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Pandemic and pushback rows spark political clashes
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the moment for SYRIZA to make itself relevant again in the build-up to the next elections. In his.... The incident received wide coverage in the domestic media, with many government-friendly outlets picking up... in accordance with European regulations, and waiting for the Turkish coast guard to come and pick them up
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Govt pleads with firms to absorb inflation as surveillance claims prompt calls for accountability
PoliticsGreek Politicsgrowth by “getting caught up in a vicious cycle of inflationary expectations”. The call comes as the government plans to revise its official growth forecast up from 6.1 pct to just shy of 7 pct. However... in the first ten months of the year, while borrowing has driven the debt ratio up to the region of 200 pct
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SYRIZA presses for answers on hospitals amid mounting Covid deaths
PoliticsGreek Politicson its strategy for handling the pandemic, as the daily figures suggest no let-up in the spread... that the situation there continues to worsen, with waiting lists building up for ICU beds, and numerous... and other unofficial sources. The issues of the death rate and hospital shortages have been taken up
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsangry reactions from the opposition parties, who deemed the measures inadequate and hastily drawn-up... the measures already taken to cushion high energy prices, which add up to 680 million euros. The prime minister... to announce two successive increases to its emergency energy subsidy in order to keep up with escalating
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Latest EC review clears path towards end of enhanced surveillance process in 2022
EconomyProgrammethe transfer of SMP and ANFA profits and the waiver of the step-up interest margin by the EFSF... and there are challenges in catching up with delays in catching up in other areas, mostly linked
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MEP Androulakis takes first round in KINAL leadership vote after notable turnout
PoliticsGreek Politicsis certainly a wake-up call for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras... Androulakis. It will be a tall order for the former party leader to make up this gap and overtake the younger candidate in the run-off ballot. He is expected to pick up votes from supporters who backed
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Govt stands firm on 'no lockdown' message, pins hopes on vaccination surge
PoliticsGreek Politicshigh infection rates in northern Greece. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, meanwhile, talked up... of doses administered on Monday were back up to the levels seen last spring, with over 120,000 shots... of vaccinating 250,000. The decision to speed up the administration of booster doses was attributed
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MEP takes comfortable lead over former PM in advance of KINAL leadership run-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsby indulging in a series of ad hominem attacks on his opponent, breaking with what had been up... to become available, up to 47 ICU beds are kept in reserve for senior clergy, politicians and other... up by SYRIZA and other opposition parties, who are demanding more transparency over the criteria
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Buoyed by improved tax revenues, budget deficit comfortably beats target at 7.88 bln in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomy. Net revenues came to 48.48 billion euros, above target by 330 million euros. The budget balance up... than the target by 82 million euros. Expenditure Overall expenditure up to November stood at 60.74... are being gradually wound up and remain broadly unchanged from last month. They include
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Current account deficit widens to 780.8 mln in Oct, led by deterioration in goods balance
EconomyMacroeconomyyear as it stands at 6.37 billion euros in the first ten months, from 9.09 billion euros up to October... 162 million euros up to October 2020. The capital account came to a deficit of 103.6 million euros... billion euros, from 1.84 billion euros up to October 2020.
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