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Newsletter 143
is in danger of losing their home. Looking forward, a eurozone official also played down... demanded by the IMF as part of the second review. However, the official reportedly said that Greece... percent in exports of goods and services, thanks to a strong tourism season, offsetting reductions
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Q4 GDP contracts 0.4 pct QoQ, growth of 0.3 pct in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomybalance of payments as well as quarterly unemployment and turnover indices for the service sectors... that the 2017 budget incorporated a GDP contraction of 0.3 in 2016, but government officials recently expected... of 10.7 percent in goods more than offset by a sharp decline of 14.1 percent in services. However, EC
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Newsletter 253 -12/06/2020
by 22.1 percent YoY in Q1, led by coronavirus-related hotel closures, while the food service index... of centre-left PASOK. This group of SYRIZA officials fear that Tsipras has not been clear enough in his...’ index fell by 2.5 percent while the services index rose by 0.6 percent YoY. The harmonised index
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Newsletter 378 - 28/04/2023
law enforcement and civil defence, including plans to shake up the police and fire service... the four-year term. ND officials hope that the pledges set out by the PM will help the party build.... On the digital front, Mitsotakis said New Democracy set a target of putting 90 percent of public services
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Newsletter 458 - 04/04/2025
in a position where he will be expected to announce pay increases in the police, coast guard and fire service... from the two senior government officials, feeling that they were out of line by making such requests... rises for the coastguard, fire and police services. As a result, Mitsotakis was forced to commit
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Puzzling reaction to army reservists' call for government to resign
PoliticsGreek Politicsservice firings to stop and all German property in Greece to be seized until a settlement over Second World War reparations is reached. The statement prompted officials from the Public Order... to resign prompted an emergency late night meeting of top ministry and judicial officials on Wednesday
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the day-to-day management of the civil service and ensuring it meets the levels of preparedness... based on exit polls was evident in that SYRIZA officials reportedly reached out to PASOK after voting... already started to be questioned by some conservative officials. It is possible that Meimarakis
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras and the National Intelligence Service (KYP) were aware of the threats at the time... being threatened by SYRIZA officials. Panousis claimed in Proto Thema weekly that while he served... (DIMAR) and was one of the few non-SYRIZA officials in the previous government.
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SYRIZA tries to contain impact of ex-minister's grave allegations
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIntelligence Service (EYP), that he says prove he was the victim of political pressure and blackmail... challenged and lower level SYRIZA officials arguing that their actions have been misinterpreted. Perhaps... with it politically by removing the officials that are said to have targeted Panousis. The line from
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Bailout talks inch forward as Juncker comments complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the Greek statistics service ELSTAT is expected to announce a primary surplus of 0.6 to 0.7 percent of GDP... to insist that it should be slashed to 8,182 euros, while the European Commission officials taking... and IMF officials struck an unofficial bargain on an extra package of about 3 billion euros in contingent
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