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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
reported another record high in daily cases (8,613), which was more than 3,000 higher than the number recorded at the start of this month. The week ended with more than 500 Covid patients being treated... by critics as an expression of the PM’s disdain for the media, while others saw in it the harried
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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
escalating popularity, more than doubling its share of voting intentions since October. During the same... for population, Greece is currently reporting more than twice as many deaths as the EU average. PM... into February. This means the government has committed more than 2 billion euros to help consumers pay
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Newsletter 332 - 18/03/2022
SYRIZA accused Mitsotakis of being too concerned with managing public perceptions rather than... that since the start of the pandemic in Greece more than 16,500 people have died after contracting... over the last few quarters, which saw the stock of main pensions applications drop from the high
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... an earlier move since a longer-than-usual election period was necessary. Also, if the second, and decisive... recently saw strong turnouts for internal voting procedures and Mitsotakis may have seen this as a warning
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the fact that actor and director Dimitris Lignadis saw his 12-year sentence for raping minors suspended... voters, especially centrists, that despite what the PM may claim, ND is much further to the right than... that the right-wing of ND controls the party, rather than the moderate, reformist faction led by Mitsotakis
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Newsletter 373 - 10/03/2023
. Adopting a notably more contrite tone than that with which the government had greeted the grim news... up inflicting more damage on the government than previous disasters or scandals. ND has decided... image than on addressing the realities of the transport network. In the weeks and months before
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Economic sentiment improves marginally in Aug, consumer confidence takes 7-point tumble
EconomyMacroeconomyearly 2022. It is not far off the recent high of more than 114 points seen in February 2022, before... unchanged at 115.3 points in August, after a sharp drop of more than 8 points in July. The EEI is up.... Since September last year, industry confidence has risen by 6.5 points. The services index saw
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Newsletter 392 - 08/09/2023
arrived while the wildfire in Evros, which had been burning for more than two weeks, was still... of ELSAT each month, rising in Q2 by only 0.1 pct YoY, while import growth also saw a modest rise... policies, which pushed up interest rates by more than 400 basis points, it is estimated that one more
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Insurgent campaign from Kasselakis puts shock SYRIZA leadership win in touching distance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 40,000 people signed up to become new SYRIZA members on the day of the vote. Although these numbers are lower than those seen in recent New Democracy and PASOK leadership ballots, they are higher than anyone at SYRIZA, a party with a small membership base, expected. It is thought that a lot
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics-off ballot, which was held because no candidate gained more than 43 pct in the first round... Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis in the second round, even though the ND-backed candidate was less than... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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