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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:44:00 GMT

a full package of “reforms plus debt relief” but he pointed out that in the past the organisation has... at ensuring that Greece has completed all 140 of its prior actions ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup... the latest amendments. The finance minister added that the government has written to the institutions

From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 08:59:00 GMT

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, address to UN COP26 summit, Glasgow, 1 November 2021. A lot has happened... a few months later. What - if anything - has been learned from recent developments as Greece moves... the plan. The Covid-19 pandemic, while forcing a temporary change in focus, has had a silver lining

Moscovici hints at possibility of shelving 2019 pension cuts, riles opposition

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:53:00 GMT

Tsakalotos, Moscovici said that although Athens has to abide by its commitments, those pledges...-October. The government has made no secret of its desire to scrap the pension cuts in 2019, especially... by Tsakalotos in the past weeks, has been that the reductions to retirement pay are not a subject

Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:48:00 GMT

on the vaccination front, which has seen over 6.2 million shots delivered since the start of the national... a similar message, claiming the national vaccination programme has been exceeding its targets, hailing... at the slowing uptake, particularly in the older age groups. Overall, 38 pct of the population has received

Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:08:00 GMT

The latest budget performance figures offered a pleasant surprise for the government, which has... TV that the government has made a firm commitment that “where the is a difference between forecasts... to the large energy groups. Spyware amendment Elsewhere, the government has been hoping that new

Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:05:00 GMT

Several months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has... in the party’s fortunes may have been arrested following a stormy party conference, the new leader has gone into campaigning mode. As well as launching his first detailed policy proposals, Kasselakis has

ND snared in row over jobless benefits as Kasidiaris hints at return after prison release

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:05:00 GMT

, has revived anxieties about the boundaries of democratic tolerance - against a backdrop of growing... as a contributory safety net. The episode has exposed a deeper unease within the governing party: a sense.... Kasidiaris release The release of Ilias Kasidiaris has reopened a far more consequential debate

Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:20:00 GMT

The proportion of Greeks suffering from major depression has increased substantially since 2011... that has a monthly income of less than 400 euros has the symptoms of clinical depression. Depression... points to some more specific factors causing depression among Greeks. There has, for instance, been

Govt hints at more relief, as economy and inflation jostle with pandemic as top public concerns

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:16:00 GMT

price was around 100 euros per MWh”, he said. “It has now exceeded 200 euros”. Greek consumers currently... million euros for electricity bills this year has already been expanded to a total of 470 million... as unlikely to have an impact. In terms of voting preferences, there has been some movement among

PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 12:05:00 GMT

ever closer on the horizon. In what has become a pattern of surprise announcements, an earlier-than... season when it will benefit large numbers of workers. The government messaging has also left open... investigations. The Evros islet story was perhaps the highest-profile instance in which the government has