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Tsipras talks up prospects of snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, tinkering with indirect taxes has been ruled out by officials. The authorities are also set... these initiatives not have an impact on the public’s mood, and if the cost-of-living crisis is set... over the past few month, including the one regarding former Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis
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PM eyes pre-election prize as enhanced surveillance draws to conclusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a brief address that exiting the enhanced surveillance regime was one of three goals New Democracy had set in relation to the post-programme set-up. The other two were abolishing capital controls
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy leader set out 5.5 billion euros worth of immediate and longer-term interventions, mainly aimed... also promised to scrap the annual, one-off trade tax paid by the self-employed. The third priority... conditions – Tsipras also set out the resources on which he would draw from in order to fund his latest
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ND hangs on to lead but decisive election victory hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 2023. The figures do not indicate a secure victory for the governing party, which looks set... be the case in the first electoral contest which is set to be held under a proportional representation... increases, with only one in three considering the Mitsotakis government to be responsible. The survey found
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Reports claiming link between spyware and state pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat was set up at a special National Intelligence Service (EYP) facility, to which police officers were... set of reports and allegations about the surveillance scandal. Apart from left-leaning Documento... the truth.” Ta Nea alleged in one of its columns that a minister was gradually ousted from
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Another crisis chapter closes, triggering final round of debt relief measures
EconomyProgrammeanother set of debt relief measures. This marked the end of a years-long period during which Greece... era on May 23, the Greek authorities had agreed on a set of deliverables due to be completed... that the key ingredients to debt sustainability from now one are: The implementation of an ambitious
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PM announces more voter-friendly measures ahead of polls
PoliticsGreek Politics, northern Greece, on Tuesday, Mitsotakis confirmed that there will be a one-off handout... on to reveal that Finance Ministry officials will also set out on Wednesday how debtors who failed to keep up..., have fuelled speculation that Mitsotakis is set to announce that the elections will be held on April 9
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Moody's keeps Greece three notches from investment grade, improves outlook on back of growth potential
Economythe country’s sovereign rating one notch behind what the government has described as a “national goal... with following the fiscal commitments of sound policies and higher nominal growth, this will set the debt burden on a downwards path over the next few years. Moody’s joins the rest of the agencies that have set
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Rise of smaller parties a barrier to decisive result in first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the May 21 elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to set out his policy agenda on Wednesday..., avoiding a repeat election. Forty-one pct of respondents want the next government to either be a New... of undecided voters according to the way they are currently leaning, as set out in the latest survey
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Tsipras pitches SYRIZA election manifesto as basis for progressive coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsset out by the main opposition party consisted of specific actions, as well as bigger legislative initiatives which Tsipras said was designed to boost the economy, strengthen social cohesion and set... outlined were longer term plans bring key utilities and at least one bank under direct state control
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