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Newsletter 224 -25/10/2019
for projects considered “strategic investments” to get off the ground. However, opposition parties have..., when it will be clearer if the total amount will be more or less than expected. On pensions... apparently secure more than the 200 votes needed in Parliament to adopt the necessary legislation
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Newsletter 226 -01/11/2019
currently stand at 15.24 billion euros in 13, 26 and 52-week T-bills. These get rolled over regularly... than 20 percent of total debt, or less than 40 percent of GDP. The budget primary balance recorded... billion euros. On an aggregate basis, gross revenues came to 42.04 billion euros, higher than
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Constitution tweaked, consensus sought for Greek diaspora vote and next president
PoliticsGreek Politicsat least some of the opposition parties. His main aim is likely to get centre-left KINAL on board... than 500,000 Greeks with voting rights can be tabled in Parliament. The most popular amendment (274... appoint technocrats to run Greece’s public hospitals rather than hand out the positions as political
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Government braces for reaction to pension bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the pension system since the crisis began more than a decade ago that would lead to retirement pay rising (at least in some cases) rather than being reduced. This message has fizzled out over the past few... would also have to pay up to 20 percent more than under the Katrougalos law, which linked the level
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PM faces complex challenge as Turkey threatens free passage for refugees
PoliticsGreek Politicsasylum seekers to reach Greece. If this turns out to be more than a publicity stunt aimed at putting... suggested that the nature of the situation and the government’s inability to get to grips... leader Antonis Samaras has a much more hardline approach to the migration issue than the prime minister
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Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020
a two-month period until the end of June. He also clarified that New Democracy intends to get all pupils... and is tailored more to satisfying big business than looking after workers. The government was forced... of managerial competence. Digital investments could provide GDP boost Travel balance more than
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Newsletter 259 -24/07/2020
Essential EU funds secured Greece to get around 70 bln, OECD sees 8 to 9.6 pct contraction... more than a third of the country’s annual GDP. All member states will have to submit to the European... in output, job losses and budgetary costs are expected to be less severe than the crisis period
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University bill passes as parties' ideological dividing lines are laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicsto get its political message across. The centre-right party came to power making it clear to Greeks... that the main problem afflicting tertiary education is a lack of funding and facilities rather than... or law and order, which critics claim is closer to the hard right than the political centre that Prime
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PM banks on firms bouncing back after lockdown as SYRIZA decries immunity for Covid panel
PoliticsGreek Politicstrying to get the experts to rubber stamp its policies rather than genuinely seeking their advice... to an 8.2% contraction last year. This figure was slightly lower than the 4.8% included in the 2020... much further than this and essentially provides blanket immunity. He suggested that the tweak
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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicspupils and teachers will only have to conduct one self-test per week before going to school, rather than... the country is best prepared to welcome visitors given it is “one of the slowest countries in Europe” to get... that just over 1% of the population is being vaccinated each day. Over the last couple of weeks, more than
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