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Record bonds, rising bills: Greece’s economic paradox
Agorawas surpassed last week, as Tuesday’s inaugural 10-year bond attracted over €50 billion in offers..., and package holidays up 7.2%. ELSTAT’s 2024 budget survey showed food accounts for nearly 21% of average... 33.5% of their budget on food, compared with just 12.7% for the richest 20%. It is clear that the cost
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Newsletter 502 - 24/04/2026
to regain control of the narrative. It also uses up all available fiscal space under the EU’s new budget... up most of the one billion euros of fiscal space agreed with Brussels, thanks to last year’s budget..., a handout of 150 euros per child at the end of June, and a handout to pensioners increased by 50 euros
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing... is one of the few cabinet members to emerge with his reputation relatively intact. The Interior
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several... the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker government
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new agriculture minister. Niki Kerameus is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural Development. The new head of the Development Ministry is Takis Theodorikakos, who has previously served as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras... is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry, where she is replacing one of the few
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Greek Parliament's budget office questions primary surplus sustainability
EconomyMacroeconomyIn its latest quarterly report released on Friday, the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) argues that despite significant achievements in 2014, the Greek economy still has a long way to go to overcome the obstacles in its path. The PBO notes the ratification of Greece's primary surplus in 2013
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Parliament's budget office sees Greek recovery finely poised
EconomyMacroeconomyIn its latest quarterly report published on Monday, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) argues that the Greek economy could grow by more than expected this year but that a series of concerns, including bank stress tests, unpaid taxes, lack of structural reforms and stagnant exports could yet
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Greece's Parliament Budget Office sees lack of post-bailout plan
EconomyMacroeconomyIn its latest quarterly report published on Wednesday, Greece’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) set out its concerns about the country’s preparedness for exiting the troika Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The PBO notes that, as part of the ongoing review, the government is negotiating if, how
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Parliament's budget office sees risks and rewards in third bailout
EconomyMacroeconomyThe elimination of uncertainty related to economic policy and the implementation of reforms and privatisations is a key condition for faster and sustainable economic recovery, the quarterly report of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) stresses. The issues that have emerged from
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