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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe issued with work visas under a scheme put forward by the ministries of labour and migration to ease... Democracy. Sensing an opportunity to expose rifts within the government, the main opposition put forward... the seeds of its implementation. It also hints that a similar path may beckon for other initiatives
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Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015
is to now put together the implementation laws needed for the 49 milestones it has agreed with Greece’s... charges subsidise pensions. According to the MoU, this could be offset by reducing benefits... was the slowest this year. The absolute figures put the trade deficit at 1.12 billion euros, which
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoradifficult measures, ones that could put its slim parliamentary majority at risk, and needs a positive... message to put out at home. But the reality is that Greece will have to produce large primary surpluses for many years to come, which will continue to put pressure on its economy and citizens, while
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Podcast - Subsidise this: Fraud scandal delivers new blow to Greek PM
AgoraAnyone hoping for a calm summer in Greece just had their hopes dashed. A political storm is engulfing Athens, with four government officials already ousted amid a deepening scandal tied to the misuse of EU agricultural funds. At the heart of the storm i...
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agoraof the fines and the state could subsidise outdoor heaters for cafes and bars. The effort to establish... on the course, Diamataris put the discrepancy down to a mistake in the wording of what was written... not stand up to even the slightest bit of scrutiny but the government immediately sought to put
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Opposition picks holes in latest measures to mitigate economic impact from pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week was the so-called “SYN-ERGASIA” scheme, which will see the state subsidise the wages... the scheme if they do not fire staff. However, SYRIZA argues that it will lead to employees who are put... the economy. KINAL also put forward its own six-month support programme a few weeks ago and continues
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
received their booster jabs. Mitsotakis acknowledged that the health system had been put under great... put in place to contain the virus. This included an extension of the furlough scheme for employees... measures announced by the government to subsidise rising energy bills to the tune of 395 million euros
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Govt treads carefully on economic relief measures, hoping normality is near
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme for firms that are directly affected by the tighter Covid restrictions put in place... million euros. Together with the measures already announced to subsidise energy bills, the government has... economies than Greece’s, it could put Athens under the spotlight as the discussion about reshaping
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Newsletter 329 - 25/02/2022
itself fully with the European Union and NATO positions. The Ukraine crisis, though, also put.... Nevertheless, the latest developments appear to have put the idea of targeted and temporary reductions... to subsidise energy bills has already reached 2 billion euros. The situation in Ukraine has created
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader also put forward a plan to subsidise rents for young Greeks but he also stated his party’s..., it will put an end to a third of the people deciding on behalf of the large majority.” In his press
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