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PM intervenes on bank charges as budget attracts extra support
PoliticsGreek Politicsin particular – has managed to wrestle the initiative on this issue by tabling a proposal for taxing... a note of emphasising that this measure came in the wake of calls from some New Democracy MPs, thereby... of the police, coast guard, fired service and armed forces. This is another measure that is likely
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Fitch upgrades Greek rating to 'BB-', three notches from investment grade
Economybehind all agencies. However, it has not taken any ratings action since February. Fitch believes... notes that with an average debt maturity of 19 years Greece already has one of the longest maturity... to be used to buy back some of the official sector loans, IMF for example, further improving
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Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicshas largely consisted of New Democracy highlighting how it is living up to its election pledges... Democracy has been buoyed by the fact that its tax cuts have not put this year’s fiscal course at risk..., will be trouble-free. The stronger-than-expected fiscal performance this year has also triggered
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Govt mulls tighter controls on movement, seeks to boost health supplies and Covid-19 tests
PoliticsGreek Politics, the head of civil protection Nikos Hardalias has taken to describing the hunt for supplies... reported in the press, a deal with Saudi Arabia to buy masks and ventilators fell through when the Saudi... operates Piraeus Port. The government of the UAE has also donated a planeload of supplies. Greek
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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politics. Their political alliance is far from perfect but has proved time and again that it is able... the particular circumstances surrounding the legislation. ANEL has also broken ranks in the past on social... to come to an end. Centre-left A new date has been set for the vote to elect a leader for the centre-left
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PM tries to draw line under Golden Dawn affair, defends handling of second Covid-19 wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that the government has taken measures since August to suppress the pandemic. In fact... measures instead. Mitsotakis said that the government has hired 6,000 doctors and nurses to boost... will not be able to make permanent at this stage some of the tax relief measures it has promised. He gave
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ND focusses on economic goals in run-up to budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politics, often to pensioners. ND saw this as a tactic designed to buy votes, although SYRIZA denied... by the former minister, arguing that this approach has no place in the effort to rebuild the left in Greece. Polakis has caused similar problems to Tsipras in the past but the SYRIZA leader has always
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PM relies on patchwork of measures to keep Covid at bay as jab uptake flags
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Greece has also been critical of the legislation, claiming that no attempt had been made to persuade... The government, meanwhile, has been attempting to persuade the public and workers in other key sectors..., Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis has been making the case for vaccination to employers and workers
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Array of centre-left leadership candidates edge towards watershed vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsa leadership race before forming a new party or umbrella entity. As a result, much of the attention to date has... 2015 to 6.3 percent in September 2015, running as the Democratic Alliance. While she has the support of a mature party apparatus, her leadership style has been somewhat inscrutable, and she has opted
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Athens holds fire on debt schemes, prepares tax relief measures
EconomyProgrammeof arrears to social security funds. The measure includes a potential write-off of up to 100 percent... of the bill has been held up because the government is still negotiating with the institutions over a similar scheme for unpaid taxes. According to reports, the lenders insist that there has to be a form
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