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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
and cut existing pensions when, until recently, it had promised it would not do so. The government’s...) unemployment hovered between 50 and 55 percent from 1995 until 2007 before falling to a low of 40.4 percent... that the government would have to transgress the two most prominent red lines it maintained until recently. 2 Current
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Greece and creditors dive into details of measures and counter-measures
EconomyProgrammeand implemented until 2020. According to government sources, some of its proposals were broadly... threshold and would like the cut in pensions to be implemented gradually until 2025. Finance Ministry... the general government outcome until the end of November 2016. The government expects the primary
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Global deal in April ruled out as labour reforms prove biggest obstacle
EconomyProgrammea comprehensive agreement could be clinched until April 7, when finance ministers are due to meet... that if not enough progress has been made until the April 7 Eurogroup, negotiations could be delayed until the next scheduled meeting of finance ministers on May 22. The eurozone official said
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Tsipras fails to halt strike as domestic political battle heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the action is due to continue at least until Thursday, forming a new front between SYRIZA and New Democracy... the contract workers in the sanitation departments to remain in their jobs until next February... to the permanent hirings, POE-OTA decided on Tuesday afternoon to continue its prostest at least until Thursday
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsin office either until the end of the government’s four-year term in September 2019 or until.... The meeting, though, was postponed until next week, prompting reaction from the prime minister’s
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Greek households switch to natural gas in record numbers as winter approaches
EconomyFeaturesin uptake. Heating oil dominated the domestic heating market in Greek cities until a major infrastructure... from Russia, and 25 percent comes in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). DEPA was until recently... in the market, 28 new companies have been licensed to act as gas suppliers, a role fulfilled until now only
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Newsletter 145
auctions until the necessary legislation is passed. The raft of amendments irked the opposition... discount. As a result, the discount will remain in place until the end of June on Lesvos, Samos, Chios... and the Dodecanese from January 1. Until now, these islands have had a 30 percent discount on VAT. C/A deficit
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those... that Tsipras and Kammenos are wedded to each other until elections become a certainty and their parties... Alexis Tsipras are to either call early elections after the programme exit this summer or to wait until
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Complications over reforms cast doubt on June target for global deal
EconomyProgrammeWith 10 days to go until the meeting of the Euro Working Group on April 12, the onus... deal between Athens and the lenders may have to wait until July, rather than June. More than 70... until the end of this month. Kathimerini reported that the government is now examining two
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the institutions over debt relief. However, doubts remain on both fronts and until these are dispelled..., rather than to wait until 2020. Athens is hoping the confirmation on Monday that it achieved... to be addressed directly by the lenders until they return to Athens in mid-May. The next step for the government
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