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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsis doing everything it can to create the impression that PASOK’s bid for power is not credible... with PASOK, but also to put the socialists in a position where he can criticise them for backing a possible
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ND's ratings hold despite choice of president but concern builds about Trump effect
PoliticsGreek Politicsof its legislation. He claimed that any other interpretation is a bid to form a far right narrative... the Communist Party (KKE) in fourth place. SYRIZA follows on 7 pct. A GPO poll for Star TV sees backing
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BoG sees ample capital space for banks to sell bad loans
EconomyBankingthat Greeks banks have been conservative in the sale of NPEs primarily due to the wide bid-ask spread... for potential buyers and external factors like the legal and judicial framework have pushed bid prices for the portfolios favour buyers with low bid prices. At the same time, for Greek lenders
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Regling and Wieser: The key points
Agoraof the economy. Privatisations, and not fire sales he said, are needed to make the economy more... are not talking about privatizations at any cost or about fire sales. There has been so much financing from the ESM that there is no need for fire sales.” Programme ownership Neither of the eurozone
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Fires latest obstacle to coalition's momentum-building efforts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat 3,912 hectares of land (including 522 hectares of forest) was burnt in the Kalamos fire, which is far..., when a fire northeast of Athens tore through 15,000 hectares. However, the observatory data showed... regarding potential improvements that can be made to fire prevention and firefighting
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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... in the first few days after the fire, when ministers argued, among other things, that the response...). 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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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsa catastrophic fire that burned the Moria asylum centre the night before. The continuing destruction worsened... homeless. In his first response following a cabinet-level briefing on the fire on Wednesday, PM... of the migrants reportedly hoping that the fire will act as a catalyst to end the indefinite detention regime
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Wildfires and pandemic set political agenda as parties prepare for return to business
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the fire victims and facing up to the new realities of the pandemic, while the opposition... of Evia previously affected by forest fires and will be keen to avoid a repeat. The fire season... Protection Nikos Hardalias, who has been the public face of the fire and pandemic response
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Warnings of post-holiday Covid surge, continuing wildfires store up risk for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics. Several communities have had to be evacuated, as strong winds threaten to make the fire even... as of August 18, topped only by 2007 when close to 270,000 hectares were destroyed. The ongoing fire..., leans heavily on SYRIZA’s record based on the 2018 Mati fire in which more than 100 people perished
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Crunch time nears for health system as Covid surge meets staff suspensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsrates are lowest in the fire service, where just over half the force is vaccinated. Wildfire debate... the political parties, such as on the need to bolster the fire prevention effort and tackle climate... administration it was a botched evacuation effort which led to dozens of deaths during the Mati fire of 2018
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