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Teachers threaten revolt over education bill as opposition gears up for summer confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsstrong criticism from stakeholders and the opposition, with both sides girding for confrontation over... a pandemic-induced hiatus which put a freeze on the party’s long-awaited regrouping since its return... to put forward a truly progressive alternative. Tsipras called on the party to show readiness
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Police actions in spotlight again after fatal shooting
PoliticsGreek Politicsand disciplinary processes would be followed in accordance with the law. The events also provoked a strong... demands a plan, a cool head and operational seriousness”. The incident is the latest to put... of the conservative New Democracy government, which recently put into place a 31-million-euro investment
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
, hospitalisations and deaths put the pandemic firmly back onto Greece’s political agenda... of the vote to 8.10, which was considered a strong result for the centre-left grouping amid a highly... have been put on notice. Across Greece, almost 400 Covid patients have been intubated. Meanwhile
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Govt targets unvaccinated with new Covid restrictions, drawing more claims of muddled approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe vaccinated. The official government line has been to put moral pressure on the unvaccinated once it became clear earlier this year that after a strong start to the country’s vaccination campaign, the levels... not be put on a par with going to the hairdresser. ND’s political opponents accuse the ruling
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Government accused of complacency on food supply and price hikes
PoliticsGreek Politicsfoodstuffs have met with strong criticism from the opposition and sections of the media. A ministerial... Budget Office put average inflation for 2022 at 7.4 pct in its base scenario, which included a 25 pct.... One estimate put the annual increase in the price of fertilisers at over 165 pct. Against
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PM trails more relief, insists on dominant role for ND in future govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsbroadcaster ERT TV, Mitsotakis also dismissed the notion put forward by PASOK leader Nikos... the opportunity to rebuff the terms put forward by PASOK/KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis for his party’s support. PASOK’s emergence under Androulakis as a strong third party, and a potential kingmaker
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsin September/October abound in the absence of any official explanation. One of the possible reasons put... that a strong tourism season this summer will create additional fiscal space that the Finance Ministry can put towards more cost-of-living relief measures, such as an extension of the Fuel Pass
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agoracalculation. We can put together the number of persons expected to be employed, together... (not yet reached in 2022 as we speak), as compared to 1.5 percent a year in the 2018 Plan. If we put... strong political roots. The EU is an economic project but also an important political mission. The EU
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Newsletter 351 - 16/09/2022
policies. Among the pledges put forward were a social housing scheme, a reformed public pension system... put forward by Mitsotakis and Androulakis over the past few days, the New Democracy leader tried... continues sending signals of strong recovery as employed increased by 3.3 pct on annual basis
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Newsletter 352 - 23/09/2022
, the SYRIZA leader also put forward a plan to subsidise rents for young Greeks but he also stated his... is cutting through with the electorate.EconomyPublic finances head for strong finish to 2022, but bigger... conditions for a potential upgrade to the investment grade is not put into doubt. This underlines
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