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Newsletter 357 - 04/11/2022
agents and businessmen to set up a spying ring that made use of the Predator spyware. The reports... 1 million euros’ worth of consulting contracts from Hellenic Post, a revelation that resulted... of the year, and rather optimistically just one billion euros is set aside for next year, in hope
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Rise of smaller parties a barrier to decisive result in first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the May 21 elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to set out his policy agenda on Wednesday..., up by 1 point since earlier in the month. Ellines is unchanged, on 3 pct. On Thursday, former... of undecided voters according to the way they are currently leaning, as set out in the latest survey
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsand opposition are preparing for two key set-piece events in the coming days, which they hope will revive... Vassilis Kikilias revealed on Saturday that since May 1 the fire service has made almost 150 arrests... recently published a set of broad policy positions. The first round of the vote to elect a new SYRIZA
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Newsletter 393 - 15/09/2023
million euros in emergency spending is set to be included in a supplementary budget. In order to meet... that will include some one billion euros set aside from support in the affected areas. The state budget... growth for 2023, from 0.9 pct, and 1 pct from 1.5 pct for 2024. The eurozone’s central bank
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Newsletter 401 - 10/11/2023
than 1 point behind them at 12.7 percent, up from 11.8 percent in September. Communist party KKE has... signsGreek banks completed this week their round of 9M 2023 results with another set of solid numbers... from 46 pct for Alpha Bank, close to 60 pct for Piraeus and 55 pct for Eurobank. The latest set
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PM prepares to reaffirm political dominance in EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the bill allowing foreign universities to set up branches in Greece. The university bill passed through... the identity of some of the hopefuls. The unveiling of the candidate list is set to be accompanied by more... by 1 point to 29.5 pct, while PASOK’s ratings also dropped by half a point to 12 pct. SYRIZA saw its
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Newsletter 420 - 12/04/2024
by the Bank of Greece in its annual report this week, is to set aside fiscal space and use it instead... the planned increase in pensions, set by law as the average of inflation and GDP growth each year..., the rise in bread, meat and fish ranging from 1 to 5.7 pct YoY, with vegetables also up by 4.1 pct
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Government touts upgrades to civil protection amid early start to wildfire season
PoliticsGreek Politicsleadership set to outline upgrades to the response mechanism in reaction to the catastrophic... on May 1. The announcement came as 25 fires were recorded over a period of 24 hours earlier this week... on their existing capabilities, as the Aegis programme is set to start delivering no earlier than 2025
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterventions that the government is mulling for after the polls. Mitsotakis has set the goal...” will be cuts to employee contributions. The government is believed to be considering a reduction of up to 1... let platforms. Existing legislation already gives the government powers to set limits within certain
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Lack of savings points to wider economic issues
EconomyMacroeconomy. The latest set of data that was presented at a Eurobank event last week in cooperation with Athens University.... The social inequalities are also captured by the data, as 40 pct of the total savings comes from 1... in employment struggle to set aside any savings. Bank of Greece governor, Yannis Stournaras, was present
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