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Friday 20 May 2022
And you thought your debts were bad.
The country effectively runs out of money in five days and has agreed a plan with the Troika to receive a four-month extension to its bailout programme.
The move would buy the cash-strapped nation time to unveil new anti-austerity reforms, a government source told AFP.
EUROZONE FINANCE MINISTERS have been unable to reach an agreement on a deal that would ease Greece’s pressures with its €240 billion debt.
The Sinn Féin leader was speaking at a demonstration to show solidarity with Syriza.
Schools, hospitals, public transport and flights disrupted as two of Greece’s largest unions stage 24-hour protest.
Some background info on the man pushing for power as PM Papandreou steps back.
Prime Minister George Papandreou’s move has been compared to blackmail by the opposition after he called on Greek people to vote on their latest bailout agreement.
The likelihood of a Greek debt default “is virtually 100 per cent”, according to the atings agency.
Will any new and more favourable conditions on Greece’s bailout be extended to Ireland’s deal?
Jean-Claude Juncker says “we’re playing with fire”.
The total number of people out of work in Greece has risen 40 per cent since last year, when unemployment was at 11.6 per cent.
A BAN ON “all forms of advertising” by betting companies before the 9pm watershed has been recommended by the Oireachtas Justice Committee.
A report published by the committee said around 3,400 15 and 16-year-olds are “engaged in problem gambling in Ireland”.
“Stakeholders emphasised, in particular, the need for a pre-watershed ban on all forms of gambling advertising.
“They pointed out that a cultural shift had resulted in advertising on cigarettes being banned and advertising on alcohol being curtailed and recommended that the same approach be applied to gambling advertising,” the document states.
In terms of online adverts, the report notes that gambling ads are typically aimed at people over the age of 25. However, stakeholders noted “it can be challenging to prevent all websites from showing adverts to those underage”.
The report was compiled as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Gambling Regulation Bill, which is expected to pass next year.
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