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Tsipras looks forward and puts emphasis on growth, MoU exit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSaturday’s speech, Tsipras uncharacteristically said that he would like to look forward rather than back... Emmanuel Macron’s visit last week, including the discussion the two men had behind closed doors... managed to turn “Grexit” into “Grinvest.” This motto summed up the tone of Tsipras’s speech
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Govt treads carefully on economic relief measures, hoping normality is near
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat such a move could endanger the government’s efforts to rein in the deficit this year before moving... economies than Greece’s, it could put Athens under the spotlight as the discussion about reshaping the eurozone’s Stability and Growth Pact is heating up. As a result, the government will focus
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agora” on the asset side of the company’s balance sheet. In the beginning, the liabilities go up by the amount... accumulates over time in bigger cash assets on the balance sheet. The company’s net worth increases... country has a balance sheet that shows that when the country sells the oil, it is selling the country’s
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Despite satisfaction with Covid-19 numbers, govt not eyeing let-up in restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsexit from the lockdown. Speaking at Tuesday’s regular news conference on the latest coronavirus..., presuming the coronavirus threat has blown over. Such reports also contributed to the government’s... continues to try to chip away at the government’s lead. After announcing its own set of proposals
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Opposition picks holes in latest measures to mitigate economic impact from pandemic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties have criticised the government’s latest package of measures to support... Democracy’s claim that the total package of measures it will implement to mitigate the economic impact... that SYRIZA’s idea required a “money tree” to be implemented. Nevertheless, the opposition party brushed
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Govt unveils new Covid support measures amid growing public anxiety
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials have repeatedly stated that fiscal space is tight. Commenting on the government’s planning... admissions, as the capital’s hospitals admitted 185 Covid patients in the last 24 hours. Covid ICUs... were drafted into the national health system’s roster of dedicated Covid facilities on Thursday, while
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Govt pins hopes on lifting Covid restrictions in March as experts tread more cautious path
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the narrowing spending path. High expectations had been pinned on this week’s review of pandemic measures... threshold. The biggest concern, however, surrounds death rates. Wednesday’s death toll was 87, the first... Democracy’s constitutional term in 2023, while dismissing a recent rumour that the government intended
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Govt weighs up impact of Ukraine war on recovery, waits for decisions at EU level
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greece’s economic recovery and the government’s hopes that 2022 would be the year that a number... this year’s budget due to the multiple effects of the war, which will become clearer as time passes..., and inflation will spread further. The ministry now sees inflation well above January’s 6.2 pct, and remaining
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Govt weighs escalating impact of Ukraine war on public finances
PoliticsGreek Politics. At the same time, the PM’s office is said to be receiving encouraging signals from rolling polls... that New Democracy has suffered through in the wake of last summer’s wildfires, Covid and the recent...-wildfire reshuffle in September, is seen as emblematic of the party’s reach into the political
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Government acts to prevent energy price shock in move critics say comes too late
PoliticsGreek Politicshouseholds the option to sign up for variable contracts. Earlier this week, Mitsotakis’s spokesman... been warning for some time that Greece’s electricity system is vulnerable to price shocks. Recent... that the government’s hesitation to tackle energy price hikes up until this point is part of a pattern of behaviour
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