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On the road to realpolitik with Alexis Tsipras at the wheel
Agorastrip and, wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, spoke to TV cameras about the “brutality” being inflicted... latest stint as prime minister, is down to 153 out 300 seats in Parliament. The SYRIZA leader may... in such an uncooperative mood) that it will not take a mass rebellion to destabilise or even bring down his government
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Declining flow of refugees gives struggling government some hope
PoliticsForeign Policydied down in the wake of the deal, which will see Greece returning refugees and migrants to its... arrivals for March appear well down on February's, they are far higher than the figures for last... took an unexpected turn on Sunday, when Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas suggested in a TV
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
that the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 23.3 percent in May from 23.6 percent... preparations have to be made. In an interview with Skai TV on Thursday, Mouzalas said that Greece... led to the Sunday service being interrupted, was prompted by the police clamping down on illegal
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Still facing pile of bailout tasks, Athens looks ahead to post-MoU actions
EconomyProgrammewith Skai TV on Tuesday, Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou highlighted some of the changes... it down close to zero by August. According to data published last June by the Confederation of Social... Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) reportedly puts this delay down to the checks on the technical
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Over one in five Greeks struggled to make ends meet in 2017
Societyequivalent) regularly, taking a one week holiday away from home and owning a TV, washing machine, car... is therefore the first time in seven years that the rate has gone down rather than up, but still means that material deprivation in Greece is much higher than the European average. Broken down by age
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Mitsotakis applies pressure over MoU exit and name talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis summer. If bond yields do not settle down, there will be fresh calls for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... an interview with Skai TV on Sunday. The opposition leader dismissed the government’s assertions about... to 20 percent, bring the ENFIA property levy down by 30 percent and drop the base income tax rate to 9
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agoraof prevention measures (clearing dead wood and debris, creating fire breaks, knocking down illegal buildings..., the coalition picked a fight with Skai TV and radio (ending up in SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... for spending cuts, which have gradually whittled down the fire brigade’s capability. Now that Greece
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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
Agora), play down the burden shouldered by much of Greek society, nor to ignore the dangerous cleavages... a soap opera playing out on their TV screens rather than a series of events causing real upheaval... pit for fanatics looking to strike each other down with a killer line or disarming data. No room
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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
consideration is bringing down the corporate tax rate from 29 percent to 26 percent. These were among... and middle class. In a live interview with Alpha TV on Tuesday night, Mitsotakis sketched out the plans he... to bring down taxation, saying he would create the fiscal space for this by making savings
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Newsletter 182 -9/11/2018
real estate and the lowering of the corporate tax rate. The latter is due to come down from 29 to 28... raised by the joint fund. In a TV interview on Thursday, Tsipras said that the state would be able... and public consumption growth is expected to slow down next year, before picking up pace again in 2020
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