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Pension reform to be one of new government's toughest challenges in next weeks
EconomyProgrammegovernment had voted on July 15 a series of pension reforms, which mainly included: 1) An increase in health contributions for pensioners from 4 to 6 percent for main pension and from zero to 6... contributions (zero-deficit clause) from January 1, 2015. A ministerial decision
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A closer look at Greece's revised proposals to lenders
EconomyProgrammewith those of the institutions and now sees a primary surplus target of 1 percent of GDP for 2015... include: 1) Increase in the corporate income tax rate by 3 percentage points to 29 percent from 26... are coming on top of measures that were also included in the previous proposal and involve: 1) Revenues
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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agora’s export destination.[1] As a land-locked country in the Western Balkans, the FYR of Macedonia... China-Balkans Summit under the 16+1 umbrella was held in Belgrade in December 2014. Seen from a Chinese..., ‘China’s Investment in Influence: The Future of the 16+1 Cooperation’, ecfr.eu, December 2016, p. 7
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China's footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraexists the “16+1” initiative. The 16+1 framework seeks to improve trade and economic relations between... and Slovenia. The 16+1 club includes current and non-EU members, NATO members and EU candidate countries... of countries are absent. For one, it should be noted that Greece is not a member in the 16+1 arrangement
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
in excess of 1 percent anticipated by the institutions. Meanwhile, the positive mood resulting from... euros in Q3, down by more than 1 billion from last year. The fall is mostly due to an 8 percent... euros in Q3, household disposable income was down by more than 1 billion from last year. 2 Solutions
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A breakdown of Greece’s revised financing needs as part of its new ESM programme
EconomyProgramme(1.8 billion). 5) Greek Loan Facility (GLF) loan (1 billion). 6) New European Stability Mechanism (ESM... in the August 2015 – 2018 period. This amount incorporates: 1) Amortisation on the Eurosystem ANFA... for the state to cover part of its financing needs. 6) Debt amortization to the Bank of Greece - BoG
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agoragas imports were literally null (Figure 1). Figure 1: Russian gas imports from the Turksteam pipeline... decreased by 4.02 TWh, followed by industry (-3.37 TWh) and distribution networks (-1. 3 TWh). However... by the consumption cuts in distribution networks (approximately 1 TWh, or -8.1%), and more significantly
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Greece gets tranche and looks ahead to next tasks, including pensions and NPLs
EconomyProgrammeof 1 billion. Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that the pension reform has been moved... percent of GDP in 2015 and around 1 percent in 2016. Almost half of cost savings for 2016 have been secured by the increase in the health care contributions for pensioners from 4 to 6 percent for main
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Bailout talks, SYRIZA bickering continue - no definite end date for either
PoliticsGreek Politicswould last from August 6 to 16.... meant that ex-Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had committed treason. Panousis's superior, Interior
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Tsipras seeks alternatives to bailout measures as ND race begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the 6 p.m. deadline on Friday. However, this prompted an outcry, including from rival... minister should not expect any problems. His choice for parliamentary speaker, ex-Interior Minister
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