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Internal party rivalries prove a hassle for Mitsotakis and Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicswas not put forward because it seemed Greece would not get a vice presidency, although this later... in the government’s reign. At the recent ND congress, Samaras took a much harder line than Mitsotakis... has reportedly managed to get his way over the holding of a vote of party members before SYRIZA’s
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Banks look for way forward as economic shutdown takes its toll
EconomyBankingof the epidemic continues to deepen, the government is already looking ahead to how to get the economy... by the coronavirus epidemic into a separate category rather than counting them as non-performing... at this point is much healthier than a year ago. In addition, the ECB decision to reinstate the waiver
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ND feeling fiscal pressure as row over media handouts rumbles on
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government is looking for 2 billion euros fiscal space so it can get back on track... these interventions. It will have to agree a primary surplus target of less than 2 pct of GDP next year... euros, experts believe that a lot of the applications are the result of businessmen trying to get hold
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Pandemic surge creates fresh political and economic doubts
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the number of Greeks coming forward to get their first vaccine. One of the methods the government... figures and influencers, to convince more Greeks to get the jab. For the time being, the increase... is slightly higher than last year (about 2 bln euros more) but way down on what had been expected until
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary inquiry into the wiretapping scandal is due to get underway on Wednesday... elections, rather than linking the additional seats to the winner’s share of the vote, which is what... parties get into Parliament. According to Kathimerini, this could be tweaked so that the bonus seats
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Mitsotakis pledges more benefits in bid to tap SYRIZA strongholds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLess than two weeks are left until Greece goes to the polls and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... euros, up from the current 50 euros, while those with two children will get 120 instead of 70 euros... young Greeks to get the Covid vaccine and there is clearly a feeling within ND that this might help
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Buoyed by polls, Mitsotakis rejects option of coalition with PASOK after first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis and his team now believe that ND can gain more than 35 pct on May 21. The result would... to compromise on this point if his party manages to compete more convincingly with ND than the opinion... by ProRata suggests that New Democracy is on course to get between 32.1 and 37.9 pct of the vote
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What is driving the Greek housing market's recovery?
EconomyFeaturesmarket in 2008. During the crisis which ensued, homes lost more than 40 percent of their value over... of property transactions, which have seen an increase of more than 140 percent from the low point marked... the trend for short-term letting. How did we get from lamenting low property values to fearing a new
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Mitsotakis tempers expectations for EP vote, Kasselakis talks up prospects
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s performance should be the 2019 results (rather than last year’s national elections... is on course to get upwards of 30 pct on June 9. There have been some suggestions that this would... a huge gap to New Democracy, Kasselakis will also argue that his message is starting to get through
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A year of risk and reward for Greece
Agorathan 80 prior actions, none are considered as politically testing as the ones completed by the government over the past couple of years. Also, the keenness of the European lenders to get Greece over... than more measures in exchange for more loans from the creditors. The significance of morale should
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