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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has cut short his brief summer holiday due to a large wildfire... the last few days, as well as dozens of other smaller blazes. Although the blaze on Evia has burned... have been protected means that the government has not yet faced any strong criticism about how
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Newsletter 219 -13/09/2019
Mitsotakis has said he will not challenge. According to a report in Naftemporiki daily, the reduction... contributions, which is set to begin next summer, has an estimated cost of 200 million euros. The total... in which there can be a unilateral appeal to arbitration during a labour dispute. SYRIZA has already
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Greece falls to 79 out of 190 economies in ease of doing business ranking
EconomyFeaturesThe latest Doing Business Indicators report for 2020 by the World Bank Group has shown that Greece... that in the space of a year, the country has dropped by seven places. It is now ranked below Peru (79... survey. The score came to 69.5 out of 100. However, the number of procedures involved has fluctuated
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Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020
results Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s visit to Washington this week has dominated the news... visit to the US since coming to power has solidified positive sentiment between Greece and the US... side has already recognised on many occasions through the public statements of the US Secretary
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Internal party rivalries prove a hassle for Mitsotakis and Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe two men has gradually broken down since last summer, when New Democracy won the general elections... Democracy has been no stranger to internecine competition but there has been a delicate truce since..., and migration. This right-wing message appeals to some in ND and has supporters among the public
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Island unrest puts PM in tough spot
PoliticsGreek Politicsof compromise in the near future. New Democracy’s relationship with the local governor has also been... but has represented the conservatives in the past, has led resistance to the construction of the detention centres and has shunned the government’s efforts to find common ground. Things came to a head
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Newsletter 245 -27/03/2020
months. The measure has drawn criticism from the opposition parties, which describe it as an attempt... in the economic support package it has put together, noting that other countries have committed 10-15 pct... inthe public health system, but Petsas claimed that Greece now has 813 ICU beds available to treat
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EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak
Legal, the European Commission has presented a Temporary Framework concerning state aid measures to support... to the Commission. The Commission then has to examine the compatibility of the proposed schemes with the Temporary Framework. Only after the “National Scheme” has been approved by the Commission, Member
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Economic diversification vital to Greece's post-coronavirus future
AgoraGreece’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been admired internationally for both the control... economic austerity endured, Greece has put the USA, France and the UK to shame on both a per capita and cumulative basis. One area where Greece has not escaped though, is the economic contraction
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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
expressed earlier in the pandemic no longer apply even though Athens has signed an agreement... closed. This translates into activity at roughly 10 percent of last year’s Greece has opened its... has a strong approval rating overall but that voters are disappointed with its performance in some
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