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Under pressure from public opinion, Mitsotakis concedes mistakes on Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politics, appearing to concede that the rail operator and senior government figures may be found responsible... may have been misinformed in the weeks after the accident when he dismissed as a conspiracy theory... collision. The prime minister also conceded that mistakes may have been made “in the field”, referring
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Newsletter 502 - 24/04/2026
themselves as undecided, while a further 12.4% back “other” parties — a category that may soon.... The support package may buy Mitsotakis some time. But the public mood and the force of Kövesi’s... month: the subsidy on diesel at the pump into May and on fertilisers up to August. The rest
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The refugee crisis and the beast within
Agorafar been a transit country. It may have received close to 900,000 arrivals last year, and more than...As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast
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Newsletter 127 - 14/07/2017
in this case is that the timing of the bond issue may be close to the next review, which is likely... is also worried that the European Central Bank may announce on September 7 the scaling back of its QE programme, and that this tapering may cause some volatility on the markets. Bank of Greece: NPE
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Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target
EconomyMacroeconomydata released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Thursday. The state budget deficit to May... from +390 million to April). The monthly figures show a primary deficit of 335 million in May, which is lower than the 495 million recorded in April. In contrast, the May budget deficit stood at 839
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
million euros in the first five months of 2019, compared to a surplus of 853 million noted in May 2018... expenditures). The MoF said that these one-off payments that took place until May of 2019 in connection... by 105,282 May figures for job creation second highest on record as seasonality manifests Just over
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An impossible choice
Agoraare closed and cash is king, then the past five days have been a huge learning curve. But that may only... (coalition) may follow Sunday’s vote. Thus their embrace of the referendum is not a sudden re-evaluation... Commission are reluctant to do just that. Instead, they have taken the line of argument to accept holding
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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeaturesthat this estimate may be revised downwards. Even some of the more ambitious projects that have been... a balance will have to be struck, the outcome is far from predictable, and may not be optimal when.... The project is a joint venture between Bulgarian Energy Holding and IGI Poseidon, which is jointly owned
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Speculation about timing of next general elections intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicselections in late May 2019 in order to avoid sending Greeks to the polls three times in the same year... widely among Greeks and SYRIZA may not be rewarded as adequately as it would like. An early election..., holding the two ballots together might give voters the ability to vent their frustrations when
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Tsipras aims to capitalise on debt deal as election talk is revived
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PoliticsGreek Politicsholding elections next year. Holding a vote in 2019 also means that the process of ratifying the name deal signed this month may be completed in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM... are seen as most likely being held at the same time as the European Parliament vote, on May 26 next
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