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PASOK decides to hold new leadership contest as SYRIZA confusion continues
PoliticsGreek Politics50 pct of the votes, a second ballot will be held a week later. Leading up to Sunday’s gathering... before he took over. Kasselakis sought to clear this up with a lengthy social media post over... little to clear things up. Instead, it has fuelled tension within SYRIZA, where cadres loyal to Tsipras
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Name deal and Beleri case test Greece's relations with North Macedonia, Albania
PoliticsForeign Policysources, the newly elected candidates in the European elections (6-9 June 2024) take up their office... to officially take up his duties as an MEP and will obviously take part in the extremely crucial vote to choose... in September, according to EU sources. It is up to his party whether this seat will remain vacant until
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Receipts and arrivals rise in May, but spending per trip down by 12.2 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2023, up 6.8 percent year-on-year. Travel payments rose by 38.5 percent to 285.8 million euros. The number of arrivals in May reached 3.05 million, up 21.3 percent. Arrivals from the EU totalled 1.86... receipts increased by 16.2 percent to 3.81 billion euros. Payments also increased to 1.11 billion, up
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Central govt debt rises by 1.5 bln in Q2, to 407 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy. Short-term notes dropped by circa 1.5 billion euros. FSM loans continue to make up the bulk... years) debt made up 71.2 percent of the total, while short-term (up to 1 year) and medium-term (1
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Economic sentiment slides further in Aug, consumer confidence drops sharply
EconomyMacroeconomy112.3 points in the previous month. The EEI is up roughly 5 points in the rolling 12-month period... confidence is now up by roughly 5 points on the rolling 12-month. Retail trade improved further to 24.8... also had a minor recovery to 9.9 points, from 7.7 points previously. The index is currently up by 25
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Newsletter 433 - 20/09/2024
PoliticsPASOK gears up for leadership vote, boosted by SYRIZA slumpThe carrot dangling in front... with 9.9 pct (compared to 9.3 pct in the June elections), and Voice of Logic racking up an extra 0.4... criticism for challenging for the PASOK leadership only a few months after taking up his post as mayor
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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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