inquiry findings
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has the majority of MPs on the inquiry panel, its findings are the ones that will be adopted... the sense of injustice and lack of accountability in connection to this issue has become. It appears.... This is in line with a petition launched by relatives of the victims, which has attracted more
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Great Expectations: Is Greece 2.0 hitting the target?
EconomyFeaturesFunding from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility has been central to shaping expectations..., as well as fuelling the political vision of the ruling New Democracy party, which has promised... programme, Greece has received 7.6 billion euros in grants (just under half of the original
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Waning support in opinion polls generates concern for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion polls, which suggest that the left-wing party has risen back to second spot after slipping... projected support at 34.4 pct, up slightly from 33.9 pct. SYRIZA has enjoyed a significant rise from last month, moving up to 13.4 pct from 11.9 pct. PASOK’s support has edged down from 13.9 pct to 12.5 pct
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Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Tempe for fear of attracting public anger. The strategy followed by the governing party has... days, the chief government spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis, has been framing an argument that organised... to trying to tie Androulakis to To Vima proprietor, shipowner Vangelis Marinakis, the spokesman has
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Government tones down fiscal pledges as tighter framework starts to bite
EconomyMacroeconomy, as the landscape has changed and fiscal policy can no longer be used for the voter-friendly initiatives... has lined up for next year to boost incomes and reduce the tax burden. Hatzidakis unveiled a total... impact of 400 million euros. The government has also pledged to reduce social security contributions
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ND seeks ban on far-right party running in EP elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith just seven weeks left until the European Parliament elections, New Democracy has stepped up.... It emerged on Saturday that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party has submitted to the Supreme Court... participating in the elections. Only the party’s leader, Vassilis Stigas, has been exempted after giving
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ECB study finds Greeks overburdened by housing costs, most likely to miss payments
EconomyThe Greek government has been under pressure on the issue of the intensifying housing crisis... this year has the second highest housing cost to income ratio, with Austria leading the table. In nominal terms, Greece has the lowest housing costs, which are in the region of 400 euros monthly, rising
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Mitsotakis tempers expectations for EP vote, Kasselakis talks up prospects
PoliticsGreek Politicsinsisted that the government has responded to any questions about the matter and accused the centre-left... that he has generated momentum. At the start of this year, SYRIZA had slipped to third place, behind PASOK... party’s popularity has endured despite the wear and tear that comes with being in office for five years
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