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Warnings of post-holiday Covid surge, continuing wildfires store up risk for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics, leans heavily on SYRIZA’s record based on the 2018 Mati fire in which more than 100 people perished..., and with a little luck it is a gamble that may pay off as takings from tourism are looking reasonably
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Newsletter 325 - 28/01/2022
to pay compensation to those affected. Polling carried out this week indicated that the New... of coordination among authorities during the deadly fire in Mati, when SYRIZA was in power in 2018
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Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
EconomyProgrammeand earning 9,100 euros a year pay 730 euros in income tax in 2020 compared to nothing this year... the pre-legislated reduction of the tax-free threshold for incomes by European Commission vice... the threshold down from around 8,500 to 5,500 euros, should be made in order to broaden the tax
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion polls currently suggest. Tax-free treshold Similarly, the prime minister pledged in a TV... threshold agreed with the institutions. This prompted a reaction from New Democracy, which pointed... Eurogroup. “Mr Tsipras has signed the reduction of the tax-free threshold, which we voted against
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Athens displeased with EU Council outcome, faces pressure for talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyto engage in a dialogue. Arms embargo Following the Greek side’s failure to secure the inclusion... to an arms embargo and countermeasures/sanctions per sector over Turkey’s violation of the EU-Turkey... of the arms embargo, Mitsotakis explained in his press conference on Friday in Brussels
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Kinetta and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which caused so many deaths, advanced due to gale-force winds made efforts to evacuate...), the effort to combat several large fires around Athens at the same time and the fact that Mati
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Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the investigation into the Mati fire proceeds and more reports of the apparent mishandling... to the bottom of the “how and why” of the Mati tragedy and to ensure that it would not happen again. Echoing... latched onto over the past days, Tsipras highlighted the role played in the Mati disaster by illegal
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Societyin the aftermath of the deadly Mati wildfire of the previous summer, for which Mitsotakis laid the blame... the first anniversary of Mati, in no small measure thanks to the public anger stemming from SYRIZA’s... focussed more narrowly on what went wrong with the evacuation of Mati, and made recommendations
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To Potami takes next step in mission to become key political player in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicssigning Greece’s first bailout agreement in 2010. Liberal parties such as Drassi and Dimiourgia Xana
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Greek current account deficit widens by 32.4 pct in November despite services surplus
EconomyMacroeconomyNavarino by a Cyprus-based company owned by the Olayan Group. For the 11-month period, non-residents
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