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Newsletter 182 -9/11/2018
Dimitris Tzanakopoulos indicated during a press briefing on Tuesday that this measure will be followed up..., who stressed that each measure would be brought to Parliament and New Democracy would be forced... officials, has been that there was no clean, or even real, exit from the programme because
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek Politicsto claim that it has achieved a “clean exit” and if it will have enough wiggle room to adopt policies... last year following the conclusion of the second review. Each measure is worth 1 percent of GDP... The IMF has even suggested that the reduction to the tax-free threshold should be moved forward
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Reshuffle of limited scope, ambition suggests elections on horizon
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSkourletis. Skourletis has been moved across to the Energy Ministry, ousting Panagiotis Lafazanis...://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.politics.2022] His appointment to the government appears.... Tsipras has repeatedly stated that his priority is to seal an agreement for the third bailout as he
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PM wants no strings attached to EU funds as ND juggles with public finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsto manage the considerable fiscal impact of the support measures it has announced and the downturn...-written. “I don’t think any additional strict conditionality is necessary,” Mitsotakis told... space it has, until extra funds flow from Brussels, with providing support to an increasingly broad
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Survey illustrates extent of pandemic impact on firms amid recovery hopes
EconomyFeaturesneed to reform the education and training system, and its connection to the market.... they expect a decrease in their sales in 2021 said that this was due to the virus. Regarding support measures during the crisis, 47.3 percent considered the government’s measures effective in general between
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s announcement of fines for unvaccinated over-60s has further... the age of 60 who has not booked a vaccination appointment by mid-January. The prime minister argued that the measure was the last resort after months of trying and failing to convince around half a million
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Government initiative on supermarket prices reignites cost-of-living row
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest government response to the cost-of-living crisis has been met with scepticism.... The list of 51 essential goods has been laid out in a ministerial decree. Retailers with an annual..., however, have expressed serious misgivings about the effectiveness of the measure. A spokesman
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PM tweaks team as SYRIZA calls for ex-minister to face charges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made the adjustments to his team that were necessary because... has taken exception to media reports over the weekend which claimed that his wife, Mareva Grabowski... his wife, who he argues has been unfairly targeted over the last few years. The PM’s office called
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PASOK pushes for answers over farm subsidy scandal as ND maintains poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicshas shown its intention to keep the issue regarding OPEKEPE, the agency responsible for disbursing... and answer questions about the alleged fraud at the organisation. The social democrats also want... has been the government’s main line of argument since OPEKEPE’s offices were raided last week
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ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinues to unfold, as it becomes evident that the decision has raised wider issues which... government lawmakers in a marathon teleconference organised to answer questions about the closure plans... that the closures announcement has provoked in their constituencies, particularly in the regions, where
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