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  1. Amid signs of split over Tempe probe, government plays down EU prosecutor’s remarks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government attempted to put a positive spin on the pointed criticism delivered by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi during her visit to Athens but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration continues to be dogged by some of the issues ...

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  2. Parties return to campaign trail after Easter lull
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for what they describe as opportunism. ND’s press spokesman Nikos Romanos described remarks made... and the political system. In other remarks, Kasselakis demanded a halt to the privatisation of ports... the decision to keep the investment threshold for property on the smaller islands at 400,000 euros while

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  3. Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
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    EconomyProgramme

    and earning 9,100 euros a year pay 730 euros in income tax in 2020 compared to nothing this year... the pre-legislated reduction of the tax-free threshold for incomes by European Commission vice... the threshold down from around 8,500 to 5,500 euros, should be made in order to broaden the tax

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  4. SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    opinion polls currently suggest. Tax-free treshold Similarly, the prime minister pledged in a TV... threshold agreed with the institutions. This prompted a reaction from New Democracy, which pointed... Eurogroup. “Mr Tsipras has signed the reduction of the tax-free threshold, which we voted against

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  5. Athens displeased with EU Council outcome, faces pressure for talks with Turkey

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to engage in a dialogue. Arms embargo Following the Greek side’s failure to secure the inclusion... to an arms embargo and countermeasures/sanctions per sector over Turkey’s violation of the EU-Turkey... of the arms embargo, Mitsotakis explained in his press conference on Friday in Brussels

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  6. Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in Kinetta and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which caused so many deaths, advanced due to gale-force winds made efforts to evacuate...), the effort to combat several large fires around Athens at the same time and the fact that Mati

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  7. Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    As the investigation into the Mati fire proceeds and more reports of the apparent mishandling... to the bottom of the “how and why” of the Mati tragedy and to ensure that it would not happen again. Echoing... latched onto over the past days, Tsipras highlighted the role played in the Mati disaster by illegal

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  8. Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
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    Agora

    shots and ignorant remarks that further exposed the low calibre some of those who participated... that it would pay the IMF in full, making a single payment of just under10 billion dollars. The debt

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  9. Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016

    Newsletters

    department, in a blog post published on Thursday evening. Thomsen reiterated the remarks by IMF chief... feel the impact as retirement pay in Greece makes up in many cases for the lack of a proper welfare

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  10. What Dijsselbloem didn't say
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    Agora

    the Greek government condemned his remarks as being “unhelpful.” The Dutch finance minister, who may... to then pay the price for it anyway, be it through drastic fiscal consolidation in several countries

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