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Newsletter 474 - 05/09/2025
is expected to pass by October. Following the earlier announcement of a one-month rent subsidy... file related to agricultural subsidy fraud. The investigation pointed the finger at two New Democracy... of the sampling methodology, ELSTAT resumed the release of unemployment for July with a rate of 8 pct, from
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What will it take to reverse the Greek 'brain drain'?
Societya scheme dubbed “ReBrain Greece”, whose flagship scheme is a subsidy for 500 positions in the private... (the differences between the surveys may be due in part to different sampling methodologies). By way of comparison
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Tsipras advertises launch of rent subsidy scheme in latest voter-friendly initiative
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPavlos Polakis behind it on Wednesday by unveiling a rent subsidy scheme, another measure SYRIZA.... However, Tsipras also looked ahead to the introduction of a rent subsidy scheme, which he said would... for this benefit, with each eligible household receiving between 70 and 220 euros per month. The subsidy
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PM offers shopping bill subsidy as surveillance scandal threatens to spill over into judicial crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicson Saturday that his government will offer households a subsidy for their grocery shopping next year.... The subsidy is due to be funded by a windfall tax on the profits of oil refineries. Mitsotakis presented... than the “aspirin” of a small monthly, pre-election subsidy. There was also some scepticism expressed
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ND in danger of being blown off course by farming subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politics) into the livestock farming subsidy scandal that have leaked to the local media since the case file was sent... a statement denying any involvement in the subsidy scandal. He insists he made a phone call to OPEKEPE to plead the case of a local olive farmer who was in danger of missing out on a legitimate subsidy
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Mitsotakis tries to stem subsidy scandal damage as opposition smells blood
PoliticsGreek Politicslast week. The farming subsidy scandal appears to have cut through with voters, although no new... that the subsidy swindle, which appears to have been orchestrated on various levels, is just the latest in a long... The focus over the coming days and weeks will be on whether the subsidy fraud has the potential to bring
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Farm subsidy scandal prompts disquiet in ruling party, encourages opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the politicians identified, includes phone calls, messages and interventions about specific subsidy cases... involving 37 producers. Former ND secretary Kostas Skrekas is alleged to have pressed for a subsidy... or revisit subsidy cases, sometimes with explicit references to political cost if things were
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New energy subsidy scheme nearing launch as public remains sceptical
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government submitted to Parliament on Tuesday an amendment paving the way for the latest energy subsidy scheme to be launched in the coming weeks, a programme New Democracy hopes will assuage... subsidy scheme will be launched in mid-June and energy consumers will have around two weeks to submit
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens continues to press for solutions to the energy crisis at an EU level as the cost of domestic subsidy programmes skyrockets, threatening to cut further into the budget. In August the government... in July, pushing the total cost of the subsidy up by 411 million euros compared to the previous month
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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot disappeared, leading to the latest measure, which is in effect a subsidy for renters and follows on from... that its previous subsidy schemes, My Home 1 & 2, failed. He also criticised the PM for failing
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