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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsto present a plan of tax cuts, but also to send a more conciliatory message than Prime Minister...-led government the mandate to govern, even if the conservatives do not get a clear majority...) rather than a loose set of measures aimed at attracting votes. The main pledges made by Mitsotakis
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Migration troubles move up political agenda as probe into use of fund is launched
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the government. Iliopoulos also warned that the situation at the island hot spots is poised to get out of hand... are less than a year away. In a press conference in Arta, northwestern Greece, on Monday, New Democracy... sensitive than others about the plight of migrants but now being content to “pile up people in camps
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Tsipras faces challenges ahead on multiple foreign policy fronts
PoliticsForeign Policy; Tsipras had a slightly different approach than his Foreign Minister when talks were taking place... neighbours. Logically, the prime minister will not have the luxury of time to get involved with other non... Agreement. Logically, foreign policy in general is likely to become more static than in previous years
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Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to get the diplomatic settlement over the line. Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura is another... of engineering a divorce from SYRIZA but not losing more than a maximum of two MPs. His grip on the party has begun to look less than secure over the past few days, emphasised by the fact that ANEL’s
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Government makes last-minute change to main homes bill in bid to satisfy creditors
EconomyProgrammethat the threshold for the balance on business loans secured against primary residences should be no higher than 100,000 euros, rather than the 130,000-euro limit in the original bill. The threshold for balances... we will get the green light from the ECB, with the seal of approval from the SSM,” Finance Minister
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Athens waits for green light from Eurogroup so it can settle IMF loans early
EconomyProgrammeearlier than planned. Following the tabling of the first round of legislation for the protection... hopes it has done enough to get the green light from the Eurogroup on Friday. The legislation... that no more than 10,000 loans in this category will qualify, representing 1 billion euros of debt, To Vima
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Ministers unveil lengthy payment schemes for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgrammeby the end of last year can be included. Anyone earning less than 10,000 euros a year will automatically... is for the schemes to be launched on May 14, less than two weeks before the crucial European Parliament..., this package is also linked to the upcoming elections and the government will be keen to get the all-clear
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis cast gloves aside as pre-election fight gets personal
PoliticsGreek Politicssummer, not long after the wildfire in Mati claimed more than 100 lives, Tsipras took a short break... minister so he could get a few days rest and hit out at accusations that there was anything untoward... minister, rather than being kept secret. The other line of attack consisted of the government’s
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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicshopefuls in the municipal vote failing to get elected, Alexis Tsipras struck a more contemplative tone than a week earlier, when his party found itself almost 10 points behind New Democracy in the EU.... It will have to find a new message to present to voters, one that will be less divisive than the “many
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Greeks mistrust in news and reliance on social media for information persists
Society. Despite this, the report found that more than 20 national newspapers and six sports papers... reported using on average more than five online news sources per week, the second highest among the 38... of Greeks to access news, with 67 percent saying they get their news this way. Twenty percent
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