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Iran war creates turbulence for Greek tourism outlook
EconomyFeaturesThe Iran war has introduced a level of volatility into the Greek tourism sector not seen since... doubled, pushing airfares higher, while the paralysis of Middle Eastern aviation hubs has severed... has been either closed or restricted, forcing airlines to reroute flights or suspend services
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Newsletter 501 - 03/04/2026
ministers and the party secretary on the list has forced the government to prepare for a targeted reshuffle... has disrupted the government’s pre‑election choreography and revived questions about institutional... pressure ahead of the postponed parliamentary debate on the rule of law. PASOK has demanded
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agora, has rebuffed opposition criticism over his economic policies by pointing to a trade balance surplus, January’s three-year bond yield falling to a record-low and a declining risk premium that has... they would not be hiring extra employees for another year or two, a Deloitte-El País survey has shown
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politics. The completion of the review, though, is just one piece of the Greek jigsaw that has to fall into place over....” The troika has fully adopted the OECD’s recommendations and made it clear to the Greek government... recommendations,” an e-mail from the troika to Development Minister Costis Hatzidakis in January read. Greece has
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
budget. SYRIZA has pledged to replace ENFIA with a tax on large properties, after a downward... SYRIZA had initially predicted the new tax would return 2 billion less in revenue and has refrained... unclear. That said, Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis has repeatedly ruled out the privatisation
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Newsletter 27 - 22/05/2015
proposal to its original The current unease within SYRIZA has not yet spilled over into a full-blown... to a deal has heightened speculation that the institutions will soon present Tsipras with a take-it-or-leave-it offer. The government has suggested that if there is such a proposal, it would have to be put
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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
The submission to Parliament of the government’s first multi-bill since the 20 September elections has... win in the elections, as well as the settling of accounts with the party’s radical wing, there has... Democracy? Leadership race has revealed much of what is ailing conservatives The belief
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Newsletter 53 - 27/11/2015
election fiasco wounds conservative party unity New Democracy has just experienced one of the most... the Meimarakis and Samaras camps. Samaras has been largely silent during the lengthy leadership campaign but has been seen as quietly supporting two rivals to Meimarakis, former Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis
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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
and embarrassment of a drawn-out leadership campaign that has failed to capture voters’ attention even though... to a software failure. The conservative party has since switched the IT firm it is using, from... of role New Democracy will play in Greek politics. At the moment the party has regressed into its
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
in property prices is the single property tax (ENFIA). As the government has agreed... euros and at a rate of 33 percent for any income above that. The government has also legislated... Alexiadis has repeatedly said that for taxpayers to be eligible for the tax-free threshold of 9,550
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