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Government offers free holidays, bigger fines and more hirings in evolving fire response
PoliticsGreek Politics, which is that many of this year’s fires were the result of human actions rather than the record... and that this is the main reason behind the recent devastation, rather than poor preparation, bad coordination..., almost 55,000 hectares of land has been burnt in Greece this year, which is 143 pct higher than
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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter poor performances in both national elections, eventually trailing New Democracy by more than 20... is the favourite among the four candidates, also led to SYRIZA looking mostly inward rather than outward... of northern Athens. The opposition party accused Mitsotakis of doing nothing more than offering his
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a broader trend rather than result of any local factors. Nevertheless, the extent of the destruction... in the coming years. This represents a more challenging task for Mitsotakis than the one he expected a few..., but that the are of land burned was 192 pct higher than the annual average between 2002 and 2022
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Kasselakis completes stunning victory, taking SYRIZA into uncharted territory
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan a month after announcing his candidacy and only a few months before being named on the party’s... a centrist, rather than leftist, hue. Significantly, from the moment he launched his campaign in late August... on being smarter, more successful and even speaking better English than the prime minister
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Newsletter 396 - 06/10/2023
to gain more than 43 pct to be elected immediately. Otherwise, a run-off vote is held the following... forward no fewer than 40 percent of candidates from each gender. ND is facing some competition from... and the need for SYRIZA to keep its sights trained on New Democracy, rather than to get embroiled
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
was held because no candidate gained more than 43 pct in the first round. The recipe of SYRIZA... Bakoyannis in the second round, even though the ND-backed candidate was less than a couple of percentage... parties, was far more representative of the public mood than the run-offs. At the same time
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Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
PoliticsGreek Politicspositions (i.e. greater than 40 pct share) and to act on these. He explained that the process... that Greece’s watchdog now completes such probe in less than half the average time needed in the EU. He..., conducts research on prices and monitors more than 60,000 supermarket products daily using
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Newsletter 400 - 03/11/2023
closely believe is an attempt to stifle the investigation, rather than give it more importance... positions (i.e. greater than 40 pct share) and to act on these. The clash between Skrekas and Lianos..., there is a feeling among the Greek public that the high cost of goods has more to do with “greedflation” than
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Newsletter 402 - 17/11/2023
languishing in third place in the opinion polls, the lowest the leftists have been in more than... officials facing expulsion for attacking the 35-year-old, rather than let the central committee oversee..., rather than operating as independents. It is unclear whether they would choose to take that course
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A closer look at Greece's Q3 2023 national accounts
Agoraattention may then shift to other levers in the toolbox, rather than always thinking of credit and fiscal... to focus on efficiency and productivity, rather than on spending stimulus. Consider Figure 1 below... with the sense that Greece is doing slightly better than the Euro as a whole in the rebound from Covid
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