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Parties gear up for clash over escalating migration challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicscircumspect in their public pronouncements in the build-up to the elections this summer. Given... government means that it takes up to 10 years to return a migrant, whereas under the scheme proposed by New Democracy it will take up to 6 months. He accused SYRIZA of engaging in “pseudo-humanitarianism
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Dec CPI up by 0.8 pct yoy as 2019 rise comes in at 0.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin December a year ago. The core index edged up by 0.7 percent in December, from 1 percent in November... prices were up by 0.3 percent, led by higher prices for meat, milk, cheese and fruits. Clothing was also up by 0.5 percent. Prices in restaurants increased by 0.9 percent. These were partially offset
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ND vies for more support on migration, gets tangled up in football controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsamong member states as the EU prepares to draw up a new agreement on migration. Mitsotakis is due... up against complaints from local authorities and residents in mainland areas where asylum seekers... up to change the law so that PAOK and Xanthi are not relegated, but may just suffer a points
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Travel balance surplus up by 10.9 pct in 2019 as 31.3 mln visitors roll in
EconomyMacroeconomyduring the month to 692,200 visitors, while the average expenditure per trip edged up by a slight 0.7... percent YoY, while flows from outside the EU28 were up by 6 percent. During all of 2019, travel receipts... down by 0.2 percent to 2.96 billion. Revenues from French visitors were up by 14.5 percent to 1.09
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsoutbreak sources being discovered. Authorities are wary that due to Easter coming up on Sunday... risen to 98 (average age: 72), while the number of cases was up to 2,114. Of those 76 people... new arrivals in quarantine for 14 days and that an emergency plan is being drawn up to deal
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General govt primary cash surplus down to 774 mln in March, arrears up by 195 mln
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of the total, tax refunds make up the majority of arrears during the month, followed by SSFs... came to 33.83 billion euros in March and made up 9.4 percent of the total. In other underlying categories, a rise of 405 million euros was seen in T-bills, making up 3 percent of the total. EFSF/ESM
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Satisfied with reform commitment and pandemic response, EC wraps up sixth post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammespecific reform commitments by Greece in six key areas up to mid-2022. The report is based... of the next review, the Commission urges the authorities to engage the necessary resources and step up... include the new insolvency code. Progressing the mid-2020 commitments, combined with follow-up
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Vaccination scheme gearing up as more jabs arrive, but some scepticism persists
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Pfizer vaccine, which could potentially be topped up if the EU reaches an agreement to purchase... to earlier announcements by the government, the plan is to administer up to 2 million doses a month once... not deliver a full line-up, however the majority of parliamentary party leaders stepped forward
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Greek #MeToo claims snowball amid accusations of political cover-up
PoliticsGreek Politicswas a personal choice of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while openly accusing Mendoni of a cover-up. A subsequent.... While the minister continues to stand her ground, denying both the favouritism claims and the cover-up... claimed that he was being subjected to “trial by media”, while a self-proclaimed anarchist group put up
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Parties turn attention to green transition as climate issues move up political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicshardly featured as an issue in the 2019 elections, it has gradually moved up the political agenda... that in just two years green issues have risen up the political agenda at an impressive rate as the parties... will reportedly be on June 17. The draft law, which is up for public consultation, has already drawn
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