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Government bets on big energy headlines while pledging discipline at the pump
PoliticsGreek Politicson the gross profit margins of fuel at the pump and essential goods on supermarket shelves, reviving some
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Kotzias prepares for significant Skopje visit after making treaty proposal
PoliticsForeign PolicyΤhe two-day visit of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to Skopje, due to begin this Thursday, has... response. Kotzias’s visit, though, is intended to be more than just a gesture. At the working... there before they sent their own proposals on Tuesday, March 20 to Athens. During Kotzias’s visit
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Impending lockdown decision highlights cabinet tensions, casts unflattering spotlight on experts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a stricter lockdown has opened up divisions among cabinet members, experts and interest groups... of discord over whatever decisions are taken. The PM is also expected to address the fallout over his weekend visit to the island of Ikaria, which was beset by the exposure of numerous breaches of health
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
that lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012, compared to a 9 percent rise for higher income groups. It also found that the bottom three income groups... the top income groups saw their income fall by much less (9.3 to 11.7 percent). What credibility can
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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politicsin almost all age groups and a wide range of Greek society. Age groups The leftists outstripped... voted by age groups also shows that Golden Dawn’s support was strongest in the 18-24 bracket, where... in the electoral contest. SYRIZA, however, was dominant in all the other groups of professions. Its
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012, compared to a 9 percent rise for higher income groups, a new report on the impact of the crisis... exacerbated by the fact that the tax burden on the weaker groups of the population was much heavier than
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Three investment groups table binding offers for Thessaloniki Port
Economygroups had submitted expressions of interest and had been short listed for the next phase... investment groups that have tabled binding bids. The next steps after the nomination of the preferred
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Focus back on remaining prior actions after mission chiefs' visit
EconomyProgrammeAfter the week-long visit by the institutions’ heads of mission to Athens as part of the third programme review, the focus will now shift back to the implementation of the dozens of outstanding prior...-income groups, but there appears to be pressure from the creditors to keep at least some
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Government moves to implement PM's pledges despite grumblings from interest groups
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the agenda established by Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s address at TIF, the PM’s team have been honing the details of his policy announcements and defending the strategy against criticism from disappointed interest groups. Reactions to the package rolled out by the prime minister over the weekend have
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Macron’s visit to Athens delivers agreements, messages and political meaning
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEmmanuel Macron’s two‑day visit to Athens unfolded as a dense, symbol‑laden and strategically... in its own right. Across defence, the economy, technology and European policy, the visit left a clear... At the heart of the visit was the renewal of the 2021 Greece–France Defence and Security Partnership
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