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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has thrown a new pledge into the pre-election mix by promising not to reduce the tax... be in power when the measure has to be implemented. This could also be seen as a pre-emptive strike against..., such as 2009 and 2014, when a party has lost the EU vote and has then faced national elections a few months
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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
PoliticsGreek Politicsand compensation. What began as a dispute over delayed support has now become a test of political authority, exposing the fragility of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s rural compact and fuelling opposition.... The numbers illustrate the tension. The advance payment of the single farm subsidy has fallen
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Covid-19 data controversy rumbles on, as opposition probes on transparency
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso been suggestions that rivalries between key agencies involved in the pandemic response has... on Health Minister Kikilias. Kikilias, who had taken a back seat during the first wave, has come to the fore in recent weeks as the pressure on the healthcare system has intensified. Extension New
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the challenge faced by households. He reminded Mitsotakis that the government has already had... has failed to mature politically in opposition. Polls The government’s change of heart on year-end... their support ebb, with ND holding 33.3 pct and SYRIZA 23.6 pct of voting intentions. KINAL has seen its
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IMF sticks to reform, debt relief demands as programme role remains in doubt
EconomyProgrammedirector Christine Lagarde at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday has... these shared goals.” The Fund has so far agreed its participation in the third programme “in principle” but has not committed any funding to Greece’s third bailout, meaning that an instalment of 1.6
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
government has a relatively easier but still challenging task to meet its April obligations. According... of that, Greece has to roll over two T-Bill issues totalling 2.4 billion. The first involves 6-month T-Bills... consideration of 150–200 Senior government figures have said the country has enough cash to cover its
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Greek-German relations: Perception versus reality
Agorathat Greece has to adopt through the troika compliance requirements. The lingering impression... of bilateral cooperation that has been established alongside unnecessary finger pointing. Leaving aside the unprecedented volumes of credit guarantees that Germany has provided for the financing
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From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?
SocietyKyriakos Mitsotakis, address to UN COP26 summit, Glasgow, 1 November 2021. A lot has happened... a few months later. What - if anything - has been learned from recent developments as Greece moves... the plan. The Covid-19 pandemic, while forcing a temporary change in focus, has had a silver lining
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If it's debt restructuring you're looking for, Regling's not your man
Agorathe ESM has provided additional loans of 41.3 billion to Spain for its bank recapitalisation purposes, 5.8 billion to Cyprus and has committed financial resources of 86 billion for Greece’s third.... In Greece the ESM has gained a more prominent role in the negotiations and review process, having
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One night in Cannes
Agoraby Financial Times journalist Peter Spiegel has highlighted, there were a fair few others digging... to argue that he was coming to the rescue after Papandreou’s foul-up. Venizelos has adopted a similar line, arguing that he had to step in to save the situation. The FT article has whipped the PASOK leader
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