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Scandal allegations playing growing role in path towards elections
PoliticsGreek Politics-claims, from SYRIZA and New Democracy in particular, regarding scandals look set to intensify... if further action is necessary. The KEELPNO issue is proving to be one of the most contentious issues... of corruption in the health service. The tone for such exchanges had been set during the fierce clashes
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KINAL vies for space, plays hard-to-get ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicscould be in danger of disappearing after the next elections. It is clear that one of SYRIZA’s aims... is to vote for the conservatives. The KINAL leader also set out the conditions under which her party...), it is questionable whether Gennimata would have the ability to follow the plan she set out. She
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Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations
Agoranew Silk Road is not one-way, hammering home the persistent European demand for reciprocity.... Never in the past has the EU set deadlines to Beijing, which is now called on to accelerate the CAI..., with a view to another set of strenuous negotiations on WTO reform. Achieving some semblance of EU-wide
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Debt relief measures move ahead as Athens prepares to use fiscal space
EconomyProgrammeGreece has received the green light for the latest round of debt relief measures and is set to move... did not meet with any opposition from other eurozone member states. The government’s plans were set... and one-off spending - that the government plans to adopt in the coming days. The interventions
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Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the last European Parliament elections in 2014, when it gained 9.39 percent. Two new parties set to elect 1.... Greek Solution was set up in the wake of the Macedonia name deal and appears to have absorbed many... in play over the last few weeks, either if SYRIZA lost by a small margin or by a particularly big one
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Tsipras to get election campaign underway as parties target middle class voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras is set to get the election campaign officially underway on Monday afternoon... for low-income pensioners to be brought back from the start of next year. The prime minister is also set... in attracting right-wing voters. One of the questions Mitsotakis likely to face on the campaign trail
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Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 2020 budget has to be sent to the European Commission and New Democracy will set out its four... not to fire any civil servants, but to hire one new employee for every five that leave. He said... backfired on the government, which has been accused of trying to set up its political rivals for political
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Mitsotakis promises 'new normality,' lines up tax cuts straight away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set out his government’s priorities for the next four years..., Mitsotakis set out what he called “six truths” and focussed on the need for Greece to leave its... the one legislated earlier this year by SYRIZA, which averaged at 10 percent. It also means
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BoG awaits go-ahead from DG Comp over NPL scheme
EconomyBankingpurpose vehicles (SPVs). The highest possible provisions have been set aside for such loans, which... Stability Fund (HFSF) involves an Asset Protection Scheme similar to one used in Italy. It is expected... of the majority share of the platform has been set at 328 million euros, with both parties aiming to close
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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek Politicspensions is set at 4,608 euros per month, which is 12 times the minimum pension of 384 euros that is paid... retirement pay that was higher than the limit set by the government) to mislead voters. The tabling... MPs were accepted at the last minute. One foresees the demolition of illegal buildings in some
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