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Government sets out fiscal plan, prepares multi-bill in shadow of deadly wildfire
PoliticsGreek Politicsannually, although much of this is due to be taken up by 4.8 billion euros of defence expenditure... policies that the government wants to enact in its second term. However, the build-up to Monday’s cabinet meeting, whose main aim is to show that the government is focussing on the future and living up
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Androulakis well-placed to retain PASOK leadership as Doukas sneaks into run-off ballot
PoliticsGreek Politicswas the favourite to win Sunday’s vote, according to the opinion polls. And the Cretan politician lived up... to predict who would vote. PASOK had allowed new members to sign up for the leadership ballot... rival. Doukas, who only took up his position at Athens City Hall at the beginning of the year, secured
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Mitsotakis sets off barrage of legislation to shake off introspection
PoliticsGreek Politicsa bill aimed at speeding up the public sector hiring process. Ministers are also about to table draft... for the leadership have entered a new round of confrontation in the run-up to Sunday’s second round... clearly in sight, the two remaining rivals seem less concerned with keeping up appearances. Androulakis
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Mitsotakis dangles promise of further tax relief but opposition questions VAT revenue bonanza
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the rest of its term up to 2027, adding that the government is conducting a constant war on tax... not from fighting tax evasion, but on the back of runaway inflation driving up indirect taxes... remains ahead of the pack with 27.6 pct of voting intentions, ahead of PASOK, which has now edged up
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Energy drives producer prices down by 4.5 pct YoY in Sep, as all other categories rise
EconomyMacroeconomyby 21.2 percent and food products were up by 0.7 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were down... goods were up by 1.8 percent, durables up by 3.2 percent and non-durable consumer goods increased
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Ruling party tension boils over as Mitsotakis ousts ex-PM and right wing figurehead Samaras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean Parliament elections, Samaras has stepped up his criticism of the PM and his administration... Mitsotakis, leading to the administration’s collapse. Samaras went on to set up his own right-wing party, Political Spring. However, he had little impact once outside the ND fold and ended up returning
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PASOK tries to chip away at New Democracy's record on economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsis seen ramping up the pressure on a raft of issues which have topped the list of public concerns.... Israel comments Chief government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has stirred up controversy with comments he... of a planned shake-up of the Greek armed forces.
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Greek politics goes from stability to state of flux
AgoraDemocracy’s leader, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has become caught up in a public row over... a combined total of almost 17 pct. Their numbers have been edging up in the opinion polls carried out... the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) dry up, the housing crisis is set to intensify
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PASOK tries to take initiative in budget debate as SYRIZA exodus continues
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch measure will be to increase the ENFIA property tax on properties which have ended up in banks... of letting up in its offensive over this issue. In fact, socialist leader Nikos Androulakis posted this week... that this front-foot approach on banks will be followed up by a similar approach on other issues
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s return from his Christmas holidays also marks the ramping up... in the build up to the next elections, when Mitsotakis will want to present himself as a disruptor... intent on pushing for a full opening of the sector to allow private universities to be set up
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