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Mitsotakis names extensive cabinet with dose of renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor his second term. While his first term saw the government buffeted by a number of exogenous crises... Hatzidakis, the Finance Ministry will have control over all funding and financing programmes. This includes
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New labour law set to cause friction, as surprise candidate launches SYRIZA leadership bid
PoliticsGreek Politicsaimed at the elusive centre space. Last week saw the publication of a draft labour bill which... on the sources of his campaign funding. While the campaign is still in its early stages, it is not clear
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Rule of law concerns in spotlight again as government focusses on farmers' grievances
PoliticsGreek Politicssaw a decline in their score compared to the previous year and in the 13 pct of EU and Western... mean Greece does not meet the conditions for EU funding. However, the response from New Democracy’s
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Opposition slams PM's positive assessment of Athens wildfire response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a ministerial meeting to review the events which saw a seemingly... and a 4.7-mln-euro emergency funding package for the eight local authorities affected by the fire. The prime
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ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsto its parliamentary group. The aftermath of the budget vote saw the media focus on the set of voter... access to state funding. The amendment relates to the leaders of those parties being convicted
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Newsletter 455 - 14/03/2025
for the 30-year bond saw offers from the UK coming at 65 pct, followed by Greece at 15 pct. Fund managers... government officials to secure the funding for the operation. In the meantime, an opinion poll published
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Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politics, which saw the largest single wildfire on record, and 2024, when a fire burned through suburbs... to direct public funding which had resulted in this week’s outcomes. New Left has been arguing
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Greek tourism's long-term growth prospects are good, report shows
EconomyMacroeconomypercent rise per annum in 2016-26, reaching 19.5 billion euros in 2026, which corresponds to 9.3... and then increase by 3.9 percent per annum in the succeeding ten years. At the end of this period, the figure... euros, which implies a growth of 4.4 percent per annum in the next ten years. The breakdown of 2015
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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeatures) in 2009, an increase of over 53 percent. Spending on pharmaceuticals per person shot up... on pharmaceuticals, or 550 euros per person. Both the absolute spending levels and the rate of increase were out... for pharmaceutical spending per person in 2009 at 550 euros per person, it is now closer to the bottom at 352 euros
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Capital controls eased, allowing larger withdrawals and doubling limit on business transfers abroad
EconomyMacroeconomyaccounts. This will increase from 2,300 to 5,000 euros. This is applicable per calendar month, per depositor and per credit institution. The amounts that can be transferred in cash per trip abroad also... to 4,000 euros per customer every two months, effective from July 1st. Most importantly, business
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