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Newsletter 384 - 09/06/2023
-right party’s large margin of victory, at more than 20 points over SYRIZA, in the upcoming ballot... than the successes celebrated by his ND rival, noting that five years after the end of Greece’s.... Commercial transactions Greece’s trade deficit saw a significant drop of 22.9 pct YoY in April
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Mitsotakis names extensive cabinet with dose of renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof responsibilities, which includes changes to the competencies of some ministries, rather than... tighter fiscal framework than during the exceptional circumstances caused by Covid and the energy... for his second term. While his first term saw the government buffeted by a number of exogenous crises
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SYRIZA leadership contest off to slow start, as ND rushes to contain political damage from fires
PoliticsGreek Politicssaw it lose more than half the support that had brought it to power less than a decade ago. Candidates
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PM urges ministers to heed local vote warnings as opposition looks ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, which saw New Democracy lose in five of the six remaining regional authority contests... interpretation of the public’s overall sentiment than the second round. The PM justified this by saying that the run-off votes were between just two candidates, rather than a full representation
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PM brushes aside political cost of self-employed tax bill as main opposition unravels
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been muted, as the leftist party continues to be consumed by internal wrangles which saw... the government held anything less than a commanding position. However, having just secured a convincing second... a new parliamentary party, rather than operating as independents. It is unclear whether they would
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Government braces for farmers' protest, SYRIZA officials put out by leader's approach
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggest that around 5,000 farmers and more than 250 tractors are expected to take part... the government finds itself under more pressure than it has for most of its time in office, left-wing SYRIZA... and structures. Some officials saw this as an attempt by SYRIZA president Stefanos Kasselakis to by-pass
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Backwash from stormy congress still rocking SYRIZA as support for Greek Solution rises
PoliticsGreek Politicssounding also indicates that more than 20 pct of voters are undecided about who they will back... of the vote in the upcoming European Parliament elections. This is 0.4 points fewer than in the survey... risen by 0.7 pts to 10.2 pct, positioning Velopoulos’s party just ahead of KKE, which also saw its
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Hotel and restaurant jobs keep hiring balance positive in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance was positive in February, with 24,543 more hires than departures... last year saw 23,186 more hires, a year-on-year improvement of 1,357 jobs. Total hirings in February... came to more than 51 percent. Part-time and shift work made up 38.5 percent and 10 percent of hirings
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Newsletter 423 - 17/05/2024
vote to elect Greece’s MEPs. The joint press conference held by the two leaders saw the men praise... break is gradually shifting towards the EP elections that are less than a month away, the economic... with London when incomes are factored in. By the same metric, Athens is only more affordable than Tel
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SYRIZA consumed by new leadership drama as PASOK rubber stamps candidacies
PoliticsGreek Politicscandidates having to present a more comprehensive political proposal rather than just gathering the necessary... within the party. Following the split in the party that saw the creation of leftist grouping New Left... pct Anna Diamantopoulou and 15.5 pct Geroulanos. The other three candidates garner less than 8 pct
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