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Covid-19 fears start to wane as concerns about economic impact grow
PoliticsGreek Politicsand employees, with café and restaurant owners staging protests this week to demand more support and greater... for a slight decline in support for New Democracy, which still maintains a big lead over SYRIZA. Support for ND has dropped from 45 pct last month to 42.5 pct this month. Backing for SYRIZA has remained
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ND hopes economy will pick up as second stage of lockdown easing begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsavailable to support struggling businesses and families. The European Commission estimates... resources and will not be in a position to support all businesses and can only provide stipends for a brief... of the crisis has been that the centre-right party is not doing enough to support the economy and workers
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Newsletter 252 -29/05/2020
EU recovery plan seen as boost PM pleased with Brussels plan as SYRIZA says ND support measures... so far to support struggling Greek businesses and households. European Commission president Ursula... than apply for the government’s SURE-backed employment support scheme. In his response to SYRIZA
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Parties jostle over economic data, public still backs ND approach on pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsto enjoy support for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis. The Q1 GDP data published on Thursday... enough in its support policies. Centre-left KINAL also argued that the government should take little... continues to enjoy strong support for the way it tackled Covid-19. According to Pulse, 75 pct of Greeks
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Seventh post-bailout review completed, lenders flag up state arrears and unpaid pensions
EconomyProgrammestages and the response in terms of support measures needed to cushion its impact on the economy... had to top up the support measures because the impact on the economy was worsening. The Commission... of pensions. The report estimates that the support measures to date are broken down by 3.1 billion
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IMF sees GDP shrinking by 9.5 pct in 2020, warns about pace of fiscal consolidation
EconomyProgrammesignificantly since March despite the various support measures. The IMF expects the Greek economy... to implement further measures to support the economy that might require additional support from the European partners. Although banks enjoy at this stage support measures from the supervisory and Greek
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Greece to enter second lockdown as govt faces criticism over 'total failure'
PoliticsGreek Politicsand nurseries will remain open. Mitsotakis also announced the extension of economic support measures, including an increase in emergency income support for workers on suspended contracts and the long-term... economic support measures, the opposition is calling an end to the informal truce that had held during
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Surge in Covid-19 deaths as work on adjusted 2021 budget nears completion
PoliticsGreek Politicsat 6 pct. The budget is expected to include a support package of 4.5-5 billion euros for 2021.... The ministry is also considering additional measures to support borrowers, on top of the Bridge mortgage... any benefits yet from the various pandemic support packages. This could include the long-term
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Plans for easing lockdown on hold as coronavirus, poll numbers cause ND concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis year. The Kapa Research survey puts support for New Democracy on 37.4 pct, compared to 23.4 pct... since the company’s poll in June. Since then, support for the ruling centre-right party has dropped... percentage points. Movement for Change (KINAL) has also seen a small increase in support, edging up from 5.4
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Slight easing of Covid-19 data as focus turns to retail, budget
PoliticsGreek Politicsemployees are surviving thanks to state support. The numbers reportedly show that 32.6 pct of the employees... support, such as reductions of rents and deferrals of obligations. Furthermore, 800,000 companies have... to the wide array of support measures it has adopted this year, while also flagging up the reduction
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