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PM set on sharing out more economic benefits in bid to recover support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFestival in September. According to reports, one of the options being looked at is indexing the tax... at bringing down the level of tax on income from rentals. One of the measures announced by Mitsotakis last week will see renters who fulfil certain income criteria receive up to one month’s return back
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Government tries to polish economic image as it prepares for big gamble on relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the government and the opposition. One of these is the state of the economy, which New Democracy wants to preserve as one of its key selling points to voters but which PASOK and other... tell 10 million Greeks… that it proposes… only public sector employees should receive one salary
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Mitsotakis tries to rally MPs amid lacklustre poll data, resurfacing of Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the father of one of the victims of Greece's deadliest rail disaster decided to go on hunger...’s search for something different. In short, the post-TIF landscape is one of suspended animation... been chosen, paving the way for proceedings to begin. But it is the public protest by one
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PM under fire for foreign policy handling after Erdogan snub
PoliticsGreek Politicsincluded a one-to-one with the President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides to clear the air over... and president of one the families’ associations, accused the minister of not being truthful. A group of 85... of the bereaved families and the government’s refusal as “one more attempt to bury the truth
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Newsletter 478 - 03/10/2025
challenge for New Democracy. Security and foreign policy add to voter unease. Seventy-one percent... in the short-term rentals market. It is a segment that exceeds one million offered beds, beating the total... million people. The rate for women improved by over one point year-on-year to 10.6 pct, while
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsuncertain outcome. Portraying his party as one of responsibility and his opponents as dangerous populists seems to be one of the tools that Mitsotakis wants to use to build back support for his administration. One of the triggers behind this latest drive is the publicity surrounding the hunger strike
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Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025
government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis likened post offices to obsolete technologies: “No one rents VHS tapes anymore - why should we keep post offices no one uses?” He insisted that 92% of pensions and 90... democracy, not a technocratic one.” Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias added that the state should
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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
Societycomplaints, one of the highest rates in the OECD. Greece continues to battle entrenched lifestyle risks. Daily smoking rates are alarmingly high - nearly one in four adults light up daily, with 31 pct of men... Greeks skipped dental care, and more than one in six missed medical care. To tackle long waiting lists
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Newsletter 489 - 19/12/2025
cent, followed by KKE on 7.3, Course of Freedom on 6.3 and SYRIZA on 4.7. One in five voters remained.... A Pulse survey for Skai TV showed New Democracy slipping one point to 23.5%. PASOK was marginally... and the reimbursement of one month’s rent, up to €800, for tenants. Announced in spring but implemented
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SYRIZA leader renews call for progressive unity as party’s drift to margins continues
PoliticsGreek Politics, and in need of at least one coalition partner. One way to read these numbers is to see them as a sign... by Karystianou would perform better in the elections than one with Tsipras at the helm, whereas 23 pct... for 2025, with 24.3 pct of respondents picking her as one of up to three choices. Tsipras figured in fourth
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