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SYRIZA targets middle class with own plan for post-pandemic economic rebound
PoliticsGreek Politicseconomic crisis when the pandemic hit, SYRIZA has presented a range of relief proposals, including debt... in overdue debt to the state and pension funds that has built up since the start of the pandemic.... Beyond that, given that the speculation about snap elections later this year has not died down
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ND courts youth vote with targeted pandemic relief, recovery schemes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been good news and bad for New Democracy this week, as the latest polling figures show...’s 24.5 pct, with third party KINAL trailing at 7 pct. Mitsotakis has gained a percentage point... “neither of the two”. The figures suggest that ND have arrested the slow decline which has been
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Vaccination weak spots still a concern as govt aims for better summer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has assured an international audience that the Covid-19 situation in Greece will be much better over the coming months even though there has not been a significant... the online platform has been open for several weeks to these groups, who are also at higher risk from
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Move to legislate on climate change offers opening to bolster environmental laws
PoliticsGreek Politicsinstance has been flagged up as a possible violation of the rights of vulnerable women and children. The government has promoted the legislation as a modernisation of family law which puts the child’s... for parenting to be shared on an equal basis. However, Amnesty International has called the change a potential
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Vote on child custody bill reveals rifts within ND, KINAL
PoliticsGreek Politics, as well as all over-18s in the islands, healthcare workers and teachers. The government has set a target.... The top country, Malta, has administered more than twice that number, at 102 per 100 adults, while Hungary in second place has administered just under 88 doses per 100 adults. The authorities
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Govt on alert for possible fallout from tapering of pandemic relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it has offered Greek businesses since the beginning of the pandemic. New Democracy officials.... This issue has also been the subject of much speculation in the local media. It is a worry shared... has repeatedly blasted as being too timid, is still the subject of some debate. According to a report
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Launch of new insolvency process may carry political significance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis as the most comprehensive scheme there has ever been to settle debts, not just arrears, over... impact but growing private debt has been a problem in Greece for more than a decade. The total owed... in the months ahead as the opposition tries to convince voters that New Democracy has little interest
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Creditors give thumbs up for 10th post-MoU review, underline pandemic legacy
EconomyProgrammein the summer of 2018. The institutions conclude that Greece has taken the steps required to achieve... of the Hercules APS, which has helped banks to reduce their NPEs through securitisations, is also welcomed. Other... to mitigate its social and economic impact. The debt sustainability analysis has incorporated the updated
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Govt on defensive over property tax tweaks and labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politics. It only has to look at the last decade to see how its predecessors suffered politically as a result... instalments, from the current six. The minimum monthly payment will be 50 euros. SYRIZA has countered... has managed to create a rare moment of unity among the opposition parties as SYRIZA, KINAL, MeRA25
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PM looking to build on RRF approval to augment profile as moderniser
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission has indicated that it expects 1 percent of GDP to be added this year, 2 percent next year and 2.5... with middle-aged and, particularly, older voters, while SYRIZA has more appeal among young Greeks, convincing the electorate that the left-wing party has nothing new to offer is a key part of the centre
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