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Newsletter 206 -17/05/2019
residences. As banks put sales rather than write-offs at the forefront of their NPL reduction... and the residual mortgage. So, properties will have to be worth less than 250,000 euros, while the housing loan
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Tsipras ramps up fiscal pledges as elections draw closer
PoliticsGreek Politicsit is a pension payment, rather than a benefit, under law taxes and contributions have to be withheld. He... bonuses for civil servants. This overturns a previous court verdict and appears to put an end..., which all point to a victory of more than five points for the opposition party. In terms of economic
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Tsipras targets pensioners with final pledge as Mitsotakis woos undecided voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat if the difference in the European elections is more than 4 points, the positive measures taken by the government and the further interventions it is examining would be put in doubt. He has made... a considerable lead for the opposition party, the gap projected by Pulse is a point lower than
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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsa clean break with Venizelos now means that she can avoid being put in this awkward position after... than a week earlier, when his party found itself almost 10 points behind New Democracy in the EU.... It will have to find a new message to present to voters, one that will be less divisive than the “many
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ND puts changes in education and justice system high on agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsto show that it is a much safer pair of hands than its predecessor. It is also a test for Kerameus.... The judges that ND will put forward will be seen as setting the tone for its approach regarding... ND’s bid to attract more investment to Greece. This is likely to be a more painstaking process than
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Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicswill stand unopposed. Should Tsipras win, it will give him an even stronger mandate than SYRIZA’s better than expected result in the national elections to shape the party as he sees fit. It seems certain.... However, Tsipras has shown a knack over recent years for convincing his party to put its faith in him
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ND unveils development bill it sees as catalyst for growth
PoliticsGreek Politicsresults Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised. The large document has been put to public... to pay part-time workers their regular wage plus 12 percent if they stay longer than their normal... period longer than 2 months and face stiff fines if they are employing undeclared staff.
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Athens launches drive to pre-pay part of IMF loan, bringing budget benefits
EconomyProgrammeto the early elections and some fiscal decisions that were taken without the creditors’ approval put... that remains above that quota threshold for more than 51 months have 300 basis points surcharge... of the Fund. Additionally, Greece has a sizable cash buffer, reported to be more than 30 billion euros
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Mitsotakis brushes off latest strike, opposition sides with protesters
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a small group of unionists rather than a larger protest against its proposed labour reforms. Although... less momentum than the first, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued a statement in which he... will be entitled to 12 percent overtime pay and businesses who agree to put their undeclared workers
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Mitsotakis keeps cool over white collar crime claims as poll delivers new boost
PoliticsGreek Politicssomething untoward has taken place. He claimed that “very many” bank executives have been put on trial... SYRIZA. The survey puts ND on 38 percent, half a point lower than last month, and SYRIZA on 24 percent, which is a full point lower than in October. There is little change further down the order
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