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Newsletter 219 -13/09/2019
not been previously announced, some of which will apply in the coming years rather than being included... 8,500 euros, and the income tax rate for those earning less than 10,000 euros come down from 22 to 9... billion, lower than the figure for the same period last year by 17.7 percent. In June the total stood
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Growing Greece: From narrative to reality
Agorainvestment and get the Greek economy growing at a faster rate than has been predicted so far. The three areas.... They are working from a much sounder base than Greece has had for many years, they are making efforts..., including a more benign international environment than the current one, a growth rate of 3 percent could
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ND looks to asylum bill, strong rhetoric to ease pressure from migration flows
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the flow, with reports suggesting more than 500 people arrived in dinghies on Lesvos since Tuesday... that Greece is facing a migration, rather than refugee, crisis and that most of the arrivals... the EU-Turkey agreement came into force in 2016, less than 2,000 people have been returned by Greece
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Government braces for reaction to pension bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the pension system since the crisis began more than a decade ago that would lead to retirement pay rising (at least in some cases) rather than being reduced. This message has fizzled out over the past few... would also have to pay up to 20 percent more than under the Katrougalos law, which linked the level
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PM faces complex challenge as Turkey threatens free passage for refugees
PoliticsGreek Politicsasylum seekers to reach Greece. If this turns out to be more than a publicity stunt aimed at putting... leader Antonis Samaras has a much more hardline approach to the migration issue than the prime minister... and repeatedly issuing public messages than anyone who is not a genuine asylum seeker will not be allowed
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Athens waits for EU recovery fund outcome as new Mati fire claims emerge
PoliticsGreek Politics), if Mitsotakis returns with a smaller amount than the advertised 32 billion euros... more than 100 lives. An investigative report published in Sunday’s Kathimerini has revived... in connection with the fire. Possibly even more shocking than the apparent attempt to cover up the fire
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Newsletter 259 -24/07/2020
more than a third of the country’s annual GDP. All member states will have to submit to the European... in output, job losses and budgetary costs are expected to be less severe than the crisis period... hotels expected a drop of 56.1 percent, and indicates that the summer season is looking weaker than
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PM dismisses possibility of snap elections, sets out vaccine flow
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be productive and efficient, and to hold this up as its standard, rather than its political beliefs... calling elections sooner rather than later (especially as it would make it easier to overcome... to have helped contain the virus, noting that the current epidemiological data is much better than
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Pandemic raises economic pressure as govt hopes for imminent relief
PoliticsGreek Politics, but 106 higher than a week earlier. On the plus side, Greece surpassed 1 million vaccinations on Thursday and is set to approve the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for 65s. More than 33,000 vaccinations were carried out on Thursday as the rollout gathers pace. More than 355,000 Greeks have received both
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Govt ponders Covid measures for Easter as pandemic handling comes in for more scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicspreparations for what the government and the tourism industry are hoping will be a better season than... that could lead to authorities adopting a more cautious approach than they would have liked over... of hairdressers and beauty salons, for which they then sought approval from the panel of experts, rather than
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