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PM to address inflation as polls show wear and tear for govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe parliamentary debate as an opportunity to show that his administration has been proactive in trying.... Salaries are set to increase by 2 pct at the start of the year, but ND has lined up a second boost later in 2022. A report in Sunday’s To Vima suggested that once it has been confirmed that Greece
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Newsletter 319 - 03/12/2021
are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death rates from the virus... penalty kicks in. It should also be noted that the government has consistently been quick to talk up... has received at least their first jab. During his address on Tuesday, Mitsotakis also pointed out
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
less deadly. There has been a significant increase in Covid-related hospitalisations over the last... strain but insisted that it “has not collapsed and will not collapse.” The government announced... in January. There has been disagreement within the government about whether VAT on some goods should
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Parties hone strategies ahead of confidence vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has attempted to raise the political stakes following this week’s snowstorm by triggering..., has resisted these efforts and has attempted to absolve himself of any blame, suggesting..., Tsipras’s move also has a second, less obvious, motive, which is to re-establish himself
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agorathat the thrust of national energy policy has been to aggressively promote the use of natural gas... decision was made to introduce natural gas in the 1990s, Greece has diversified its sources of supply. Russia, once the dominant supplier, has seen its share of the Greek market trimmed to just under
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Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
PoliticsForeign Policyand Bulgaria. It has also received strong support from Washington. Its completion has been a matter... company has asked for a 20-month extension, causing considerable annoyance to Sofia. In fact, Bulgaria has activated the clause of timely delivery which has led to penalties of around 90,000 euros per
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
AgoraPlan. We see that the Covid-19 downturn was unanticipated, but has been followed by a remarkable recovery in employment—exactly as the European Union, and Greece, have aimed to achieve. It has been... path than was envisaged in 2018, even though employment has risen above the path foreseen
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the centre-left opposition has accused them of dragging their feet and victim-blaming. In his... and was being “shown the exit door” by the country’s democratic majority. The government has been... brought. The PASOK leader has insisted that his briefing should take place through official channels
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Unveiling of relief package imminent as electoral law speculation is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe ruling centre-right party has suffered another dip in the polls, which has been linked... the electricity subsidy has been accounted for, any remaining fiscal space will go towards abolishing.... Another 650 million euros is needed for the pension increases that Mitsotakis has promised
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Newsletter 365 - 13/01/2023
has only fuelled speculation that April 9 is the likeliest date. Although a substantial increase.... This is the second instance in recent months in which a New Democracy MP has been found in breach... to the surveillance scandal, an issue that New Democracy has been trying to put to bed ahead
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