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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesDemocracy blames SYRIZA’s tax policies for “overburdening” hard-working middle-income earners in order.... Almost all income groups have seen successive increases in their income tax since 2012..., in order to help the weakest and most vulnerable”. While the evidence shows that middle earners
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agorathe all-out war that some media outlets had declared on the leftist party at the time, this is an even... government has set out on the path to this goal by reducing taxes and attempting to deregulate in order... order on university campuses has also run into complications amid complaints of heavy-handed behaviour
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APS bill tabled, allowing use of 12 bln in state guarantees to reduce NPLs
EconomyBankingstructure and order with taxes and commissions to the state for the guarantees coming first, and coupon payments at the end of the order. A sticky point in the summer was how the commission... manage and pursue the revenue stream of the notes. All compliance criteria for servicers come
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More than a quarter of a million firms affected by enforced closures due to Covid-19
Economyto the latest estimates. In the next phase of its response, the government ordered the closure of all but a limited number of businesses by Wednesday 18 March in order to slow the spread of the virus... order, which included malls, cinemas, theatres, schools and educational institutions. Up to March 18
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ND passes major environmental bill against accusations of railroading
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s environmental bill passed this week with all 158 votes from the governing majority..., and concentrating power at the centre in order to serve party-political interests. The General... to be equally controversial. In order to meet the target, the legislation will have to be debated
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Pressure grows for transparency on ND's media handouts as PM outlines investment goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsto publish “all the information that pertains to Greek citizen’s money.” Meanwhile, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras intensified the pressure on Mitsotakis personally to order the release of the information... in government, he has proposed creating a register of potential candidates in order to formalise
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Covid-19 data controversy rumbles on, as opposition probes on transparency
PoliticsGreek Politicscommittee and the government to be made public in order to shed light on the expert’s recommendations... in its ranks in order to isolate Mitsotakis from the taint of mismanagement, with speculation settling... intubated in ICUs, only slightly down from the all-time high of 608, and a further 85 deaths were
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Govt gears up for arrival of Covid-19 vaccine amid virus flare-up in some areas
PoliticsGreek Politicsdoctors and nurses, the authorities aim to inoculate care home residents, before moving on to all... be tightened for the next week in some western neighbourhoods of Athens in order to limit spread...) and law and order (47 vs 21). Both are issues that the government has invested heavily in as far
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New political clash over police violence, but ND seems unperturbed
PoliticsGreek Politicsthough she was in the square with her two young children and they were all wearing masks... of law and order, and constantly siding with extreme elements in Greek society and politics. Conversely... for its approach on law and order issues. A GPO poll published over the weekend in Ta Nea newspaper
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Delta variant shifts goalposts for tourism season and vaccinations
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAgency. As of June 30, Greece will require a negative PCR test from all arrivals from Russia... to book their second shots in order to better protect against the virus and the Delta variant... variant required a higher rate of vaccination, in the order of 80 pct of the population, a target which
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