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Agoraabout 500 million euros it cut from salaries in the armed forces and police. The details will only... it was unconstitutional to cut off taxpayers’ electricity if they did not pay. The only way of resolving this legal... manner in which Greek governments have taken decisions to meet the various targets they were set
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Current account deficit narrows by 45 pct to 804.3 mln in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's current account (C/A) deficit narrowed by almost 45 percent to 804.3 million euros in February from 1.45 billion a year ago, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Wednesday. The year on year evolution largely reflects a notable improvement in the primary income balance, which recorded
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Government defends tax-cut package against opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties have set to the task of picking apart the government’s Thessaloniki International Fair package, which PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis described as the biggest tax reform in recent history... they are not passed on in full to consumers. They argue that it is preferable to cut income tax so
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Review set to resume in Athens as debt talks drag on
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinistry official, who told local media that discussions on debt relief are set to continue... as the type of interventions (rather than the volume) are concerned. However, Berlin seems particularly... of capital controls. He also suggested that the set of reforms currently under discussion are only
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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsand in his party’s candidate lists. He ruled out, however, the possibility of forming a grand alliance... to power to investigate how Greece came to need a bailout. Mitsotakis set out six goals for the next... of Europe and NATO. Beyond the broader vision that Mitsotakis wanted to set out (the slogan
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
![Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/11/imf_439_1108-medium.jpg "Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]")
Agoraset up when monetary policy credibility was at a low ebb; a strong analogy with the Fund. Now is the perfect time for the Fund to open up its kitchen and show the world the ingredients that go... that institutional biases are being tackled is to open up its kitchen to public scrutiny. Fund staff and real
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Lenders set out post-MoU framework with aim of securing reforms
EconomyProgrammeDetails of the post-programme framework that is set to be agreed at Thursday’s Eurogroup, ensuring... in Kathimerini and Bloomberg set out the details how the enhanced surveillance will be structured and what... foreseen in the document, with 45 percent of cadastral mapping having to be completed by mid-2020
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Lenders set out post-MoU reform tasks ahead for Athens
EconomyProgramme) programme, last Thursday’s Eurogroup also outlined the set of commitments that the Greek authorities will have to undertake so the complete set of reforms are successfully signed off. Additionally, two... unified pension fund (EFKA) is expected to be fully set up by mid-2020, while reforms in the health care
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Parapolitika weekly over the weekend, State Minister Akis Skertsos set out the government’s key aims... likely scenario is for the tax rate on annual incomes between 10,000 to 20,000 euros to be cut from... cut by one percentage point, equally shared between employers and employees. The gains, however
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Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015
separate set of prior actions would have to be implemented in the next couple of months. Prior actions... for migration issues because it had not yet set up a service to manage these resources. If Tsipras cannot put
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