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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsVaccination rates across Greece are beginning to diverge, leading experts to make further appeals to citizens to overcome their hesitancy and scepticism. While the political leadership continues to praise the operational efficiency of the vaccination ca...
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Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition MPs stormed out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee handling the surveillance affair over what they claim is a concerted attempt by the government to cover up a politically motivated spying operation on domestic targets including jour...
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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras. Buoyed by encouraging signs from recent polls ...
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the cost of living and the economy dominating much of the public debate in the run-up to next week’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific interventions that the government is mulling for after ...
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Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications
EconomyMacroeconomyLast week’s five-day debate on the 2025 budget concluded on Sunday without any complications for the government, and the economic plan is certainly in line with the Greek authorities’ narrative that stabilising the economy is one of the current administ...
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S&P leaves Greece's 'BBB' rating unchanged, hints at slower pace of upgrades
EconomyS&P on Friday reaffirmed Greece’s sovereign credit rating at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, citing confidence in the country’s fiscal discipline, solid economic growth, and an improving banking sector. In April, S&P was among the agencies that advanced Gr...
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Tsipras hints at June launch for new party as poll suggests disruption potential
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer PM Alexis Tsipras took a significant step towards forming a new political party with a public speech on Monday, in which he hinted at a June launch. Tsipras addressed an audience at a gathering organised by a northern Athens citizens' initiative ...
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EastMed pipeline close to high-level agreement, but still a long way from becoming reality
EconomyFeaturesproblem besetting the pipeline. Since the discovery of major natural gas reserves in the Levantine basin in the past decade, political momentum behind building a gas pipeline connecting the newly... per year of natural gas into the European grid. A number of international agreements have been signed
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Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
EconomyFeaturesenergy for the EU. Currently, Russia is the largest exporter of oil and natural gas to the EU... the Mediterranean - the Southern Gas Corridor - a crucial investment, stating that “the Mediterranean area can act as a key source and route for supplying gas to the EU.” This is where Greece comes in. The first
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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
to reduce reliance on natural gas for the foreseeable future due to the skyrocketing prices driven... domestic energy production by increasing dependence on imported natural gas. The prime minister’s... to face the prospect of disruptions in the supply of Russian gas after supplier Gazprom demanded payment
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