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Migration troubles move up political agenda as probe into use of fund is launched
PoliticsGreek Politicsshown an interest and that looks set to keep the matter high up on the domestic political agenda... sensitive than others about the plight of migrants but now being content to “pile up people in camps...) rounded up illegal immigrants and sent them back to their countries, sending the message
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsa lengthy live interview with Alpha TV in which he picked up where he left off in Parliament... hirings are expected each year until 2022 to make up for the expected departure (mostly retirement... will be up for grabs ahead of next year’s national elections. This will be a useful promotional tool
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Mitsotakis pledges more benefits, new faces as election build-up intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsmillion euros had been paid out to 1.463 million recipients. Applications can be submitted up until December 21 for payments up until December 28. Mitsotakis also hopes to attract younger voters... our country and threw it on the rocks of bankruptcy, to dress up in togas and helmets and pretend
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Institutions wrap up talks with focus on NPLs, primary residences and budget
EconomyProgramme, the governing is aiming to provide protection to around 300,000 households that owe up to around 100,000... be announced in the run-up to the general elections this year and that plans to hire more inspectors... and 2016 undergoing a haircut of up to 85 percent.
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek Politicssuffering a crushing defeat next month. Reports on Wednesday suggest that the government is lining up... intentions. In the run-up to the European Parliament vote, which could be defining for the outcome... that affect a wide range of voters, such as the scheme allowing social security debts to be paid in up
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis step up rhetoric ahead of EU vote as polls show little change
PoliticsGreek Politicswill not be allowed back into power. This was summed up in the phrase “Greece of the many, not the elite; Europe..., who is due to officially launch his campaign in Athens on Tuesday. “The far-right does not dress up... to some degree if the government adopts “targeted measures” in the build-up to national elections. Almost
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Overall loan interest rate edges up to 4.68 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomycorporations came to 4.68 percent in August, up 11 basis points (bps) from the rate of 4.57 noted in July... by households remained unchanged at 0.09 percent. For non-financial corporations the rate edged up to 0.14 percent. The average interest rate on deposits from households with an agreed maturity of up to one year
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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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