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Auctions, strikes trouble Tsipras but focus still on programme exit
PoliticsGreek Politicswill require a quorum of more than 50 percent of first-degree unions to call a strike, rather than a third... is to move on to the fourth review and the programme exit next summer without any internal problems
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PM stands ground on property auctions despite broad concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsby banks. Despite new protest action by notaries, auctions involving individuals, rather than banks... properties worth up to 280,000 euros out of banks’ hands if their owners’ debts are less than 200,000... of non-payment.” Tsipras, for the first time, highlighted the importance for banks of resolving problems
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Coalition stresses positives, expects full support for multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the lenders. “More than 600,000 families will see their child benefits increase,” said Tzanakopoulos, who... or two children than had been the case in the past. Other elements of the bill that the coalition has... elsewhere. Overall, the government does not expect any of its 153 MPs to cause problems over the multi
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agoraamid repeated downward revisions of annual growth forecasts for 2018 and in the wake of weaker-than... impact of austerity and recession than any other macroeconomic trends. As a result, the upticks... that this will sway voters, who are presumed to be too doltish to grasp the daily problems they face and make
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Athens gets first taste of Erdogan's new era in power
PoliticsForeign Policyand the way it handles Greek–Turkish relations is sometimes worse than Erdogan”. Nevertheless, relations... than before the meeting,” though he made no reference to any commitment by Ankara on this issue... concerning the two Greek soldiers. This however is not the only issue provoking problems in bilateral
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Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
Societyin 2017 versus 39 percent in 2009) than it is for those with higher education (29 percent in 2017... euros higher than the average monthly salary in the private sector. Recommendations IOBE concludes... market in Greece: Impact of the crisis and key challenges” noted the long-standing problems between
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politics, the opposition party claims that it can help Greece achieve higher growth rates than the current government... rather than an abrupt end to their partnership of almost four years.... is cheaper and property tax revenues are lower, will experience financial problems. The other criticism
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Institutions warn of fiscal target being missed, reforms slowing
EconomyProgrammeestimate will have a fiscal cost of more than 1 percent of GDP in 2019 and beyond. These range from... quarter of 2019. “Tax collection has been weaker than targeted, while key performance indicators... the economy and the state would be required to reduce long-standing problems in the economy. Reform
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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... ND’s bid to attract more investment to Greece. This is likely to be a more painstaking process than... not just to address long standing problems, but also to tackle what it believes were changes in the wrong
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From a tsunami of debt to some sense of normality
Agora. This was due to the fact that the Greek state had built up a sizeable cash buffer of more than 25... during the first programme, between 2010 and 2013 Greece would have needed more than 50 billion euros... they both advocated seemingly pain-free solutions to Greece’s problems. Greece has paid a heavy price
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