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Newsletter 354 - 07/10/2022
, the centre-right administration has been keen to make whatever funds it can available to bring down... on Monday, has a lower than expected primary surplus of 0.7 pct of GDP. This is expected to help... that has affected customer purchasing at home and abroad, with foreign sales also affected
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ND hangs on to lead but decisive election victory hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsversus SYRIZA’s 25.5 pct. Neither party has moved considerably since September, with ND retreating... 40 pct of the vote and SYRIZA 32.5 pct. On current estimates, PASOK-KINAL has lost a big chunk... Androulakis as leader. The socialists’ decline has continued even after the prominence gained
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Re-opening of benchmark bond fetches 200 mln at steep yield of 4.44 pct
Economyin January. This is the approach that the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has been following..., revised target for the year has been reached and Greece maintained contact with the bond markets.... A figure of 8 billion euros in new issuances for next year has been reported recently.
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Govt unveils spyware bill as it launches communications fightback
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHoping to swat away some of the criticism that has been aimed in its direction regarding... to scrutiny in terms of introducing greater accountability and transparency. The draft law, which has been... the wiretapping has ceased. Currently, this material is kept for two years. Also, journalists that have been
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Podcast - Greece's surveillance scandal: Is anybody listening?
AgoraSince the summer, a surveillance scandal has been gripping Greece. It emerged that the leader... the illegal phonetapping and that under his watch the Greek state has not bought or deployed the Predator... of the mainstream media has played down or ignored the issue. In fact, much of what we know today about
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Energy measures reassure public, as govt scrambles to keep lid on other household costs
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the left-wing opposition, which is on 26 pct. Third party PASOK-KINAL has held steady at 11.5 pct... and defence, with 46 pct versus Tsipras’s 26 pct and Androulakis’s 6 pct. The prime minister’s image has... basis, has met with mixed reception by the public. A survey by Public Issue found that more than
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Opposition parties vow to reverse public healthcare reforms
PoliticsGreek Politics, substantially higher than the current rate. SYRIZA has also promised to hire 10,000 permanent health workers...-of-living has cast a shadow over all other issues. So it is not clear how voters will react... to undermine public services so the private sector can benefit. SYRIZA in particular has made
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BoG revises 2023 growth to 1.5 pct as short- and medium-term challenges persist
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Bank of Greece (BoG) has joined the group of organisations that has incorporated the latest global challenges in its forecast for Greece, with growth next year seen declining substantially compared to the 6.2 pct envisaged for 2022. The BoG notes that the macro environment which has been
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ND paves way to spring elections with relief measures amid SYRIZA objections
PoliticsGreek Politics, in order to prevent double taxation. This has not stopped SYRIZA from referring to the “Market Pass... for elections, ND has at least one gap to fill in its candidate lists, that left by MEP Maria Spyraki, who...”. The implication of Avramopoulos in the scandal threatens to deal a blow for ND, which has tried
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Constitutional row follows political storm over prosecutor's intervention in surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek Politicshas come under sustained attack by opposition parties and constitutional experts. The widespread..., raising the possibility of further embarrassing revelations for the government which has sought... controversy The death of Greece’s ex-king Constantine Glucksburg has offered another opportunity
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