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Tsipras, Mitsotakis cast gloves aside as pre-election fight gets personal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political battle ahead of the European and local election on May 26 has taken a bitter... lines the government has tried to place between itself and the graft of the past are an illusion. He... that Katerina Panagopoulou has been a special adviser to the prime minister on diaspora issues for the last
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis tone down personal attacks but intensify clash over policies
PoliticsGreek Politics, without giving any further details. He said that this means he has nothing to apologise about. Working... has repeatedly tried to portray the New Democracy supremo as being indifferent to the plight..., the government is certain to use this issue in the remaining two weeks of the campaign, just as it has done
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Athens warned about missing fiscal targets rather than changing them unilaterally
EconomyProgramme. “Greece has overachieved on fiscal targets so far,” he said. “We expect the commitment with the Eurogroup... and spending policies,” he added. “That said, under the enhanced surveillance procedure Greece has... to be seen.” Stournaras In the meantime, Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras has continued his
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Newsletter 207 -24/05/2019
to tempt voters Although its lead in the opinion polls has been contracting, New Democracy goes... pledge made by SYRIZA in this campaign, where it has made a particular effort to target pensioners... parliament elections, SYRIZA has pulled out the stops with a host of last-minute fiscal promises
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Strong showing in local elections for ND as it targets majority in national vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsa sidekick to SYRIZA. Several officials loyal to Venizelos, who has been an MP since 1989, also announced.... Gennimata has been accused by some critics of adopting “equal distances” between the two main parties... Samaras between 2012 and 2015. There has been speculation that the split between KINAL and Venizelos
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Lenders set to highlight reform delays, leaving fiscal gap concerns until after elections
EconomyProgrammeAthens has not been keeping up with the desired pace of reforms or even breaching commitments made... notes that the government has breached its commitments regarding hirings in the public sector as far as temporary placements are concerned. According to a leaked extract of the report, Greece has kept
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Tsipras vows to cancel reduction of tax-free threshold as SYRIZA seeks way back
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, nor the opposition, has indicated how they will compensate for the non-adoption of this fiscal... of opponents. He dismissed rumours that he has been rethinking the idea of calling off the snap elections... criticism, which has also focussed on the decision to table in Parliament this week the new criminal
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Institutions warn of fiscal target being missed, reforms slowing
EconomyProgrammeof the tax system. The surveillance report noted that in mid-May after the Stability Programme has been... that the ENFIA property tax valuation framework has moved forward, including considerable IT and legal... quarter of 2019. “Tax collection has been weaker than targeted, while key performance indicators
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Greeks mistrust in news and reliance on social media for information persists
Societyin various countries, has highlighted the fractured nature of Greeces' news landscape and how... broadcaster ERT for five months. Meanwhile, Syriza has boycotted the private broadcaster SKAI since the summer of 2018. The ongoing decline in the country’s print media has continued, the report noted
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East Med concerns not slowing up election campaign as ND plans for office
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens on Tuesday evening. He has largely avoided such public appearances during the current campaign... to the latest developments and the KYSEA meeting. He argued that Tsipras no longer has a mandate... of candidates. Public law professor Giorgos Gerapetritis, who has reportedly played a key role
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