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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek Politicsretirement pay that was higher than the limit set by the government) to mislead voters. The tabling... abide by labour regulations. The sub-contractor is responsible for ensuring workers’ rights...-contractors they use and employees having the right to take legal action against employers even
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Athens seeks enhanced regional role via international religious conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe international alliance against ISIS, France had different aims in hosting the conference than Greece has..., Ioannis, Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam and Chief Rabbi David Moshe Rosen from
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From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
Agorabegun to be seen as a hindrance to peace in the region rather than a benefit. The fate of the EastMed... that neighbouring markets may be more fickle than originally thought. Exports from the Greek gas grid almost...] – five years earlier than mandated – and to increase it to 23 pct by 2030. Low interconnectivity
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
goods deficit of 1.15 billion, more than offsetting a narrowing of the services’ surplus by 875... million. The weak receipts are due to lower foreign arrivals (down 5.3 percent), more than offsetting.... This more than offset a decline in the services surplus by 307 million. The shrinking deficit
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From Berlin to Brexit
Agorain appealing to people’s emotions than Remain, which struggled between highlighting the potential... to improve by offering more than just scorn. In other words, that what we have might be just “for now... to have a Somali background, had a charming smile. His comment was in reference to my British passport
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan the conservatives. Also, younger voters are more likely to support SYRIZA or PASOK than... voters even though they tend to be less reliable than older members of the electorate, where ND has... euros of EU funding to renovate properties that are currently lying empty so they can be rented
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Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
PoliticsGreek Politicsout by the previous government. Pensions are expected to rise by less than 3 pct in January, meaning..., earning less than 700 euros per month, are expected to be given 150 euros. The test for Mitsotakis... “Renovate-Rent” programme from September with the aim of assisting property owners with the upgrades
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyprimary surplus for both years was reaffirmed, at 812 million in 2013 and at 2.95 billion in 2014.... Excluding the aforementioned items under EAP rules, gg primary surplus is seen at 812 million (0.4... projections are higher than those incorporated in the 2014 draft budget, which saw a primary
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Budget execution shows surplus of 811 mln at start of 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyand net revenues which more than offset lower expenditure. Revenues excluding tax refunds rose 6.1... in January to 2.95 billion euros, 405 million better than the target. Interest payments eased 9.2... 1 billion euros compared to the initial estimate of 812 million incorporated in the 2014 budget
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Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
EconomyProgramme: 310 million on March 6, 348 million on March 13 and 581 million on March 16. The last tranche... remaining 310 million relate to 90 percent of HFSF current cash reserves that until the end of 2015... to the preliminary budget execution for February, primary expenditure was 538 million better than the target
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