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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the civil protection authority, seen as one of the major weak points in the response to the Mati fire... of the most contentious points in the case of Mati. The announcement is the latest attempt...). The government also now faces the difficulty of trying to pivot from the sombre issue of the Mati fire to the MoU
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agorapolitics. Undoubtedly, it will be worth scrutinising the impact of specific events, such as the Mati...), the Communist Party (KKE) and Golden Dawn. Two other groupings could also pass the 3 percent threshold, ultra... a clear majority as the threshold which the winning party has to pass is directly linked to the total
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Newsletter 390 - 21/07/2023
that the deadly wildfire in Mati inflicted a year earlier on the then SYRIZA-led government. A meeting of SYRIZA...) that indicates a large chunk of freelancers declare incomes below the tax-free threshold of 10,000 euros... 3.75 million households that declared incomes below the tax-free threshold and cross-check
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister after Nikos Toskas resigned in the wake of the disastrous wildfire in Mati last month... of income tax from 22 percent to 20 and increasing the income threshold for the solidarity charge
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Coalition focuses on relief effort after fires as Mitsotakis holds back on criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsministers with breathing space despite the full horror of what happened in Mati, a seaside resort... authorities, despite questions being asked about whether there was an evacuation plan for Mati... incompetence becomes evident in the days ahead. The tragic events in Mati, though, have definitely
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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on coalition over wildfire deaths
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the accounts of survivors of the Mati fire have more value and are more truthful than the explanations... for the deaths in Mati. One of the survivors has already filed a law suit and other legal action... knows that the muddled handling of the Mati disaster by the government means that he has to simply
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politicson Saturday that this debt settlement scheme would be the last of its kind. Mati measures Tuesday also marked once year since the devastating wildfire at Mati, northeast of Athens, which caused 102 deaths. Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended a memorial service in Mati hours after announcing that some 4,000
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Newsletter 478 - 03/10/2025
remarks challenge the government’s claim that it has done everything to clarify both cases... to 461.4 million euros in Q4 2018. The eligibility threshold had remained at 250,000 euros... government was forced to act and double the threshold to half a million for certain high-demand areas like
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomycorrelation between imports and income. In its concluding remarks, the Fiscal Council says that although... will be assisted by the reduction of the tax-free threshold in 2020. At the same time indirect tax revenue is seen... the impact of the reduction of the tax-free threshold and the cut in pensions will play a key role
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PM sets out case for third term, surveys global landscape and talks up constitutional reform
PoliticsGreek Politics, Mitsotakis interpreted Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s recent remarks about readiness for a solution... if the first party surpasses a known threshold, and that will shape New Democracy’s campaign. He... stance is pivotal for any high‑threshold votes, signalled that it will not grant the government a “blank
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