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Govt on alert for possible fallout from tapering of pandemic relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it has offered Greek businesses since the beginning of the pandemic. New Democracy officials.... This issue has also been the subject of much speculation in the local media. It is a worry shared... has repeatedly blasted as being too timid, is still the subject of some debate. According to a report
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Launch of new insolvency process may carry political significance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis as the most comprehensive scheme there has ever been to settle debts, not just arrears, over... impact but growing private debt has been a problem in Greece for more than a decade. The total owed... in the months ahead as the opposition tries to convince voters that New Democracy has little interest
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Creditors give thumbs up for 10th post-MoU review, underline pandemic legacy
EconomyProgrammein the summer of 2018. The institutions conclude that Greece has taken the steps required to achieve... of the Hercules APS, which has helped banks to reduce their NPEs through securitisations, is also welcomed. Other... to mitigate its social and economic impact. The debt sustainability analysis has incorporated the updated
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Govt on defensive over property tax tweaks and labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politics. It only has to look at the last decade to see how its predecessors suffered politically as a result... instalments, from the current six. The minimum monthly payment will be 50 euros. SYRIZA has countered... has managed to create a rare moment of unity among the opposition parties as SYRIZA, KINAL, MeRA25
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PM looking to build on RRF approval to augment profile as moderniser
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission has indicated that it expects 1 percent of GDP to be added this year, 2 percent next year and 2.5... with middle-aged and, particularly, older voters, while SYRIZA has more appeal among young Greeks, convincing the electorate that the left-wing party has nothing new to offer is a key part of the centre
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Growing Covid threat foils government's attempt to look ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsupwards. This latest development has fuelled concern in the tourism sector that this summer will be another damp squib. This fear has also been exacerbated by Germany placing Greece on the list of high... since Germany has now joined another key market for visitors to Greece – the UK – in imposing
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Criticism of authorities' response intensifies as wildfires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politics. While the government has been trying to balance warnings with reassurance, opposition parties... Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis told ANT-1 TV that the government has spent 1 billion euros on civil protection, and that the budget allocated for fire prevention this year has exceeded anything
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Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has offered since coming under criticism for the way the fires were handled. The centre-right... in the future. New Democracy hopes that this will be enough to dampen the anger and frustration that has... with respect to Covid. Tsipras also dismissed Mitsotakis’s claim that the government has acted
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University exam results stir political differences as entrance numbers drop
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the bar meant that 63,239 places were awarded, against 81,413 in 2020, meaning there has been... Mitsotakis “who has not even passed outside of a Greek university” of “clipping the wings... culture of anomie. It has therefore sought to establish a number of policies aimed at improving standards
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PM removes under-fire ministers from posts in late-summer reshuffle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinistry, where he will serve as deputy minister. Mitsotakis has decided to create a completely new... over compulsory Covid vaccinations. However, it has also been noted that the addition of Plevris to the government is another nod to the hard right by Mitsotakis, who in previous years has tried
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