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Newsletter 275 -27/11/2020
a ten-year plan for the transformation of the Greek economic model. The report includes radical changes to tax policy, social insurance and the education system in order to move to a more extrovert model.... The primary deficit will be 11.14 billion euros, or 6.8 pct of GDP. The same estimates in October’s draft
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Greece reignites energy alliance talks with Israel and Cyprus amid US interest
PoliticsForeign Policyof President Trump, diplomatic sources acknowledge. Libya One country that is at the centre of interest for both Athens and Washington is Libya. The US is already including the North African country in a 4+1..., Turkey and Libya, aiming at resolving maritime disputes and, more specifically, the delimitation
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In autumn forecasts, EC sticks by GDP estimates but expects lower unemployment
Economyprevious estimate that economic activity will start picking up from the second half of this year.... However, EC updated its estimates on the GDP components and is now expecting private consumption to drop... estimates involve persistence of the strong revenue collection as well as revenue administration
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Greece and Turkey head towards crucial stage of negotiations
PoliticsForeign PolicyMeasures. The two defence ministers, Nikos Dendias and Yasar Guler, have already discussed the need
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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign PolicyDendias who met with his Turkish counterpart Yasar Guler on the sidelines of the NATO meeting
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Syria developments dominate as Athens steps up diplomatic exchanges
PoliticsForeign Policyof recent comments by Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler, who reiterated Ankara’s contentious positions
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IMF revises fiscal estimates upward, sees debt ratio at 162.8 pct in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyupped its primary surplus estimate for 2016 to 3.3 percent of GDP, from 0.1 percent in its previous... Fiscal Monitor, which provided its updated fiscal estimates. Unlike the downward revision of its..., the Fund estimates a lower primary surplus of 1.5 percent of GDP from 2019 onwards. This means that IMF
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societyprevention and firefighting. The country switched to a new model of forest fire management in 1998, when.... The current model allocates just over one euro to fire prevention for every two euros spent... degree of hiring discretion in recent years. The same report estimates that the Greek state has been
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The oil and gas debate Greece is not having
Agoraas a “role model” by Greece’s policymakers). Second, Greece’s operations will be at particular risk..., in the economics and politics of the transition to an environmentally sustainable economic model.... The same paper estimates that, to meet a target of 2 °C, “a third of oil reserves, half of gas
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WWF sets out road to green economic recovery in post-Covid landscape
EconomyFeaturesdevelopment model that brought us here and carried with it, a heavy environmental footprint,” he said. The WWF... in Greece, the WWF said that the current situation makes it clear that the country’s business model... estimates that the 10 indicative investment programmes would require around 8.2 billion euros from
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