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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
Working Group meeting last week about the government’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 11... on the lenders’ side about Athens’s decision to extend for another six months, until the end of June... Greece’s lenders gave a less than favourable verdict of the government’s outstanding post-programme
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Newsletter 204 -03/05/2019
will be able to limit the magnitude of New Democracy’s expected victory in the EU elections to around... elections, while Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to increase his party’s chances ahead of a round... an agreement with the country’s lenders to keep the tax-free threshold where it is (at around 8,500 euros
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Hatzidakis announces strategy for partial privatisation of PPC
EconomyFeatures’s plans in Parliament on Monday in the context of the general outlining by New Democracy of its... that is making a profit. Under the government’s proposal, grid-related assets will be moved from PPC to DEDDIE in order to open up the latter’s prospects for privatisation. Currently, the distribution network
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In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsin on Greece’s economic recovery, while also gauging the level of support Athens can expect from Washington in the former’s escalating dispute with Turkey. The fact the meeting was held late on Tuesday Greek time meant that in Wednesday morning’s press coverage was somewhat obscured by the earlier
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Internal party rivalries prove a hassle for Mitsotakis and Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader’s relationship with one of his predecessors, Antonis Samaras. The former prime minister was absent from Wednesday’s vote in which the government hastily passed an amendment to prevent PAOK... ownership links. Samaras’s absence caused a stir because conservative MPs were reportedly told they faced
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Newsletter 242 -06/03/2020
PM’s border decision supported Broad support for border closures but fears emerge about vigilante activity Faced with a rush of refugees and migrants to Greece’s border with Turkey, starting last... guards and equipment under FRONTEX’s rapid border intervention scheme, while it also be activating
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A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
Agorathat the country’s lenders played in it and what lessons we can draw from this case for structural reform in Greece going forward. When the crisis struck, Greece’s tax administration, like the rest of its...?' At the onset of the crisis Greece’s tax collection institutions were in a very bad state. This means
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Newsletter 252 -29/05/2020
officials suggested as much, saying that Athens is satisfied with the Commission’s proposal... a notable slice of the bloc’s recovery fund pie, signaling renewed confidence in the country. run... in Thursday morning’s press coverage. Kathimerini reported that a team close to the Greek prime
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EastMed, defence and energy dominate Pompeo's visit, leaving Athens satisfied
PoliticsForeign Policy. The US has had an interest for some time in upgrading its naval presence in Crete’s Souda Bay. Pompeo’s presence there on Tuesday is clearly connected to Washington’s decision to increase their military.... This is related to Washington’s clear desire to still have a strong role in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Athens displeased with EU Council outcome, faces pressure for talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy10-11 European Council’s conclusions direct references and punitive measures against Turkey’s actions... though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been responsible for Berlin’s inability to constructively... made clear the limits of Germany’s aims and influence in the region. This is how Athens interprets
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