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Newsletter 448 - 24/01/2025
goal was to get New Democracy’s core supporters on board with his choice, he has achieved this. Alco... in the presidency is substantially lower than the level of media coverage that Mitsotakis’s deliberations... at risk of poverty or social exclusion remained stable at 26.1 pct, it is still higher than the EU
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Newsletter 450 - 7/02/2025
a multitude of initiatives to Parliament, the PM’s office is trying to get ahead of events. PASOK fired... to higher incomes. The gains in 2024 in higher brackets is much more moderate than the 68 pct increase... in manufacturing, being stronger than the series trend. Manufacturers saw output growth for the fourth
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsif the farmers ceased the disruption and allowed citizens to get on with their lives. Polling, however, has... that it could “slightly” alter it. The Tsipras factor appears to complicate rather than simplify..., are less than delighted at the prospect of a new left-wing party entering the scene. Both have suffered
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It’s not just young Greeks who are looking abroad, older professionals have joined the queue
Society. That established professionals from these groups, rather than just newcomers who cannot get a food... of dentists seeking certificates allowing them to practice abroad has more than doubled since Greece... Greece to practice abroad was 2.5 times higher in the first quarter of this year than during the same
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Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
AgoraMPs. He reportedly told them that if Greece would be able to get through a tough summer, it would... the troika’s targets. Pensions and public sector salaries have been slashed by more than a third and social... billion euros at this stage of the Greek crisis is more than just a tall order. With no genuine
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Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
Agorahired between 2004 and 2009 had used fake qualifications to get their jobs. Here, at last, was a large... at just over 2,000. Rather than highlight its own failing in speeding up the disciplinary process... the municipal police monitored parking, the force generated more than enough revenues to cover its
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Scars for coalition, questions for SYRIZA after confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsformer coalition partner Democratic Left voted “present” rather than express support... up in its efforts to put pressure on him. However, SYRIZA would have hoped to get more out of its unexpected decision to submit the 11th censure motion to Greek Parliament in the last 26 years than
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Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
Agorarather than divisive. His centrist party, To Potami (The River), posits a new proposition by relying on candidates whose strengths lie in their professional achievements rather than how many rungs up... could get away with in March when he launched the movement but can only be seen as grave
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Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
Agoraby more than 20 percent. Greece’s labour market has been devastated, like no other in any modern crisis.... To get this number of people back into employment over the next six years will require, based...) and packaging is expected to bring in 315,000 jobs, which is an increase of more than 70 percent from
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Finance Ministry scrambles to correct property tax after error-strewn debut
EconomyMacroeconomylobbied the troika persistently to get the unpopular emergency tax incorporated into a general... of those cases, this resulted in the calculation of a property value up to 10 times higher than... percent of the total 6.15 million) paying more than 500 euros. Taking into account that each household
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