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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe pandemic is waning. Getting over these twin menaces could set New Democracy up for a trouble-free... the minimum wage at twice the rate of growth, but had to put this plan on hold following..., including the lengthening of the furlough scheme for specific sectors of the economy, were set out
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Under increasing domestic pressure, govt awaits EU signs for response to energy security threat
PoliticsGreek Politicsare approaching expiry and replacements have already been put in place. By contrast, DEPA recently signed a new... the clarity they need to decide on how to proceed. An alternative payment mechanism set up by Gazprom... set up accounts with the bank has created controversy and sharpened divisions in the bloc. According
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Newsletter 346 - 15/07/2022
additional fiscal space that the Finance Ministry can put towards more cost-of-living relief measures... an investment grade rating for Greek debt next year. The PM is likely to set out what measures are possible... this summer. SYRIZA tried to outdo ND this week as opposition leader Alexis Tsipras set out during a public
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First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
PoliticsGreek Politicsand PASOK, set out arguments that had already been aired in previous days, following the resignations... on Androulakis’s phone was found during a check by a service at the European Parliament). Katrinis set out a series of alleged business links, as set out in reports by Greek investigative journalists, that raise
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Newsletter 396 - 06/10/2023
Sunday between the two leading candidates. Male candidates are set to dominate the top spots... in favour of men. This reflects the legal quota for candidate lists, which requires parties to put... regions. However, former conservative minister Nikos Hardalias looks set to take the most significant
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Newsletter 425 - 31/05/2024
powers to set limits within certain geographical areas and Mitsotakis stressed that the specific... on changing the structural characteristics of the country’s economic model. The latest set of data... indicates that Greek households remain under pressure and are struggling to put any savings aside. Apart
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Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
PoliticsGreek Politicsbill that has just been put to consultation contains a provision that would enable it to axe... set at the level of the minimum wage. The logic was laid out in an interview on Action TV by Omiros... on objective criteria was never set in stone”. The direction of travel was signalled by PM Kyriakos
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Opposition outmanoeuvred by fast-track prosecution of first political figure over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister is set to vote on Thursday on a request put forward by Triantopoulos himself to be referred... of the 2023 Tempe crash looks set for a premature end, as New Democracy lawmakers will vote to send... and the severity of the criminal case against government officials. This is all now set to end
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Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Italy Egypt and the building of alliances throughout the Middle East, which he claimed put... from the official government position. Gerapetritis stressed that his own policy line was set... base. The first set of polling figures after the summer recess suggest that backing
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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