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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
the government finds itself and what they can expect in the months ahead. One of the key concerns within... percent of GDP, or around 3.5 billion euros. This is one of the reasons that the possibility... the Hellenikon project, one of the most closely watched privatisations to come out of Greece and which
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Spending on pensions down by 30.9 mln in December
EconomyMacroeconomyindividuals in December 2017. From the total pension claimants, roughly 1.2 million receive one main pension, 796,000 receive one main and one supplementary pension and around 211,000 also receive..., while just one percent are under 25 years old. It should be noted that the youngest category of pension
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
Corporation (PPC) lignite-powered units, which was one of the items discussed, will be ready... in August. One potential point of friction between Athens and the lenders is the implementation... were outstanding. One was settled last week, when the Council of State approved the plan
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Newsletter 155 -16/03/2018
. The report suggests that one of the prior actions that will not be completed on time relates to the land... heads in the civil service, according to Capital. One of the actions that the institutions... around 10,000 zones, was March 15 but a one-week extension for the evaluators is expected. Greece’s
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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agorathe established superpower and the rising one is the more reliable and predictable trading partner... and China. One way or the other, EU members states and candidate countries are caught in the trade war... aspects. For one, in Europe the standard operating procedure continues to rest on the separation between
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the June 21 Eurogroup “or the one straight afterwards in early July.” The premier also dismissed concerns... establishment.” The theme of SYRIZA being an outsider fighting against more powerful forces is one that Tsipras often visits in his speeches and is still one of the most potent tools he has in bringing his
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomyis a particularly thorny one in Greece. “An effective tax system, must generate sufficient revenue... 12.5 percent. One consequence of this was a rise in companies relocating their headquarters... of less than 9,000 euros a year, meaning that they make less than 750 euros a month. Greece is one
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Philip Roth's words of caution
Agorain most cases. One of the few exceptions was The Plot Against America, a counterfactual take... simultaneously: on the one hand, the susceptibility of American individualism to the cult of celebrity... intervention given that one of the reasons why such attacks take place is because personalities
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Coalition survives no-confidence vote over name deal but sees majority trimmed
PoliticsGreek Politicsa no-confidence vote in Parliament but lost one MP in the process. Dimitris Kammenos of ANEL..., which seems unlikely, the coalition’s majority will be reduced by one to just three seats. Given... the country will have “geographical qualifier,” there will not be one for its citizens. New Democracy has
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorais so bad, how does it compare to the one that they were working towards and were willing to accept.... One option was an Enhanced Conditions Credit Line (ECCL). The other was to use the remaining funds to form a cash buffer and the final choice was to extend the programme by one year. The problem
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