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Government attempts to offer reassurance against winter energy shortages
PoliticsGreek Politicsreduction targets. Backpay quandary With energy subsidy measures eating up any available fiscal space... of repeating this move adds up to an estimated 2.5 billion euros. This puts political pressure on PM Kyriakos.... With pensioners making up the most active group of voters in national elections and a large part of New
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Mitsotakis insists on no early elections, accusing opposition of sowing division
PoliticsGreek Politicson customers’ bills could end up costing between 1 and 1.5 bln euros a month. This means... electricity bills to go up, or sacrificing some of its other promises, neither of which would prove popular... having given up 0.9 percentage points since the last sounding. Importantly, support for PASOK-KINAL
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe weekend insisted that the PM had weighed up his options and took it upon himself to decide against... pensions in 2023, by up to 5 pct, for the first time in more than a decade. Another increase... anything else and that there is pressure on the government to come up with answers as long as prices keep
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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign Policythat “Greece claims an airspace that extends up to 10 nautical miles and a territorial sea of up to 6.... The US thus recognizes an airspace up to 6 nautical miles consistent with territorial sea. Greece
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Final budget execution for June affirms solid revenues, driven by VAT and income tax
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros. The budget balance up to June came to a deficit of 6.46 billion euros, from a 12.22-billion... taxes were up by 745 million euros. Excise taxes were short by 121 million euros. Tax refunds came.... Overall, the PIB balance landed at a deficit of roughly 2.4 billion euros. Up to June, RRF intakes were
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek Politicsas “a slip-up” that should not cloud the service’s work in defending national security. Later in his... includes greater parliamentary scrutiny, a beefed-up role for the National Security Council, stronger... under the constitution. His claim was backed up by his predecessor, former PASOK president
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Newsletter 348 - 12/07/2022
of EYP, describing the event as “a slip-up” that should not cloud the service’s work in defending... includes greater parliamentary scrutiny, a beefed-up role for the National Security Council..., accusing the PM of trying to dodge responsibility and cover up damaging aspects of the affair
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Phone-tapping scandal causing ripple effect across political scene
PoliticsGreek Politics, and the leaders’ debate next week on the wiretapping affair. For the time being, there is no let-up in the strain... party moved up a notch on Tuesday, when former president, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, suggested.... These incidents have sparked speculation that National Creation may be lining itself up
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Turkey. Opposition parties are squaring up for an all-out confrontation on the issue of surveillance... prices which are expected to drive up the cost of any support measures over the coming months... airports, which were 12 pct above 2019 levels in the months up to June, however SYRIZA quoted official
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Parliament prepares for confrontation over spying as long-term consequences loom
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the build-up to the party leaders’ debate scheduled for Friday. PASOK-KINAL, whose leader Nikos... could have in terms of digging up more revelations about surveillance under conservative rule... of Androulakis was just an unfortunate one-off will no longer stand up. Long-term impact The longer-term
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