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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
of 1 pct in 2022. Due to the increase in economic activity that was anticipated at a growth rate... last year and exceeds the target set for 2022 by 48 million euros. This is an overperformance of 13 pct. If fuel prices are set to continue at elevated levels, even before the impact from the Ukraine
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Changes to energy subsidies aimed at winning over middle class
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the crisis. He presented the latest set of measures as an attempt to rectify this. Government sources suggested that the previous scheme was not particularly helpful to around 1 million households... the crisis began. The new subsidy scheme will be rolled out in July. The previous set-up will remain
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coming months to win the support of voters ahead of the national vote, which now seems set... the NordStream 1 pipeline. The ministry has reportedly agreed with the energy providers that they will hold... it requires providers to set their prices and share them with the ministry a month ahead. According
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Relief measures being lined up, but PM's eye also on reforms rollout
PoliticsGreek Politics. Reports over the weekend indicate that New Democracy is set to unveil another round of the Fuel Pass... on actuarial models based on the repurposing of a 1 pct special contribution of public sector employees... to conclude up to 50 actions by the end of the year and to complete the reform programme it set out in 2019
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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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