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PM hits back at labour reform critics, defends 13-hour working days
PoliticsGreek Politicsreviews: As a prime minister 55.2 pct rate him poorly (1–4), while 24.1 offer a positive score (7–10
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Newsletter 485 - 21/11/2025
the government’s initial estimate by €1 billion. However, this also weighs heavily on household budgets..., the deficit has significantly improved, landing at 7 billion euros, from 9.23 billion in the same period
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Alpha Bank Q1 NII rises by 5.3 pct, commission income soars by 29 pct
EconomyBankingwere 229.3 million euros in Q1, from 200.2 million euros last year. Loan loss impairments dropped by 7.... Capital The fully loaded Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio in Q1 stood at 14.7 percent, from 16.2
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agorathan 1 percent of GDP in 2009. To put things in perspective, the only period in the last 20 years
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Is VAT all you've got?
AgoraGrabbing a coffee for 20 cents less doesn’t really sound like the start of an economic recovery but who knows, maybe after this week’s decision to cut value added tax at restaurants and cafes, Greece..., introducing the tax reduction on August 1 for a trial period seems to undermine the aim
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor homeowners to be protected from repossessions: 1) The taxable value of the property must not exceed 200,000... to 10 percent of their first 15,000 euros of income and 20 percent for anything they earn above
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Bank of Greece decision bolsters Greek lenders’ capital ratios
EconomyMacroeconomyIn an unexpected move, the Bank of Greece (BoG) repealed a previous cap on the deferred tax asset (DTA) recognition in Greek banks’ Core Tier 1 (CT1) calculation, resulting in a positive impact.... The initial BoG Executive Committee Act (13 / March 28, 2013 had imposed a 20 percent threshold of CT1
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Where Greek banks stand ahead of capital needs disclosure
EconomyDeferred Tax Asset (DTA) in the Core Tier 1 (CT1) calculation (currently at 20%), the definition
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Shortcomings in healthcare seen at forefront of austerity impact in Greece
Societyusers rose from in 2009 to 484 in 2012 (figure 1) and preliminary data for 2013 suggest... of child psychiatric services have been abandoned; and state funding for mental health decreased by 20
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Greece lays out plans for debt relief from eurozone
EconomyProgramme50 bps to 1 percent constant for the next 50 years could result in total savings of 25 billion... to also propose the deferral of interest payments on GLF loans for 10 or 20 years, similarly to those
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