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PM defends grocery stipend, hopes to draw support from PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsis not in a position to claim that the measure is “peanuts” since 650 million euros has been set aside to fund... that the measure was a cheap gesture when a more substantial intervention is needed to combat the cost... will not feel any of the benefit from the measure. Opinion poll According to the latest opinion
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Greece is gasping for a deal
Agora, further draining the liquidity in the country’s economy. In fact, while all the attention has fallen... default has been avoided, but they also bring greater anxiety that a default is getting closer. Greece has not received any bailout funding from its lenders since August but has kept meeting its debt
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Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
Agora, wean them off Golden Dawn’s poisonous populism. Can anyone do it? So far, the answer has been...-Nazi party, which has proved a challenge Greece’s political system has been unable to tackle..., which erupted shortly after the 2009 polls, has created fertile ground for extremists. Six years
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Newsletter 420 - 12/04/2024
appearances around the country as ND seeks to tap into his personal popularity, which has not waned.... Government officials have downplayed the significance of the decision, arguing that it has limited... ministers such as Yiannis Maniatis and Philippos Sachinidis. SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has opted
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Newsletter 99 - 09/12/2016
posted in 2007, Greece’s wealth has plummeted by 622 million or around 40 percent, while the respective average European figure has decreased by less than 10 percent. According to preliminary figures... channel indicates that the gap between SYRIZA and New Democracy has widened over the last few
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Draft budget maps out narrow fiscal path for coming years
EconomyMacroeconomysurpluses in that region for decades. The inflation wave that started after the Ukraine conflict has... transactions, as well as higher VAT revenues. The measure was rolled out before the summer so it will be easier to measure its efficiency in due course. Although the government’s line of argument holds
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agoraa way to measure people’s units of thought, they would discover that the British think in pints... meters. This is the yardstick that many Greeks use to measure their social status, their wealth... wife, ex-wife, daughter and cousin. The only square meters Tsochatzopoulos can measure now
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Mitsotakis argues there is no alternative as SYRIZA officials push Kasselakis out
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a “safe port” in 2027. He said that his administration has 1,000 days ahead of it until..., New Democracy is still the only party that has a credible plan and the ability to govern. The PM... revenues has paved the way for this year’s spending to increase from 3 to 3.5 billion euros, allowing
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Campaigns reach conclusion as polls indicate surprises are unlikely
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAhead of Sunday’s vote, Greece’s political leaders are wrapping up what has been a somewhat erratic.... There has been an increase in the proportion of voters who think that the European Parliament elections are not that important. It has risen by 4.3 points to 19.5 pct since the previous survey by the same
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Optimism in Athens as Cyprus talks move into delicate phase
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Cyprus issue has entered a critical phase ahead of a new round of talks between Cyprus... that there has been “significant progress” on the issue of territory but it remains to be seen... Kotzias appeared cautiously optimistic about how negotiations are going. “I think that the Cyprus issue
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