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Tsipras vows to cancel reduction of tax-free threshold as SYRIZA seeks way back
PoliticsGreek Politics, Tsipras said the amendment cancelling the pre-legislated measure would be submitted to Parliament... of the July 7 vote, possibly resulting in a situation where SYRIZA can argue that it scrapped the measure... the government, nor the opposition, has indicated how they will compensate for the non-adoption of this fiscal
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyand the troika are still billions apart, or miles apart, on fiscal measures. I am starting to get more..., according to MoF, is in line with troika respective forecasts. MoF has also stressed that this year... euros for 2014 has now come down close to 1.5 billion as international lenders seem to have accepted
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis speak to their MPs but address wider audience
PoliticsGreek Politicshas no plans to join forces with New Democracy or PASOK ahead of the next elections. “I’m... the challenge of a major political change,” he said. “The time has come to leave aside all... getting into discussions about absurd demands, whether they regard new measures or measures to be adopted
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Attention turns to next steps in solidifying Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkey who did not want detente, he added: “I feel a historical responsibility to utilise... dialogue has as its final milestone the visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara in April.... It has to do with the Muslim minority in Western Thrace. According to media reports, he said in his
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Newsletter 308 - 17/09/2021
.” The image Mitsotakis has tried to portray of his administration as technocratic-led goal-getters suffered... that has allowed Greece and other member states to run higher deficits because of Covid.EconomyGovernment... speech has been used as the platform to unfold each government’s policy agenda. The speech of Kostas
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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgrammenow, it appears that there is nothing stopping Athens from ditching the measure when the budget... partners. “The IMF no longer has a financial arrangement with Greece so we are not engaged in the details.... “They are really issues for the Greek government and for the Europeans now in the framework that has been
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Newsletter 330 - 04/03/2022
Kiev because, like Ukraine, ut has a larger and more powerful neighbour, Turkey, that poses... that will be caused by the conflict in Ukraine. The Energy and Environment Ministry has already announced... measure under consideration is a cap on profit margins for certain products. Development Minister Adonis
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Newsletter 342 - 17/06/2022
-card which is being touted as a measure to combat exploitation by rogue employers. New Democracy... mid- to late-August, partly because he has to make sure that threats, such as wildfires and Greek.... This was seen by some observers as another measure aimed at winning votes ahead of the next elections. In his
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PM hopes to contain farmers' protests, seeks to close other open fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelief measures announced in the aftermath of Storm Daniel. The government has had to quietly... to a head over the next fortnight. The government has been trying to maintain a conciliatory tone.... The ND leadership is also satisfied that the issue has proven a headache even for the more
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Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
PoliticsForeign Policybetween Moscow and the European Union. However, there are questions about how well Athens has planned its moves to achieve this target and whether it has thoroughly weighed up the consequences of such an opening towards Russia. Tsipras’s visit, which has been moved forward by a month
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