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  1. New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    but was a one-off work visa scheme aiming to include around 30,000 people to the regular workforce... on migration touted by the conservative party and warn that it will attract more economic migrants. One... that the legislation would not compromise the government’s stance on border control which he defended as one

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  2. Mitsotakis identifies triangulation as key to success, Kasselakis gathers MPs for policy talks

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Policy editor Ravi Agrawal during one of the World Economic Forum’s discussions, Mitsotakis set out how.... At the same time, we were very present when it was necessary, especially during Covid, so we followed... responsible patriots, while at the same time being progressive when it comes to topics where one needs

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  3. Rumblings spread in New Democracy in aftermath of post office fumble
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    time, the very controlled manner in which they proceed suggests that no-one is yet prepared to mount a leadership challenge against Mitsotakis. One senior government figure who finds himself...The government’s handling of the sudden closure of post offices has set off a chain reaction

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  4. The benefits of being Greek
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    Agora

    (where one parent is a Greek) would also get it. The crowd, judging from the TV footage loved the idea... problems with these otherwise crowd-pleasing announcements. The first is one of legality. Benefits... foreign. Therein lies the second problem. Even if one assumes (which is far from certain) that non-EU

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  5. BoG insists on need for bad bank, sees EU funds boosting recovery from 2021
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    Economy

    in the following year. The bank presents two alternative scenarios, a milder one that recession does not exceed 9 pct and a more severe one that sees a stronger and longer impact of the pandemic, where... assisted by a large securitisation of one systemic bank and are down by 48.5 billion euros since

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  6. Ousting of govt MP brings to fore leadership unease, angst over far right
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    or anyone else pretending to be the president of New Democracy,” he said. “There is only one president..., a former member of ultra-nationalist LAOS, is one of the most prominent members of ND’s right wing... verbal attacks on the Communist Party and leftist ideology. He is one of those withing the ruling

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  7. A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
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    Agora

    of structural reforms. One of the most significant breakthroughs, however, came in its tax administration... institutional capacity, was in a dire state, or stuck in the 1930s as one official told you. Based...?' At the onset of the crisis Greece’s tax collection institutions were in a very bad state. This means

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  8. Fitch upgrades Greek rating to 'BB-', three notches from investment grade
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    Economy

    notes that with an average debt maturity of 19 years Greece already has one of the longest maturity..., domestic investment remains very sensitive to imports and as such, net trade is seen having little... covered up to mid-2020. Fitch estimates that Greece is fully funded until 2022, which is a significant

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  9. Greek pupils score below average in international rankings as long-term problems persist
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    Society

    in the 2015 PISA survey. The percentage of Greek students who achieve very high performance is extremely... achieved very high performance in even a single subject area, dropping from 6.8 percent in 2015. On average, in OECD countries the share of very high performing students is 15.7 percent, in Singapore

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  10. SYRIZA to test coalition with censure motion but victory unlikely

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to take ERT off air in June this year prompted junior coalition partner Democratic Left (DIMAR... was taken off air in June and perhaps felt they could not turn down a second opportunity to do so... that fears the party may be becoming too conformist. For Tsipras, a face off with the government may

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