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  1. Tsipras mixes rhetoric as review conclusion demands political decisions
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a wall. Speaking to parliamentary correspondents on Wednesday, ahead of a vote in which all 259 MPs present voted in favour of keeping the VAT rate on some islands at a lower rate, Tsipras suggested

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  2. Newsletter 128 - 21/07/2017

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    to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the ceiling was set at 325 billion euros of central government... sixth of this amount relates to VAT, the collectability rate of which improved to 86.8 percent in May

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  3. Newsletter 149 -2/02/2018

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    that if the current administration comes to an abrupt end, his political career could hit a wall... The collectability rate rose for VAT and ENFIA and fell for corporate and personal income tax The stock

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  4. Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
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    EconomyFeatures

    to wall, and that is why professional politicians mostly avoid it, preferring instead to allude... taxes on activities traditionally identified with the middle class - eating out (lower VAT

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  5. Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    actions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia

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  6. Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    said, arguing that New Democracy’s policies would be a “danger for society.” Over the coming weeks... months the VAT discount on the five Aegean islands affected by refugee flows - Leros, Lesvos, Kos, Samos and Chios. The reduced VAT rate was due to be raised to be in line with the rest of the country

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  7. Newsletter 192 -01/02/2019

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    within the government. The biggest danger with this strategy is that the local, and particularly... economy really needs for future growth. It also tested scenarios for tax cuts to VAT, personal... to their high budget costs. IHS Markit found that cutting VAT and personal income tax helped raise

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  8. More fiscal measures lined up as Covid-19 seen shaving up to 0.9 pts off 2020 growth
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    Economy

    the deferral of VAT and other tax and social security obligations for four months for companies... that the danger of growth coming in below 2 pct this year as opposed to the 2.8 pct set out in the budget is now... the end of the year and reducing the VAT rate for accommodation to 6 from 13 pct. SETE suggests

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  9. Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A new round of marathon talks are due to take place in Brussels on Thursday after a failure to reach an agreement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held two sets of talks totalling about six hours with European Commission president Jean-Claude...

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  10. Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
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    Agora

    For two successive years, China has been Germany’s most important trading partner. In 2017, the trade volume between both countries reached 186,6 billion euro. Germany’s second most important trading partner was The Netherlands with 177 billion euro, fo...

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