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  1. Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    plan to abolish the unpopular measure has not been officially announced. On Thursday, Mitsotakis...The Finance Ministry is believed to be paving the way to repeal an unpopular tax measure widely... bill that has just been put to consultation contains a provision that would enable it to axe

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  2. The IMF crisis and how to solve it
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    Agora

    . The IMF refused to answer. The IMF Board Any assessment of IMF has to include its Board, the place where...The IMF is approaching its 70th birthday and the Greek programme has been a candidate for one of the most credibility-sapping in its history. Here I trace the IMF’s role in programme from its stormy

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  3. Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    occupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce... by the events which took place in the western suburbs of Athens last week, the announcement has been... in equipment and training of the emergency response units involved. The report handed to Citizens

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  4. Newsletter 184 -23/11/2018

    Newsletters

    of a social dividend before Christmas as it has done in the previous two years. Following the abolition... a fiscal impact of 260 million, while the reduction by one third in contributions of certain self... reform commitments to be achieved by end-2018 are progressing, but none has been completed yet. The pace

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  5. Govt trails transition out of lockdown as training vouchers stir controversy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    measures has come under fire from professional associations and opposition parties. The scheme consisted... the rate of new infections in Greece has continued to slow over recent days, it is clear... of the facility’s occupants and employees. The hotel, which houses 470 asylum-seekers, has been placed under

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  6. Professional liars in pandemic times

    Agora

    is that they can refer to something that has the potential to be true, but does not have... to various conspiracy theories to find out what lies in the background. The coronavirus pandemic has also... will not get vaccinated because he has previously recovered from corona. He also implied

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  7. Airport redevelopment gets green light, leaving one prior action as lenders return to Athens
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    EconomyProgramme

    The Council of State has approved the redevelopment of Athens’s former airport at Hellenikon... as the only remaining prior action that Athens has to complete before the third review can... that there has been an increase in the number of properties being registered online to go under the hammer

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  8. Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    responsible for migration, and training the Libyan coast guard and navy.” Following Monday’s meeting... 2020. Athens has tabled specific issues related to the already agreed CBMs, while Ankara has so far... that this move is more procedural and will not produce any real legal effects. In fac, the UN Division

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  9. Primary surplus targets become part of main political agenda ahead of elections

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The issue of Greece’s primary surplus targets has come back into the country’s political debate after New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis renewed his vow to try to lower the fiscal goals if he... the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target that is in place until 2022. “I don’t want to do

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  10. Newsletter 93 - 21/10/2016

    Newsletters

    from collapse. His position, as well as the government’s credibility, has been weakened by repeated.... Excluding this one-off item, the comparable primary cash surplus has almost doubled from last year... malaise The decision taken by most UK voters to leave the Union in the June referendum has triggered fears

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