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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Tsipras held talks on Thursday, with the German leader subsequently expressing her support... to withdraw his support for the government, he will call a confidence vote in Parliament and if he..., especially if he does not have any support from ANEL MPs. SYRIZA currently has 145 lawmakers
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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday that he is resigning from the government and will not support SYRIZA in a vote of confidence... not support SYRIZA in the ballot because it is tied to whether the Prespes Agreement with the Former Yugoslav... did not make it clear if all his MPs support his position. In fact, his comments suggested that just
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Tsipras seen clinching 151 votes as doubts surface about name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof confidence. Kostas Zouraris of ANEL is also expected to support the government. Given that Deputy... since Kammenos’s departure on Sunday suggests that Tsipras had secured the necessary support before... neighbour using the name “Macedonia” at all. He said he would support a New Democracy-driven censure
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EastMed pipeline close to high-level agreement, but still a long way from becoming reality
EconomyFeaturesin support of the project, culminating in a summit between Israel, Greece and Cyprus in December... and TANAP pipelines, on the basis that they contravene EU climate change policies. Support for climate... was attended by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who declared his country’s full support for the pipeline, since
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
that it scrapped the measure but that the opposition party did not support this effort. The conservatives... of copying the centre-right party, which had tried to get SYRIZA to support its own proposal... on the local level and a reluctance of candidates to accept the support of the governing party
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New Democracy on course for clear majority, opinion polls suggest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece in an attempt to drum up support for his party. Speaking in Thessaloniki on Thursday, he... to the Prespes Agreement and draw support away from the ultra-nationalist newcomer Greek Solution, led by TV... support away from Greek Solution and Golden Dawn, as well as attract more undecided Greeks or those who
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Parliament re-opens for business amid calls for greater scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsto resume. The government’s pandemic support package will also remain on the agenda, as the Finance... handling of the pandemic on the economic support package and the impact of lockdown measures on workers... that lack of substantial government support will lead to the job losses and pay cuts on the “day after
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Govt and opposition stake out positions on pandemic impact measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsbillion euros to businesses in emergency support and 3.5 billion in deferred taxes and contributions, on condition that no jobs are shed over the next six months. The support would come directly from... from the prevailing rate of 24 or 13 percent), a support package for farming and fishing, and 0.5
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Finance Ministry grapples with escalating cost of pandemic
EconomyFinance minister Christos Staikouras announced on Monday that the cost of support measures... to become clearer. Monday’s announcement included the following support measures: · Suspended businesses.... At the same time, he hailed past caution as the reason why the government can continue to support
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Newsletter 284 - 12/02/2021
that the cost of support measures for the economy in the first quarter alone will come to 5.9... support measures: · Suspended businesses such as retail, restaurants, gyms, cultural, sports... can continue to support the economy. With the government having initially estimated that support
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